| Title |
Oakley J. Gordon, Salt Lake City, Utah : an interview by Everett L. Cooley |
| Alternative Title |
No.379, Oakley J. Gordon |
| Creator |
Gordon, Oakley J. |
| Contributor |
Cooley, Everett L.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1992-11-02; 1992-11-23 |
| Collection Number and Name |
ACCN 0814 Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project |
| Finding Aid |
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv48007 |
| Access Rights |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| Date Digital |
2014-10-27 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/ ; Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4264688/ |
| Subject |
Gordon, Oakley J.--Interviews; University of Utah. Division of Continuing Education; Peace Corps (U.S.) |
| Description |
Transcript (242 pages) of interview by Everett L. Cooley with Oakley J. Gordon on November 2-23, 1992. This interview is no. 379 in the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project, and tape nos. U-1488 through U-1491 |
| Abstract |
Gordon talks about his forty-year career at the University in three interviews. As he looks back on his childhood in a small town in Indiana, his undergraduate days at Purdue University, his struggle with tuberculosis, his marriage to Charlotte Sanders, and events which led to his teaching and administrative positions in General Education, Psychology, and the Dean of the Division of Continuing Education (DCE), 1973-1991, Gordon also explores his own abilities in leadership which qualified him for the various aspects of his life at the University. In addition to experiences in student-faculty conflicts during the 1960s, Director of the Peace Corps Training Program, and particularly when he was administering DCE, Gordon offers insights into the administrations of University Presidents David Gardner, James Fletcher, and Chase Peterson. His comments on the financial arrangements of DCE and the University are of interest. Interviewer: Everett L. Cooley |
| Type |
Text; Sound |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Matt Wilkinson |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6jq2ngm |
| Topic |
University of Utah. Division of Continuing Education; Peace Corps (U.S.) |
| Setname |
uum_elc |
| ID |
832938 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jq2ngm |
