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Notebook 1, Classes of 1912-1933: o The Bowens, Logan, Ohio, classes of 1912, 1917, 1933: 10/85
o Juliet Reid Jobes, class of 1914: 12/24/79
o Oral History Project- Lottie Schlosser Aldag, class of 1915: no date
o Anne Applegate Buchanan, class of 1915: no date
o Anne Applegate Buchanan, class of 1915 II: 10/03/85
o Interview with Eleanor Rhind, class if 1916, by Sarah J. Cook, class of 1936: 03/89
o Jean Carr, class of 1918: 10/16/85
o Oral History project by Mary Hostetter, class of 1922: no date
o Berneice Davis tegall, class of 1927: 04/16//80
o Oral History Project by Alice Lanterman Hammond, class of 1928: 09/20/80; note: difficult to hear questions
o Alice Lucy Cobb, class of 1930: 11/30/84
Notebook 2, Classes of 1938-1974: o Five Western grads reunite in N.J., class of 1938: 8/16/80
o Oral History Project: Five Western grads eunite in N.J., class of 1938: 08/16/80
o Interview with Nancy Erving Travis, class of 1943: 01/13/93
o Oral History Project: Ruth Harry Hathaway, class of 1941: 07/20/82
o Oral History Project: Ann Goldstone Marcus, class of 1943: 11/15/82
o Oral History Project: Dorothy Mershon Bajak, class of 1948: 07/13/82
o Oral History Project: Nancy Boerner Larkin, class of 1948: 10/80
o Agnes Cowen Summers, class of 1950: no date
o Kathy Piper, class of 1958: 01/13/83
o Oral History Project: Donna Shalala, class of 1962: 05/15/82
o Ardis Cameron, class of 1970: no date
o Connie McDonald, class of 1974: no date
Notebook 3, Faculty, Staff, Students: o Sharon Keller Maddox, class of 1971: 11/1/91
o {side two} Professor Strum of the Western College for Women
o Professor Fred Strum II: 11/01/91
o {side two} Susun Brodsky, class of 1973: 11/01/91
o Oral History Project: Dr. Walter Havinghurst: 07/16/81
o Don Auble: former faculty member: 03/04/97
o Williard Keebler: former faculty member: 12/20/79
o MISSING: Oral History Project: Dr. Julia Rothermel: 02/05/81
o Oral History Project: Gail James, former faculty member: 06/10/80
o Margaret Ebeling: worked 30 years at Western College for Women: 02/15/80; note: difficult to hear even on the highest volume
o Oral History Project: Howard Day, employed 13 years at the Western College For Women: 10/07/81
o Isabella Williams, former staff member: 12/29/79; note: Her grandmother went to Western. Her grandfathers went to Miami. Gives family history back to he Dakotas, including Indian Rebellions in family history.
Notebook 4, Presidents, Deans and Alumnae Speakers: o Dr. Herrick Young: 07/14/80
o Dick Perry’s interview with Herrick Young: 01/22/80
o Oral History Project: Dr. Phillip R. Shriver: 02/04/81
o Ed Sweeny’s Interview with Phillip Shriver: 10/30/91
o Oral History Project, Dr. Mary Ashby Cheek: 04/21/80
o Dr. Curtis Ellison, Miami 70/74, WCP faculty 74/81, Dean 81-?: no date
o Chapel Address by Donna E. Shalala, Alumnae Weekend: 1982
o Alumnae weekend ’97 Chapel Service Donna Shalala, 1962 Speaker
o Alumnae Chapel Talk: Latin American Lib. Theol.: 1987
o Chapel Program: Speaker professor Fred Strum: 1987
o Alumnae Chapel Talk: Re Discovering The Female Intuitive: Reynalda Ware, class of 1968: 1988
o Alumnae speaker Phyllis Hoyt: 096/21/85; Note: Long lead time into tape
Notebook 5, History, Tours, Music: o History of the Western college for Women and the Western College Program Soundtrack- A Time to Remember
o New England Alumnae Club Meeting; Topic: “Mary Lyon”; explains the relationship between Mt. Holyoke College and Western College for Women
o Western College Alumnae Assoc. (Miami, Western, and Oxford) Walking tour of both campuses and into town.
o June Regan: Sophomore Songs, class of 1958: 05/09/56
o Madrigal Singers: no date
o “A Salute to Western College” Miami University Choraliers: 02/26/82
o **”Sing me a song”
o “Cantate Domino”
o “How Excellent Thy Name”
o “5 Prayers”
o “Serenade”
o “Jake”
o “Western Blue”
o “Alma Mater”**
o “Israfel” Musical Program: 06/16/91
o Follies at Western Act 1: 06/11/93
o Encore Act Two: 06/94
Notebook 6, Various Interviews: o Meridel le Sueur with Joe Napora: no date; Note: Tape appears to begin in the middle of an interview
o Meridel le Sueur, “Rites of Ripening”: 04/19/85
o {side two} Meridel le Sueur, “Rites of Ripening” II: 04/19/85
o Meridel le Sueur, “Rites of Ripening” III: 04/19/85
o {side two} Meridel le Sueur, “The New Age of Solidarity”: 04/22/85
o Meridel le Sueur, “The New Age of Solidarity” II: 04/22/85
o {side two} Meridel le Sueur, “The New Age of Solidarity” III: 04/22/85
o Meridel le Sueur, “The New Age of Solidarity” IV: 04/22/85
o Donna Shalala feature (Chad Pergram reports)
o Warren Mason conducted by Ed Sweeney
o {side two} Warren Mason II
o Margie Adam, “New Possibilities,” produced by Geri Kuscher Calkins Pizzi: 1968
o {side two} “The E.R.A. in America,” produced by Geri Kuscher Calkins Pizzi: 05/81
o “Miami U. Art Museum Program: 09/01/82
o {same tape} Walter Havinghurst, Randolph Runyon, comments of the life and workd of Annette Covington and rproam of 3 Stillman-Kelley piano pieces
o Oral History Project: Gail James, former faculty: 06/10/80
Various Audio Interviews: 2001-2002: o October 20, 2001: Interview with the great grandson of President John Grant Newman.
o October 19, 2001: Interview with the U.N. Ambassador from Zambia.
Interviews on 8 tack tapes: o A speech by Dr. Young
o Taped messages from Herrick Young to Western alumnae in Africa and the Middle East. (1968)
o Kathy Albright- a French tape. (1974)
VHS tapes: o “A Time to Remember”
o “Choir Backup Home Movies,” 1948, from Patricia Hartnett Argo
o Western College Historic Home Movies, 1940’s and 50’s
o “Now and Then: A Walking Tour of Western and Miami,” WCAA 1980’s.
o “History of Western College Architecture and Community”: 10/16/03
o “Views of Community at ‘Old Western, Alumane o Western College”: 10/23/03
o “Creating Community in Miami’s Resident College, 1974-78”: 10/30/03
o “Intellectual History of the Western College Program, 1979-2003: 11/06/05
o “Educational Significance of the Residential College and It’s Traditions”: 11/13/03
o “Western Campus 30 Year Reunion, tape #1”: 11/15/03
o ‘Western Campus 30 Year Reunion, tape #2”: 11/15/03
Various Other Media: o CD from Curtis W. Ellison (Professor of American Studies, History and Interdisciplinary Studies; Interim Director of the William Holmes McGuffey Museum, Miami Unversity. Contact information available) containing 4 PowerPoint Shows (06/24/04):
o “150 Years of Residential Community: Western College, 1853-2003”
o “News from 1944” (Images from The Miami Student & Recensio, 1943-44)
o “News from 1984” (Images from The Miami Student and Recensio, 1983-84)
o “Restoring a National Historic Landmark: William Holmes McGuffey Museum, 2003”
Written Materials: o In Folder: Westerniana Interview with Susan Peabody by Emily Jack D. Goldthwaite
o Transcript of Interview with Dr. Phillip R. Shriver, President of Miami Unversity, 1965-1981, by Ed Sweeney
o Transcript of Interview with Dr. Warren Mason by Ed Sweeney: December 2, 1991.
o Gray binder: Transcript of Panel Discussion on Women's Education on April 1, 2008, with CD, and Transcript from interview with Dr. Carolyn Jefferson Jenkins on March 30, 2006.