Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Robert Maynard Hutchins, 1967.
Creator: | Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977 | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 110 pages Sound recording 1 reel | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteUniversity president; interviewee d.1977
Scope and ContentsElection as President of University of Chicago, 1929; concept of a university; relationships with faculty, students, trustees, alumni, and the general public; experiments: Great Books courses, divisions, liberal arts college; professional schools and the university; Rush Medical College; attacks on University of Chicago program; effect of World War II nuclear research; ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA; General Robert E. Wood; William Benton
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975
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