Robert Gordon Sproul Oral History Project Volumes I and II
Creator
Bancroft Library. Oral History Center Riess, Suzanne B Albright, Horace M Anderson, Stuart LeRoy Bradley, Katherine Connick Brown, Franklin M Cohen, Natalie Dodd, Paul A Dornin, May Erickson, Richard Fredick, Walter S Gardner, David Pierpont, 1933- Goodin, Marion Sproul Goodin, Vernon Heilbron, Louis H Johnson, Robert S Kerr, Clark Kragen, Adrian Lawrence, Mary K McCaffrey, Stanley E McHenry, Dean Mott, William Penn, Jr Phleger, Herman Saunders, J. B. deC. M. (John Bertrand deCusance Morant), 1903-1991 Sharsmith, Carl W Sproul, John A Sproul, Jr., Robert Gordon Taylor, Wakefield Underhill, Robert M Wilson, Garff B Yzaguirre, Pete L
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Robert Gordon Sproul (1891-1975), UC President from 1930 to 1958, discussed in interviews with his children, classmates, alumni from the 1930s, family friends, faculty and University staff, and two presidential successors. Interviews are organized chronologically with a focus on the student Bob Sproul, the family man, the President, building a faculty, and developing an alumni association. Series includes interviews with thirty-five persons who knew him well: Horace M. Albright, Stuart LeRoy Anderson, Katherine Connick Bradley, Franklin M. ""Dyke"" Brown, Ernest H. Burness, Natalie Cohen, Paul A. Dodd, May Dornin, Richard E. Erickson, Walter S. Frederick, David P. Gardner, Marion Sproul Goodin, Vernon L. Goodin, Louis H. Heilbron, Robert S. Johnson, Clark Kerr, Adrian A. Kragen, Mary Blumer Lawrence, Stanley E. McCaffrey, Dean McHenry, Donald H. McLaughlin, Kendric Morrish, Marion Morrish, William Penn Mott, Jr., Herman Phleger, John B. deC. M. Saunders, Carl W. Sharsmith, John A. Sproul, Robert Gordon Sproul, Jr., Wallace Sterling, Wakefield Taylor, Robert M. Underhill, Eleanor L. Van Horn, Garff B. Wilson, and Pete L. Yzaguirre.
University of California (System) Sproul, Robert Gordon, 1891-1975
Provenance
Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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