Oral History Interview: Merle Curti (027)
Abstract
In his five interviews, conducted between 1973 and 1992, Merle Curti describes his experience as a history scholar and teacher. He recalls his time as a student at Harvard under Frederick Jackson Turner, his teaching experience before UW, and his time as part of the UW history faculty from 1942-1968.
Subject
Beard, Charles and Mary
Black History
Social History
Religion and Scholarship
Smith College
Morrison, Samuel
Knopf, Alfred
Schlesinger, Arthur
American Intellectual History
Harvard University
Sachse, William
Taylor, William
Vansina, Jan
Curtin, Philip
Mosse, George
Jensen, Merrill
Higby, Chester
Reynolds, Robert
Gaines Post
1953 Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Beale, Howard
Knaplund, Paul
Gottschalk, Louis
Jewish Historians
ILS
Status of Women
McCarthyism
Peace Movements
Turner, Frederick Jackson
American Studies
UW Libraries
UW Press
UW Foundation
WWII and UW
WHA Radio
Ogg Curriculum Committee
UW History Department
Permanent Link
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/75541Type
Recording, oral
Description
First Session (1973) Interviewer - Donna Taylor; Second Session (1981) Interviewer - Laura Smail; Third Session (1982) Interviewer - Edward Coffman; Fourth Session (1986) Interviewer - William Cronon; Fifth Session (1992) Interviewer - Gerda Lerner