Interviewer
Robert D. Sawrey
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Description
This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. Mrs. Doherty was a librarian at Marshall University. She discusses: detailed information about her family; her education and her employment history (including work at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh); a brief section on her husband serving in World War II; very detailed information about her job at Marshall as a librarian; her son serving in the Vietnam War; individuals such as Harold Apel, a Mrs. Bobbitt (the head of the reference department at one time), Dr. Slack (the head of the library at one point), & Dale Nitzschke; library administration; librarians receiving faculty status; some anecdotes; and other topics.
Publication Date
1997
Identifier
OH64-555
Type
Text
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-555.
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Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner.
Recommended Citation
Marshall University Special Collections, OH64-555, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Doherty, Barbara, 1917- -- Autobiography.
Marshall University -- Libraries -- Oral histories.
United States. Air Force -- Oral histories.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh -- Oral histories.
Corporal punishment of children -- Oral histories.