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Historian of slavery, the Civil War, and reconstruction, University of California, Berkeley, 1946-1983 : oral history transcript / 1998.
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Title:

Historian of slavery, the Civil War, and reconstruction, University of California, Berkeley, 1946-1983 : oral history transcript / 1998
University of California history series

Creator/Contributor:

Stampp, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Milton), creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Lage, Ann, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Sproat, John G.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Family and youth in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; studies in history at University of Wisconsin: radical politics of the 1930s, pacifism, graduate studies with Professor William Hesseltine, influence of historian Charles Beard; teaching during World War II at the University of Arkansas and University of Maryland, colleagues Richard Hofstadter and C. Wright Mills; professor of history at Berkeley, 1946-1983: departmental governance, faculty hiring and promotions, affirmative action efforts, loyalty oath controversy; issues of civil rights and civil liberties at UC: reflections on Free Speech Movement and anti-war protests of 1960s-1970s; research, writing, and teaching on slavery, the American Civil War, and Reconstruction; reflections on historiography and changing interpretations of the past.

Date:

1998 (issued)

Subject:

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University of Wisconsin--Madison. -- Department of History.
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. -- Dept. of history.
University of Maryland, College Park. -- History Department.
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of History.
Free Speech Movement (Berkeley, Calif.)
World War, 1939-1945
Loyalty oaths -- California -- Berkeley
Slavery -- United States
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Note:

Kenneth M. Stamp ; with an introduction by John G. Sproat. Interviews conducted by Ann Lage in 1996. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of: University History Series, Department of History at Berkeley.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Classified as Phonotape 2976 C:1-19.
Also available online.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Volume includes index.

Type:

biography
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 v. (x, 313 p.) : ports. ; 28 cm.
19 sound cassettes.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.