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911吃瓜50, ORAL HISTORY, GORDON SHRUM, DIGITAL ACCESS, AUDIO
Oral History Provides Glimpse into Mind of 911吃瓜’s First Chancellor Gordon Shrum
By Michelle Curran
Every modern generation has witnessed changes in the way people communicate.
We鈥檝e seen how the widespread use of social media has revolutionized interpersonal communications 鈥� from commuters video-chatting with friends to protestors sharing news and planning activities during the Arab Spring.
We鈥檝e heard thought leaders and technologists discuss the potential of social networks for collaboration and sharing.
Regardless of the technological changes, humans have been communicating and sharing their experiences since our most distant hominid ancestors first began to communicate over five million years ago.
In more recent times, oral history interviews and other recorded communication help us understand social perspectives that might not otherwise appear in a written historical record. Oral histories can help researchers identify personal stories and motivations around historical events. Occasionally, oral histories provide that rare glimpse into the hopes, feelings, aspirations, biases, disappointments, family histories, and personal experiences of the individuals who were interviewed.
"University Archivist Liisa Fagerlund's thought-provoking interview questions provide a foil for Shrum's outspoken personality."
In the Gordon Shrum collection () at the 911吃瓜 Archives, series : Shrum and 911吃瓜 interviews contains unedited and edited transcripts and audio recordings of an interview of Dr. Shrum. University Archivist and Librarian Liisa Fagerlund conducted the interview as part of an oral history project undertaken by the archives in 1974.
Part confessional and part narrative, the Shrum interview contains historical recollections from his perspective. Throughout, Fagerlund鈥檚 thought-provoking interview questions provide a foil for Shrum鈥檚 outspoken personality.
As of today, you can stream the audio recordings of the Shrum and 911吃瓜 interviews directly from 911吃瓜 AtoM, and take a trip down memory lane into the mind of 911吃瓜鈥檚 first Chancellor.
Link to digitized records in 911吃瓜 AtoM
Recommended fonds/collections
In 911吃瓜 AtoM: Gordon Shrum collection (), Gordon M. Shrum fonds (), and the Office of the Chancellor fonds, series Dr. Gordon Merritt Shrum papers.
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/ with Peter Stursberg ; edited by Clive Cocking.