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Megan Cox

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Description

This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. Dr. William Westbrook discusses: his childhood; his early education (including a particularly good teacher he remembers); some mention of problems he sees with America's educational system; his employment history (including work as a poultry farmer, a migrant laborer, and working with milking machines on a dairy farm); his family; his college and graduate education; other employment; a job interview he remembers; his experiences as a college professor; and other topics.

Publication Date

1998

Identifier

OH64-575

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Text

Library of Congress Subjects

Westbrook, William S. -- Autobiography.
Marshall University -- Faculty -- Oral histories.
Education -- Oral histories.
Teachers.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Oral histories.

Comments

Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-575.

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Oral History Interview: Dr. William S. Westbrook

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