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History of Indiana University, 1968-1981

Interviewee
Barnhart, Hugh June 13, 1971 

Call Number
71-019

Physical Description

35 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 85 minutes; no index

Interviewer
Benson, Barbara E.; Peterson, D. Scott

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Hugh Barnhart, an alumnus of Indiana University who graduated in 1915, tells of his college experiences, including university costs, Greek life, travel by rail, diversity issues, the coming of World War I, athletics, and various university activities and traditions that took place in the second decade of the twentieth century. Barnhart also discusses his personal knowledge, and in some cases, acquaintance with some United States presidents, including Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson, achieved through his father's position as a congressman. Also detailed in Barnhart's posting as conservation commissioner of the state of Indiana from 1941 to 1945, and a discussion of the issue of conservation as it existed in the World War II and post-World War II eras.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Delta Tau Delta
    • Indiana State Conservation Department
    • Purdue University
    • Occupation Names
    • commissioner
    • Personal Names
    • Bryan, William Lowe
    • Roosevelt, Theodore
    • Taft, William Howard
    • Wilson, Thomas Woodrow
    • Place Names
    • Bloomington, Indiana
    • Rochester, Indiana
    • Subjects
    • 1898 Spanish-American War
    • basketball
    • college traditions
    • conservation
    • diversity
    • dress code
    • fraternities
    • railroads
    • sororities
    • World War I