Dr. Richard Asselta (interview); Creator: Asselta, Dr. Richard; Interviewer(s): Gary Havican and Vincent VanVorHees; Interview location: unknown; Running time: 43 min., May 12, 1992

File — Box: 10, item: 5

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: May 12, 1992

Creator

From the Collection: Janick, Herbert F. (Person)

Access Restrictions

Open for research without restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 16 Linear Feet (, 14 boxes, and 1 OS Folder)

Language of Materials

From the Sub-Series: English

Additional Description

General Physical Description note

Number of tapes:1 [tape stock length: 90 minute]

General note

Coverage: 1963-1992
Topics discussed : (side A): Background; graduated from high school in Stamford, CT; went to UConn for a year; transferred to WestConn because UConn was just too big; graduated from Western w/ bachelor's in secondary education in 1967; Dr. Haas; lived on same block as her; if she saw him not in school, she would ask him why he wasn't; Dr. Ed Rosenberg; Dr. Truman Warner; Peace Corps; did training in San Francisco during "Flower Children Rebellion"; spent time in Vietnam and Marshall Islands; received letter from President Kennedy; good rapport w/ people of the islands; Back in America; it was a culture shock when he first came back; taught at Broadview junior high school; got Master's in anthropology from Western; Race relations in Danbury; Doctorate; from NYU in secondary education and cultural anthropology; Race relations at Western; ACE (Alternative Center for Education); has done it from 1975 until present (1992); Hostility on campus; intimacy on campus; racial tension; Sociology adjunct; "Man and Nature"; New courses