US-RUn-msg124 Guide to (Re)Presenting a Half Century: Oral History of the College of Arts and Sciences Finding aid prepared by Nicholas Albaugh. University of Rhode Island Library, Special Collections and Archives Unit 2008
University Library, Special Collections and Archives 15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011Tel: 401-874-4632E-mail: archives@etal.uri.eduWebsite: http://www.uri.edu/library/special_collections/
 Finding aid encoded by Nicholas Albaugh on 2008 July 22, updated by Hailie D. Posey on 2009 September 23 English Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) Overview of the Collection Tolnick, Judith E (Re)Presenting a Half Century: Oral History of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences 1998 1 box(es) (1 linear feet) 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). Special Collections and University Archives
Special Collections and University Archives 15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011 Tel: 401-874-4632 email: archives@etal.uri.edu
 Mss. Gr. 124 The records are in English. Physical Charateristics or Technical Requirements

Umatic videocassette player required to access the interviews. VCR required to access the documentary.

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.

Open for research.

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 Special Collections.

 Scope and Content Note

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

Open for research.

 Acquisitions Information

The collection was received on April 8, 1999.

The collection was previously held by Judith Tolnick, Coordinator, Fine Arts Center Galleries.

The collection was processed in 2008.

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.

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.

No materials were separated during processing.

Names Tolnick, Judith E University of Rhode Island. College of Arts and Sciences Subjects University of Rhode Island. College of Arts and Sciences -- Anniversaries, etc University of Rhode Island. College of Arts and Sciences -- History RIAMCO Browsing Terms Education Inventory Series 1 (Re)Presenting a Half Century: Oral History of the College of Arts and Sciences 1998 1 box(es) (.5 linear feet) video recordings interviews documentaries

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.

1 1 1998 Curran, William A. ('48) 1 2 1998 Curran, Margaret E.('49) 1 3 1998 Ferrante, William A. ('49) 1 4 1998 Lavallee, Roger E. and Potter, Nancy(Professor) 1 5 1998 Bosworth, Roswell S. ('49) and Potter, Nancy (Professor) 1 6 1998 Metz, William D. (Professor) 1 7 1998 Smith, Edward Philip ('48) 1 8 1998 Lepper Jr., Robert (Professor) 1 9 1998 (Re)Presenting a Half Century of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences at the University of Rhode Island