Barnett, John Vincent January 13, 1994

Creator:

Freedman, Jean

Scope and content:

John Vincent Barnett was born in Lapel, Indiana, in 1912. He left Indiana University in 1933, but without a degree. He briefly describes student life in the early days of the Great Depression and his career after leaving Indiana University. Further, he describes his activities with the Indiana University Alumni Association, his son's education at the Indiana University School of Law, and challenges for Indiana University leadership in the nineteen nineties.

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:

14 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips, 42 minutes; index, 1 VHS

Note:

A beta videocassette of the interview is housed at the University Archive; a VHS videocassette of the interview is held by President Emeritus John Ryan.

Subjects:

Great Depression
Indiana University alumni relations
student life
Indiana business

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