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Title: McGrory, Dr. Kathleen part 1 (tape #16 side b)
Date: 1976
interviewer: Friel, Jack
interviewee: McGrory, Dr. Kathleen
Description: Tape stock length: 90 min; Running Time: 37 min
Subject: Danbury (Conn.)--History; Western Connecticut State University; McGrory, Kathleen; Dr. Kathleen McGrory; Westside Campus
Abstract: Dr. McGrory starts off by talking at great length about her time as a student and then segues into her time as faculty at WCSU. She talks about the pros and cons of being a department chair as well as what she feels the focus of WCSU should be.; Label Contents: 11/1/1976
Creator: Friel, Jack -- interviewer
Duration: Running Time: 37 min
Time Summary: 0-10 Min: her travels through Europe as a college girl in search of the holy grail; her dissertation on German grail lore as well as the Arabic conquest of Spain;

10-20 Min: memories of the Canterbury monastery; chairperson of the English dept from 1974-1976 resigned; laments the lack of monetary support given to the English department.

20-30 Min: laments increasing student body being met with a steadily decreasing budget for each department; West Side campus legislative issues and a lack of administrative cohesiveness; potential uses for the midtown campus if WCSU is moved to the West Side campus; how WCSU has transformed from teacher preparation being its sole focus to being just one of a wide variety of degree programs;

30-40 Min: traveled all around WCSU's recruitment area (CT, NY) to evaluate the English departments of these area high schools, and how WCSU could help by better training teachers

Item sets: Jack Friel University History Collection, MS004

Other Media: tape_16_b.mp3