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Theodore Harder oral history, 1972
OH 45LOCAL
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Title:
Theodore Harder oral history, 1972Creator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
The oral history traces the life and career Theodore Harder, who served the campus as coach and athletic director. The stadium
was built in 1966 and is named after Theodore "Spud" Harder, a former coach of the Gauchos' football team. The team played
their home games at Harder Stadium until football was cut in 1992 due to budget cuts. The stadium has a capacity of 16,000
people, and is the largest stadium on California's Central Coast. Long-time Registrar at UCSB and its antecedents; director
of athletics, 1949-1956. Re his time at UCSB and early days in 1950s at Goleta campus. Interviewer: Gibbs M. Smith, UCSB Library
Oral History Program, 1972. Interviewee(s): Theodore Harder. Transcript: None found.
Date:
1972 (issued)Note:
The collection is open for research.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Theodore Harder oral history, OH 45. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara
Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Physical Description:
0.23 linear feet
Language:
English
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No place, unknown, or undeterminedCopyright Note:
The collection is open for research.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.