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- Description:
- In this interview, Theresa Atta Ifogah, Willow Darsie, Sandy Kent Carielli, Mary Swerezek Sparacello, and Meredith TenHoor, members of the Brown University class of 1998, …
- Contributor:
- Carielli, Sandy Kent (interviewee)
- Darsie, Willow (interviewee)
- Ifogah, Theresa Atta (interviewee)
- Knox, Amanda (interviewer)
- Sparacello, Mary Swerezek (interviewee)
- TenHoor, Meredith (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Activism
- Black Students
- Brown Daily Herald
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Feminism
- Fraternities
- Open Curriculum
- Politics
- Providence
- Social Life
- Sororities
- Student Activities
- Students of Color
- Third World Transition Program
- 1990s
- Local ID:
- bdr:1110058
- bdr1110058
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this Zoom interview, which took place a few months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Alba Malaga, who was completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Brown’s Institute …
- Contributor:
- Malaga, Alba (interviewee)
- Murphy, Mary (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Academics
- COVID-19
- Employment
- Family
- Providence
- 2020s
- Local ID:
- bdr:728132
- bdr728132
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Anita Schell-Lambert was born in 1957 to Theodore Schell and Ann Hess Schell in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Her father was self-employed and her mother was a …
- Year:
- 1986
- Contributor:
- Schell, Anita (interviewee)
- Weinbaum, Cindy M. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1970s
- Academics
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Fraternities
- Marriage
- Professors
- Providence
- Religion
- Sexism
- Sororities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- The daughter of Alice O'Connor Chmielewski '28, Ann begins her own interview by relating childhood memories of accompanying her mother to Pembroke College reunions. She …
- Year:
- 2013
- Contributor:
- Chmielewski, Ann Martha (interviewee)
- Korwin, Wendy (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1950s
- City Girls
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Marriage
- Pembroke College Traditions
- Pembroke-Brown Merger
- Posture Pictures
- Professors
- Providence
- Social Life
- 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:
- Beverly Nanes Dubrin grew up in Boston with her parents and younger sister. With constant encouragement from her parents to attend university, Beverly decided on …
- Year:
- 1986
- Contributor:
- Nanes, Beverly I. (interviewee)
- Bernstein, Elizabeth (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Children
- Dating
- Deans
- Employment
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Professors
- Providence
- Sexism
- Social life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Charlotte Lowney Tomas, looking back on a 40-year career with Pembroke and Brown, details her upward trajectory through the ranks of the …
- Year:
- 1990
- Contributor:
- Tomas, Charlotte Tomas (interviewee)
- Lamoree, Karen M. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1950s
- 1968 Walkout
- Academics
- Activism
- Administration
- Brown Daily Herald
- Civil rights
- Deans
- Employment
- Pembroke/Brown merger
- Professors
- Providence
- 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 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:
- In this interview, Clarice LaVerne Thompson discusses her educational and professional path to becoming a visiting professor in Africana Studies and Music Director at Brown …
- Contributor:
- Knox, Amanda (interviewer)
- Straker, Diane (interviewer)
- Thompson, Clarice LaVerne (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- Music
- Music Education
- Performance Arts
- Providence
- Theatre
- 2000s
- Local ID:
- bdr:728107
- bdr728107
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview Debbie discusses her early life growing up, the lack of gender discrimination at Brown, acting in New York, raising children, working on …
- Year:
- 2014
- Contributor:
- Greenberg, Deborah (interviewee)
- Santry, Phyllis (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1970s
- Academics
- Dating
- Employment
- Family
- Marriage
- Minority students
- Professors
- Providence
- Race relations
- Segregation
- Social life
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Diane E. Scola's oral history is an example of autonomy and feminist conviction despite gender discrimination. She begins her interview discussing her Italian-American family background, …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Scola, Diane E. (interviewee)
- Cummings, Lisa (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1950s
- Academics
- Administration
- Children
- City girls
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Famly
- Feminism
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Pembroke traditions
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Professors
- Providence
- Sexism
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this oral history captured over the course of four interviews, Diane Straker, the Pembroke Center’s administrative assistant, details her experiences living in various states …
- Contributor:
- Knox, Amanda (interviewer)
- Straker, Diane (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Black faculty/staff
- Children
- Employment
- Family
- Music
- Providence
- Urban renewal
- 2000s
- Local ID:
- bdr:728108
- bdr728108
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In Part 1, Elizabeth begins by talking about her high-achieving family. Educated at Harvard Dental School, her father was one of only two black dentists …
- Year:
- 1987
- Contributor:
- Jackson, Elizabeth (interviewee)
- Baker, Dorcey (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Activism
- Administration
- Children
- City Girls
- Civil rights
- Deans
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Integration
- Marriage
- Minority students
- Politics
- Professors
- Providence
- Race relations
- Segregation
- Social life
- Student activities
- World War II
- 1940s
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Emily Tunkel, Brown University class of 2019, discusses their time at Brown and shares their experiences living through the COVID-19 global pandemic. …
- Contributor:
- Knox, Amanda (interviewer)
- Tunkel, Emily (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- COVID-19
- Dating
- Non-binary students
- Providence
- 2010s
- Local ID:
- bdr:728125
- bdr728125
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In the first part of her interview, Galia Siegel speaks about her work with Project Birth -- an advocacy, service, and educational program for pregnant …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Siegel, Galia (interviewee)
- Lamoree, Karen M. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1980s
- Academics
- Activism
- Birth control
- Dormitories
- Family
- Feminism
- Fraternities
- Providence
- Sarah Doyle Women's Center
- Social life
- 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:
- In this interview, Heidi Sasseville, Senior Sales Clerk at the Brown University Bookstore, discusses her experiences living through the COVID-19 global pandemic. Sasseville begins by …
- Contributor:
- Knox, Amanda (interviewer)
- Sasseville, Heidi (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- COVID-19
- Providence
- 2020s
- Local ID:
- bdr:728133
- bdr728133
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Helen Thayer Paxton grew up in North Smithfield, Rhode Island. She remembers Pembroke as a place of "gracious living," including maids to clean the dorm …
- Year:
- 1990
- Contributor:
- Thayer, Helen Julia (interviewee)
- Raab, Barbara (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1920s
- Athletics
- Children
- Clothing and fashion
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Fraternities
- Pembroke traditions
- Providence
- Social life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection