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Interviewee
Pomeroy, Wardell B. July 19, 1971 

Call Number
71-021

Physical Description

27 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 65 minutes; no index

Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.

Interviewer
Jones, James H.

Access Status

Open

Wardell Pomeroy, born in 1913, discusses his experience as a research associate of sexual behavior at the Institute. He sheds light on working conditions under Dr. Kinsey and discusses the process of conducting sexual history interviews. He also outlines Dr. Kinsey's expectations of his workers and addresses the changes that took place in the Institute after his death.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Rockefeller Foundation
  • National Research Council
• • Occupation Names
  • psychologist
• • Personal Names
  • Bugbee, Robert E.
  • Martin, Clyde E.
  • Yerkes, Robert M.
  • Payne, Fernandus
  • Nowlis, Vincent
• • Subjects
  • World War II
  • sexual histories
  • interview methods
  • institute leadership