Manchester University

SEARCH

  


Advanced Search

 

Manchester University Archives and Brethren Historical Collection

 

Full listing > Accession MC2011/21
Accession #MC2011/21
TopicDunbar, Dr. Willis: Is Present Day Education Anti-Intellectual?,
KeywordsImportant Persons,
TitleDr. Dunbar Speaks on the Topic, "Is Present Day Education Anti-Intellectual?"
LocationCD located in Media Cabinet, IIS, in order of accession number. Wave Sound file located on Archives Network [W:] in file titled [Classroom Use].
CitationDr. Dunbar Speaks on the Topic, "Is Present Day Education Anti-Intellectual?", MC2011/21, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana.
AccessNot for reproduction or reprint. Digitzed for preservation purposes. For educational purposes only. Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
ProvenanceArchives’ Stacks
Scope and ContentDr. Willis Dunbar talks on the topic, "Is Present Day Education Anti-Intellectual?"
Date of Accession02 February 2011
Bio History Note

The Archivist searched the name of this individual on the internet and found a website that briefly describes the work of Dr. Dunbar.  The tone and language used in the presentation would support that he was an announcer in the broadcast media during the 1950's.  On the tape, Dr. Dunbar cites that he has done much recording with WKZO radio.

According to the website, Dr. Dunbar was a newscaster with Channel 3 TV and authored the book How It Was In Hartford.  He was Head of the History Department at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo MI and on the staff at Western from 1951 until he retired in 1970. retirement in 1970.  Dr. Dunbar was born in 1902 in Hartford, Michigan and died 9-1970 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

http://www.hartfordmichigan.com/hartfordhistory/Famous%20Folk%20and%20Heroes/Index.htm

Archivist Note

Reel-to-reel audio tape transferred to CD by Instructional Technologies Department in December 2010 or January 2011.  CD copied as Wave Sound file in spring of 2016 by Department of Instructional Technologies.  Reel-to-reel tape discarded in Spring of 2016 by Jeanine Wine due to deterioration.

Description prepared 2 February 2011 by Jeanine M. Wine and updated 15 June 2016 by Jeanine Wine.

 


Manchester University • 604 E. College Ave., North Manchester, Ind. 46962 • 260-982-5000