Bill Venman and Diana Venman: oral history with Robert S. Cox

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Title:
Bill Venman and Diana Venman: oral history with Robert S. Cox
Description:
Interview with Bill Venman, who arrived shortly after arrival of John Lederle (1960), recruited by Provost Gilbert Woodside from graduate study at University of Michigan; hired on date of university autonomy from state Department of Education in 1962. UMass during the 1960s and 1970s: Worked as assistant to Woodside; campus during the 1960s; growth of community colleges; growth of UMass Boston; Oswald Tippo; UMass Worcester (decision to place the medical school in Worcester); Music Department and music at UMass; Maharishi speaking at UMass; Loyal Order of the Mushroom.
Interviewee:
Venman, Bill
Interviewer:
Cox, Robert S., 1958-
Date:
September 25, 2013
Format:
Audio recordings (nonmusical)
Genre:
Oral histories (document genres)
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 001 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
UMass Amherst Oral History Collection
UMass Amherst Sesquicentennial Oral History Collection
Series:
Administration
Subjects:
University of Massachusetts Amherst--History
Community colleges--Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts Boston--History
University of Massachusetts Worcester--History
University of Massachusetts Amherst. Libraries
Lederle, John W.
Tippo, Oswald
University of Massachusetts Amherst. Department of Music and Dance
Places:
Massachusetts
Extent:
1 file : 01:21:30
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/murg1_207_2013-i059
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Amherst (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
murg1_207_2013-i059