Creator: Pauline Adams

Subjects: Anniversaries, Sesquicentennial

Description:

Pauline Adams came to Michigan State College with her husband (Walter Adams, who served as MSU President from 1969-1970) in 1947 and began teaching communication skills in American Thought and Language (ATL) in 1956. With Geri Thornton, Mrs. Adams co-authored A Populist Assault: Sara E. Vandevar Emory on American Democracy, 1862-1895. She retired in 1992 as an associate professor in ATL.

Topics/People Covered in the Interview include: Walter Adams; American Thought and Language (ATL); John Appel; Bessey Hall; Ed Blackman; James Brock; Marilyn Culpepper; John DiBiaggio; Evening College; Faculty Folk; Falkenstein Seminar; G.I. Bill of Rights; Carter Goodrich; Thomas H. Greer; Tom Greer; David Halberstam; John Hannah; Harvard University School of Law; Jenison Gym; Estes Kefauver; Bobby Knight; Cecil Mackey; Blanche Martin; Russell Mawby; Larry Owen; Nick Sabin; Salzburg Seminar; Geri Thornton; Trinity University (San Antonio TX); Clifton Wharton

Date: November 16, 1999

Collection Number: UA 3

Language: English

Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by Michigan State University and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Contributing Institution: University Archives & Historical Collections, Office of the Provost

Relation: Sesquicentennial Oral History Project

Contributor: MSU Archives and Historical Collections