Authors

A. Mervin Tyson

Interviewer

Montserrat Miller Chambers

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This interview is one of a series conducted concerning the history of Marshall University. Dr. A. Mervin Tyson discusses: his educational and employment background; his Ph.D. dissertation on a play titled "Every Woman in her Humor"; how he got a job at Marshall; problems the English Department faced; a literary magazine at Marshall titled "Et Cetera"; activities of the English Institute for High School Teachers; the Book of the Semester plan at Marshall; a faculty committee for the encouragement of graduate studies at Marshall; his experiences as Vice-President of Academic Affairs; an African-American studies group during his tenure as vice-president; Students for a Democratic Society; student protests and some bomb threats; the Impact Program; his retirement; and Marshall gaining university status.

Publication Date

1987

Identifier

OH64-302

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Text

Library of Congress Subjects

Tyson, A. Mervin, -- Autobiography.
Marshall University -- Oral histories.
Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.) -- Oral histories.
Student movements -- Oral histories.
United States Navy. -- Oral histories.

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Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-302.

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Oral History Interview: A. Mervin Tyson

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