Oral History Interview with Thaddeus Seymour
Title
Oral History Interview with Thaddeus Seymour
Narrator (written)
Thaddeus Seymour
Narrator First Name
Thaddeus
Narrator Last Name
Seymour
Interviewer
Anne Reed-Weston
Abstract
Thaddeus Seymour, Dean of Dartmouth College, 1959-1969, and English professor at Dartmouth, 1954-1959. Oral history interview documenting his career at Dartmouth, including his experiences with campus unrest during the Vietnam War. Seymour discusses the controversy surrounding the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) at Dartmouth; student anti-war protests, particularly those led by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS); and the occupation of Parkhurst Hall in 1969 by student anti-war activists. He describes his physical removal from the building during the protest and the management of the crisis by President John S. Dickey, Class of 1929. Seymour also details the commencement of 1969 and the address given by Nelson A. Rockefeller, Class of 1930.
Date of Interview
May 13, 2015
Subject
Dartmouth Faculty
Dartmouth History
Protest/Antiwar Activism
Language
English
Rauner ID
DOH-451
Rights
CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Interview Audio Source (MP3)
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/seymour_thaddeus/seymour_thaddeus.mp3
Interview Transcript Source (PDF)
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/seymour_thaddeus/seymour_thaddeus_transcript_final.pdf
HTML
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/seymour_thaddeus/seymour_thaddeus_transcript_final.html