Jacobs, Barbara B. October 7, 1993

Creator:

Freedman, Jean

Scope and content:

Barbara Mae Jacobs, née Barrow, was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1926. She came to Indiana University in 1944 and graduated in 1948. She describes her education in home economics, her short career in education, and her family life in Cleveland, Ohio. She also describes her work on the board of the Indiana University Foundation, its fundraising efforts, and university funding in general. She also reflects on the greater role women have taken in politics and other areas of the public arena.

Physical location:

Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Physical description:

11 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips., 23 minutes; index, 1 VHS

Subjects:

foundation work
fundraising
home economics
university funding
women in politics
World War II veterans
fundraiser
home economics teacher

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