(Re)Presenting a Half Century: Oral History of the College of Arts and Sciences
University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632
email: archives@etal.uri.edu
Published in 2008
Collection Overview
| Title: | (Re)Presenting a Half Century: Oral History of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences |
| Date range: | 1998 |
| Creator: | Tolnick, Judith E |
| Extent: | 1 box(es) (1 linear feet) |
| Abstract: | The collection consists of videotaped oral histories of students and professors from the first graduating class of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Rhode Island (1949 and 1950). |
| Language of materials: | English |
| Repository: | University Archives and Special Collections |
| Collection number: | Mss. Gr. 124 |
Scope & content
The collection contains 8 Umatic videocassettes and 1 VHS tape. The 8 Umatic videocassettes contain interviews with 9 students and professors from the first graduating class of the College of Arts and Sciences. The VHS contains a copy of the "(Re)Presenting a Half Century of the College of Arts and Sciences" documentary.Arrangement
After processing, the collection was arranged in a single series as follows:
- 1. (Re)Presenting a Half Century: Oral History of the College of Arts and Sciences
Historical Information
The tapes are source material for a documentary, "(Re)Presenting a Half Century", that was shown contemporaneous to the "(Re)Presenting a Half Century" Exhibition in the Fine Arts Center to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the College of Arts and Sciences.The interviews were conducted on August 18th and 19th, 1998 by Judith Tolnick with U.R.I. Professors James Findlay and Stephen Wood. Tolnick, Coordinator, Fine Arts Center Galleries, wrote and researched all accompanying literature for the exhibiton as director of the project. Mary Conlon served as director and editor of the documentary.
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: | Open for research. |
| Use of the materials: | Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication. |
| Preferred citation: | (Re)Presenting a Half Century: Oral History of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences , Mss. Gr. 124, University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections. |
| Contact information: | University Archives and Special Collections 15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011 Tel: 401-874-4632 email: archives@etal.uri.edu |
Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION | |
| Acquisition: | The collection was received on April 8, 1999. |
| Custodial history: | The collection was previously held by Judith Tolnick, Coordinator, Fine Arts Center Galleries. |
| Processing information: | The collection was processed in 2008. |
| ABOUT THE FINDING AID | |
| Author: | Finding aid prepared by Nicholas Albaugh. |
| Encoding: | Finding aid encoded by Nicholas Albaugh on 2008 July 22, updated by Hailie D. Posey on 2009 September 23, updated by Mark Dionne on 2020 May 12. |
| Descriptive rules: | Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
| Related material: | The booklet produced for this project,"(Re)Presenting a Half Century of the College of Arts and Sciences,University of Rhode Island", is cataloged in the Archives collection. The call number is LD4706 A78 R4 1998. |
| Separated material: | No materials were separated during processing. |
Inventory
Inventory
Series 1. (Re)Presenting a Half Century: Oral History of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1998
1 box(es)
(.5 linear feet)
This series consists of 8 Master Broadcast videocassettes containing the oral histories of students and professors from the first graduating class of the College of Arts and Sciences(1949 and 1950) and 1 VHS videocassette of the documentary short "(Re)Presenting a Half Century".
Arrangement:
The series is arranged in no particular order.
| Container | Description | Date |
| Box 1, Folder 1 | Curran, William A. ('48) |
1998 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 | Curran, Margaret E.('49) |
1998 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 | Ferrante, William A. ('49) |
1998 |
| Box 1, Folder 4 | Lavallee, Roger E. and Potter, Nancy(Professor) |
1998 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 | Bosworth, Roswell S. ('49) and Potter, Nancy (Professor) |
1998 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Metz, William D. (Professor) |
1998 |
| Box 1, Folder 7 | Smith, Edward Philip ('48) |
1998 |
| Box 1, Folder 8 | Lepper Jr., Robert (Professor) |
1998 |
| Box 1, Folder 9 | (Re)Presenting a Half Century of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences at the University of Rhode Island |
1998 |