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- Description:
- In part 1 of this interview, Alison discusses her childhood, her decision to attend Pembroke, and the Pembroke experience. In part 2 she discusses hazing …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Palmer, Alison (interviewee)
- Lamoree, Karen M. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1950s
- Academics
- Athletics
- Dating
- Employment
- Gender expectations
- Great Depression
- Minority students
- Pembroke traditions
- Pembroke/Brown merger
- Physical education
- Politics
- Posture pictures
- Professors
- Sexism
- Vietnam War
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In the first part of the interview, Anna discusses early life on her family’s farm and the decision to attend Pembroke despite wanting to get …
- Year:
- 1987
- Contributor:
- Hass, Anna Rena (interviewee)
- Tavon, Joyce (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Activism
- Administration
- City girls
- Civil Rights
- Clothing and fashion
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Gender expectations
- Great Depression
- Marriage
- Minority students
- Politics
- Providence
- Race relations
- Social life
- Vietnam War
- 1910s
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Beatrice "Bea" Wattman was the daughter of a jeweler who immigrated from Moldavia in 1895 at age 18, and a mother who came from Austria …
- Contributor:
- Lancaster, Jane (interviewer)
- Wattman, Beatrice (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Academics
- City Girls
- Employment
- Family
- Great Depression
- Jewish Students
- Open Curriculum
- Physical Education
- Posture Pictures
- Providence
- 1930s
- Local ID:
- bdr:1110061
- bdr1110061
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Bella Skolnik's oral history is a passionate story of activism in health, education, and welfare. She begins her interview by reflecting on her thoughtful and …
- Year:
- 1992
- Contributor:
- Skolnick, Bella (interviewee)
- Anton, Barbara J. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Activism
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Marriage
- Politics
- Providence
- Great Depression
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- "Every girl should go to college." Flanders recalls telling her parents as a sophomore in high school. Flanders reflects on her arrival at Pembroke, taking …
- Year:
- 1989
- Contributor:
- Flanders, Caroline (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1920s
- Academics
- City Girls
- Deans
- Employment
- Family
- Great Depression
- Pembroke-Brown Merger
- Professors
- Social Life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Ferguson tells why she chose Pembroke over Wellesley; how following a woman she admired, she wanted to become Boston insurance agent; that she "never felt …
- Contributor:
- Ferguson, Charlotte (interviewee)
- Gollag, Suzanne (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1920s
- Academics
- Brown Daily Herald
- City Girls
- Deans
- Feminism
- Gender Expectations
- Great Depression
- Pembroke-Brown Merger
- Presidents
- World War I
- Religion
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In the first part of this interview, Elizabeth (Kenyon) Goodale discusses her Aunt Nettie\u2019s experience as a member of Pembroke's first entering class in 1895. …
- Year:
- 1962
- Contributor:
- Goodale, Clare Elizabeth (interviewee)
- Barbara (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Administration
- Brown Daily Herald
- Clothing and Fashion
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Gender Expectations
- Great Depression
- Marriage
- Pembroke Traditions
- Physical Education
- Professors
- Providence
- Social Life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Clarice d'Almeida Pitta begins the interview by discussing her family background and the circumstances that led her to attend Pembroke College. In Part 1, she …
- Year:
- 1986
- Contributor:
- Pitta, Clarice d'Almeida (interviewee)
- Rauch, J. F. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Academics
- Great Depression
- Social life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Dorothy Allen Hill starts by discussing her aunt, Mary Hill who graduated from Pembroke in 1904 and her father's early insistence that …
- Year:
- 1982
- Contributor:
- Hill, Dorothy Allen (interviewee)
- Conover, Elizabeth (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Academics and Coursework
- City Girls
- Clothing and Fashion
- Employment
- Gender Expectations
- Great Depression
- Pembroke-Brown Merger
- Physical Education
- Religion
- Social Life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Eleanor Addison describes her time as a "day hop" at Pembroke College during the Great Depression. She comments on the makeup of the student body; …
- Year:
- 1982
- Contributor:
- Addison, Eleanor Mary (interviewee)
- Erwin, Charlotte V. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Travel
- Family
- Employment
- Great Depression
- World War II
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Eleanor McElroy, class of 1937, begins by describing her family and educational background, emphasizing the liberal minded nature of her single mother …
- Year:
- 1986
- Contributor:
- McElroy, Eleanor Rosalie (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Dating
- Great Depression
- City Girls
- Employment
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Ethel Nichols Thomas begins her interview discussing her plans for the future, speaking on her wish to return to the workforce despite discrimination based on …
- Year:
- 1985
- Contributor:
- Nichols, Ethel Colvin (interviewee)
- Scott, Joan Wallach (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Academics
- Administration
- City Girls
- Employment
- Family
- Feminism
- Great Depression
- Marriage
- World War II
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In Part 1 of her interview, Ethel Humphrey Anderson discusses the circumstances that led her to attend Brown University; academics and student relationships with the …
- Year:
- 1982
- Contributor:
- Humphrey, Ethel Mary (interviewee)
- Patchin, Oona (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1920s
- Academics
- Administration
- Great Depression
- Marriage
- Student Activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Grace McAuslan discusses her family life, dress codes, Pembroke student government, the Brown-Pembroke merger, Pembroke traditions, and the lack of discussion surrounding politics, the women's …
- Year:
- 1982
- Contributor:
- McAuslan, Grace Amelia (interviewee)
- Hackelman, Daniel (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1920s
- Academics
- Administration
- City Girls
- Dating
- Deans
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Gender expectations
- Great Depression
- Minority students
- Pembroke traditions
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Presidents of Brown University
- Politics
- Professors
- Providence
- Social life
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Helen Hoff Peterson begins her interview by discussing her childhood education in New Jersey and her family background. She explains that a high school superintendent …
- Year:
- 1987
- Contributor:
- Hoff, Helen (interviewee)
- Baker, Dorcy (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1920s
- Academics
- Family
- Great Depression
- Professors
- Student Activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Jean Miller tells the story of her life in this interview, which was recorded on three occasions in 2014 and 2015. In Part 1, she …
- Year:
- 2014
- Contributor:
- Miller, Jean Ellen (interviewee)
- Korwin, Wendy (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1940s
- Academics
- Family
- Employment
- Great Depression
- World War II
- Travel
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Jeanette Black discusses her family; her education at Providence's Classical High School; reasons for attending college and for choosing Pembroke; her requirements …
- Year:
- 1982
- Contributor:
- Black, Jeanette Dora (interviewee)
- Hurowitz, Naomi (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Academics
- Administration
- Employment
- Great Depression
- World War II
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Josephine Mary Russo, class of 1938, explains that she had wanted to attend college since the age of ten. When she came …
- Year:
- 1982
- Contributor:
- Russo, Josephine Mary (interviewee)
- Wirth, Lori J. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Academics
- Dormitories
- Great Depression
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Joyce Wetherald Fairchild's interview demystifies the work and operations of the Brown Corporation, where she served as a trustee, committee member, and as an emerita. …
- Year:
- 1992
- Contributor:
- Wetherald, Joyce (interviewee)
- Ferber, Susan J. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1940s
- Administration
- Athletics
- Birth control
- Brown Daily Herald
- City Girls
- Deans
- Feminism
- Gender expectations
- Great Depression
- Pembroke Record
- Pembroke traditions
- Presidents
- Physical education
- Politics
- Professors
- Sexism
- Social life
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Katherine Perkins talks about her family and her upbringing in East Providence and how she came to attend Pembroke College. She discusses …
- Contributor:
- Perkins, Katherine (interviewee)
- Campbell, Heather Gaye (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Academics
- Athletics
- Employment
- Great Depression
- Pembroke College Traditions
- Professors
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection