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Interviewee
Ramsey, Glenn V. March 15, 1972 

Call Number
72-001

Physical Description

49 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 120 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

Glenn Ramsey, born in 1910, discusses his experiences as a research associate for the Institute upon finishing his doctoral work in 1941. He speaks at length about Dr. Kinsey's personality and his duties at the Institute. He emphasizes the efforts of Dr. Kinsey to keep the sexual histories both confidential and secure. He also mentions his role in establishing the research library and Dr. Kinsey's feelings about the Second World War. At the end of the interview, there is an addendum which addresses Dr. Kinsey's move from researching gall wasps to human sexuality.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Kinsey Institute library
• • Place Names
  • Peoria, Illinois
• • Occupation Names
  • psychologist
• • Personal Names
  • Kroc, Robert
• • Subjects
  • Kinsey marriage class
  • sex education
  • interview methods
  • human sexuality
  • institute security
  • psychoanalysis
  • World War II
  • entomology