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Robert N. Brooks, Bill Venman, and Dan Melley oral history interview with Jessica Adamites
Item Information
- Title:
- Robert N. Brooks, Bill Venman, and Dan Melley oral history interview with Jessica Adamites
- Description:
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Interview with three long-time administrators at UMass Amherst . Brooks arrived in 1964 (Dean of Students, Acting Dir. of Admissions; Assoc. Dean; Dir. Visitor Relations); Melley (Class of 1955; brought back in 1962 in public relations and news bureau; Vice Chancellor for University Advancement); Venman (arr. in 1962 as Asst. to the Provost; "utility" administrator; Asst. Dean of Admissions; Continuing Education; ). "April Massacre": firing of news directors ; "Michigan mafia." Venman: birth of Continuing Education at end of Lederle administration; crossing paths with Provost in 1978 results in severance and entry into School of Education. Brooks: Dean of Women though tit inappropriate to have unmarried male as Dean of Students (1964); women's lives as students; changes in student life in 1960s; coping with "diversity and demonstrations;" creative work by Dean William Field (scapegoated by the Administration); Abbie Hoffman and Amy Carter. First Black football player and difficulties with racism. Radicalization of students in 1960s (including Hoffman); policing during student unrest and resentment between UMass police and state police. Marijuana use: alerting students to impending police busts. Eric the Rat (Eric Lee Walgren); Minksy, Krinsky, Finehurst, and Kaplan; instigators of student unrest; impact of women's movement and contraception. Staff culture on campus. Establishing UMass Boston; founding Hampshire College. Campus buildings and modern architecture (Visitors Center; Southwest; Orchard Hill). Growth of colleges and departments in 1950s-70s. Provosts Woodside and Tippo; improvements in student body and faculty; Lederle. Athletics, basketball, Calipari era; excess in athletics and expenditure. Security and important visitors, commencement. Construction of McGuirk Stadium and Southwest towers; misinformation and falling bricks from Library tower. Commencement.
- Interviewee:
- Brooks, Robert N.
- Interviewee:
- Venman, William
- Interviewee:
- Melley, Daniel
- Interviewer:
- Adamites, Jessica
- Date:
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May 8, 2013
- Format:
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Audio recordings (nonmusical)
- Genre:
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Oral histories (document genres)
- Location:
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Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 001 (shelf locator) - Collection (local):
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UMass Amherst Sesquicentennial Oral History Collection
UMass Amherst Oral History Collection
- Series:
- Administration
- Subjects:
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University of Massachusetts Amherst--History
University of Massachusetts Amherst--Faculty
University of Massachusetts Amherst--Sports
University of Massachusetts Boston--History
Hampshire College--History
University of Massachusetts Amherst--Students
African American students--Massachusetts
Graduation (School)--Massachusetts
Race relations--Massachusetts
Student movements--Massachusetts
Demonstrations--Massachusetts
Feminism
University of Massachusetts Amherst. News Bureau
University of Massachusetts Amherst. Continuing Education
Lederle, John W.
Fields, William Franklin, 1922-
Walgren, Eric Lee
Hoffman, Abbie
Carter, Amy
- Places:
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Massachusetts
- Extent:
- 01:19:57
- Link to Item:
- http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/murg1_207_2013-i016
- Terms of Use:
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Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries.
Contact host institution for more information.
- Place of origin:
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Amherst (Mass.)
- Language:
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English
- Identifier:
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murg1_207_2013-i016