Level: Interview / Subjects: Cuban Missile Crisis

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194 interviews Audiotapes, transcripts, and collateral materials

Abstract Or Scope: This project is a compilation of interviews of subjects with strong ties to and memories of Indiana University, primarily at the Bloomington campus, including former students, faculty, and staff, among others. The information spans most of the twentieth century and deals with the administrations under presidents Herman B Wells, John Ryan, Thomas Ehrlich, and Myles Brand. The project occurred in two parts. The first round of interviews was with administrators, trustees, and other high-ranking members of the university hierarchy. The second round of interviews was with senior faculty from a number of departments in the College of Arts and Sciences. The project is a survey of Indiana University's history as a whole including information about various academic departments, athletics, student organizations, campus growth, and the university's growth in the twentieth century. This project was funded by President Emeritus John Ryan.

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Abstract Or Scope: Born on November 26, 1943, J. Terry Clapacs is an Indiana University alumnus from the class of 1965 and a 1968 graduate of the School of Business. In this interview, he discusses his years as a student and his career as an administrator at Indiana University. Until 1976, Clapacs was the contract manager, then he became the director of university physical facilities, then vice president of facilities, and finally, the vice president for administration. He discusses memories of major events during his years as a student including the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Vietnam War.

Abstract Or Scope: Born on October 10, 1941, Curtis Simic is a 1964 alumnus who worked at Indiana University for a few years in the area of fundraising. After nearly twenty years of working with several prestigious universities, including Yale and Berkeley, in the area of fundraising, Simic returned to Indiana University as the president of the Indiana University Foundation. He recalls his years as a student at the university and emphasizes the impact of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the assassination of president John F. Kennedy. Simic also discusses the Little 500, financial problems, university growth, and the changes the campus has undergone. In addition, he speaks of his relationship with Sam Yellin, Herman B Wells, and others.

Abstract Or Scope: Stephen Kendall Smith was born in Burlington, Vermont, in 1941. He moved with his family to Lafayette, Indiana, in 1952. He attended Indiana University from 1960 to 1964, lived in the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, was actively involved in campus politics, and was student body president in 1963-64. He describes many aspects of campus life: fraternity life and "hell week," campus campaigns and elections, social events, the presidencies of Herman B Wells and Elvis Stahr, and campus reactions to the Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Civil Rights Movement, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Smith describes his experiences as a Rhodes Scholar and briefly describes his post-graduate career.

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