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History of Indiana University, 1968-1981

Interviewee
Thornburg, William D. May 29, 1969 

Call Number
69-006

Physical Description

30 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; index

Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.; Cuffel, Victoria

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

William Thornburg received his BA from Indiana University in the early nineteen twenties and became a geology professor at Indiana in 1928. He spends a lot of the interview discussing the problems of a water shortage on campus and how these problems were remedied. Thornburg also spends some time discussing his colleagues at Indiana University and what life was like when he was an undergraduate on campus.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Book Nook
    • Central Normal College
    • Indiana University Department of Geology
    • Student Army Training Corps
    • Occupation Names
    • geologist
    • professor
    • Personal Names
    • Allen, Ward
    • Bryan, William Lowe
    • Carmichael, Hoagy
    • Cummings, Edgar Roscoe
    • Logan, William N.
    • McNutt, Paul V.
    • Moffet, Archie
    • Visher, Stephen Sargent
    • Place Names
    • Griffy Creek Reservoir, Indiana
    • Lake Monroe, Indiana
    • Subjects
    • cisterns
    • Great Depression
    • Indiana Geological Survey
    • kaolin
    • limestone
    • malaria
    • town and gown relations
    • water shortages
    • water springs
    • water supply
    • World War I