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Born on September 17, 1918, Joseph M. Black is an Indiana University alumnus from the class of 1941 and a 1944 alumnus of the Indiana University School of Medicine. After serving two years in the United States army, Black began a successful career as a physician. In the early nineteen sixties, he was president of the alumni association and has served for over twenty years on the Indiana University board of trustees. Black discusses his relations with Herman B Wells and other Indiana University presidents. In addition, he recalls memories of his days as a student at the university including the days of World War II, the growth of the university, and fraternity life.

Born on March 3, 1922, Byrum E. Carter worked at Indiana University from 1947 until 1987 in the capacity of political science professor, assistant dean of faculties, dean of the college, and chancellor of the Bloomington campus. Carter discusses the impact of veterans in the student population after World War II, the growth of the university and its graduate programs, and campus politics. In addition, he speaks of campus controversy as exemplified by the 1969 boycott and the Ballantine Lock-In. Carter recalls Indiana University under the administrations of Herman B Wells, Elvis J. Stahr, and John Ryan.

Born on October 11, 1912, Dorothy Collins came to Indiana University in 1939 to pursue doctoral studies. Instead, she married Ralph Collins and worked in a variety of capacities at the university, including work in what became the Collins Living-Learning Center with her husband, the Kinsey Institute, and for several Indiana University presidents. She worked especially closely with Elvis J. Stahr and Herman B Wells, specifically in the capacity of ghost-writing speeches. In this interview, Mrs. Collins recalls many influences on the university such as the McCarthy era, university growth, the issues pertaining to minority and female students, and the administration.