David Seager New Left and Anti-War Academic Repression Collection

1971-1994
2 boxes (1.5 linear feet)
Call no.: MS 1168
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Audiotaped interviews conducted by David Seager for work on his 1995 PhD history thesis, "Repression in Academia: New Left and Antiwar College Teachers and Political Dissent in the Vietnam War era, 1964-1975".

Background on David R. Seager

David Seager's 1995 PhD history thesis, Repression in Academia: New Left and Antiwar College Teachers and Political Dissent in the Vietnam War era, 1964-1975 is one of the few in-depth studies of academic repression during the Vietnam era. Besides Ellen Schrecker, who has written extensively on academic freedom and repression in higher education, there has been a dearth of material written about the personal and career consequences faced by American college and university teachers who spoke out against the Vietnam War. For his thesis, Seager did extensive primary and secondary source research and directly interviewed 35 instructors during the summer of 1993 and corresponded with 38 additional ones throughout 1993 and 1994.

The project was fully self-funded by Seager who had very little financial support. Early in the research project, his advisor passed away unexpectedly of a heart attack. He worked with a competent replacement, but they were not involved with the original concept and Seager was, in a sense, orphaned. Seager planned to expand the thesis with additional post-graduate work, but was instead caught in a desperate financial bind with no help from a true mentor, a growing pile of job rejections, and a need for income, so the project ended with the thesis.

Scope of collection

The collection consists of 43 cassette tapes collected by David Seager during the course of researching his 1995 PhD thesis in history for the University of Maine, entitled Repression in Academia: New Left and Antiwar College Teachers and Political Dissent in the Vietnam War Era, 1964-1975. The interviews consist of interviews with 35 academics from across the United States from a range of private, state, and community colleges who were active in the anti-war movement during the 1960s and 70s including Ngo Vinh Long, Fred Pincus, Alan Paskow, John Lombardi, Mary Gibson, Frank Battaglia, and many more. The collection also includes a selection of transcripts, Seager's interview notes, correspondence with the interviewees, and release forms.

Series descriptions

This series contains 43 audiocassettes of Seager's interviews with academics for his thesis. Not every interviewee is represented and many of the interviews take place across multiple tapes.

This series consists of Seager's interview notes and questions, release forms, correspondence with the interviewees, and transcripts of a selection of the interviewees. There is a folder for each interviewee with varying material in each. Besides correspondence, a few folders consist of contemporaneous historic documents provided to Seager for his research by some of his interviewees as well as signed release forms.

Inventory

Series 1. Recorded Interviews
1993
Compact Cassettes
Ngo Vinh Long
1993 June 9
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.1)
Ngo Vinh Long
1993 June 9
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.2)
Leis Kampf
1993 June 10
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.3)
Bertram Garskoff
1993 June 11
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.4)
Bertram Garskoff
1993 June 11
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.5)
John Gerassi
1993 June 14
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.6)
John Gerassi
1993 June 14
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.7)
John R. Lombardi
1993 June 15
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.8)
John R. Lombardi
1993 June 15
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.9)
Fred L. Pincus
1993 June 17
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.10)
Fred L. Pincus
1993 June 17
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.11)
Jesse Lemisch
1993 June 18
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.12)
Jesse Lemisch
1993 June 18
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.13)
Jesse Lemisch
1993 June 18
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.14)
Wells Keddie
1993 June 21
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.15)
Wells Keddie
1993 June 21
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.16)
Wells Keddie
1993 June 21
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.17)
Mary Gibson
1993 June 21
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.18)
Frank Battaglia
1993 June 23
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.19)
Frank Battaglia
1993 June 23
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.20)
Joseph Walsh
1993 June 23
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.21)
Paul Lyons
1993 June 24
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.22)
Paul Lyons
1993 June 24
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.23)
Howard J. Ehrlich
1993 June 28
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.24)
Howard J. Ehrlich
1993 June 28
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.25)
William Wickersham
1993 June 29
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.26)
William Wickersham
1993 June 29
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.27)
Elaine Reuben
1993 June 30
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.28)
Elaine Reuben
1993 June 30
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.29)
Elaine Reuben
1993 June 30
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.30)
Alan Paskow
1993 July 1
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.31)
Alan Paskow
1993 July 1
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.32)
John Wiseman
1993 July 2
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.33)
John Wiseman
1993 July 2
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.34)
David Westby
1993 July 5
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.35)
Richard D. Enlich
1993 July 9
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.36)
Richard D. Enlich
1993 July 9
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.37)
Julian Gendell
1993 July 13
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.38)
Arnold Kaufman
1993 July 15
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.39)
Arnold Kaufman
1993 July 15
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.40)
Arnold Kaufman
1993 July 15
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.41)
Arnold Kaufman
1993 July 15
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.42)
Jerry M. Lewis
1993 July 19
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.43)
Luis Serron
1993 July 23
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.44)
Luis Serron
1993 July 23
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.45)
Luis Serron
1993 July 23
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.46)
Donald Granberg
1993 July 25
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.47)
Donald Granberg
1993 July 25
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.48)
Daryl Hobbs
1993 July 26
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.49)
Daryl Hobbs
1993 July 26
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.50)
John Galliher
1993 July 27
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.51)
Kenneth Benson
1993 July 28
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.52)
Kenneth Benson
1993 July 28
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.53)
Marvin L. Michael Kay
1993 July 30
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.54)
Marvin L. Michael Kay
1993 July 30
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.55)
Stewart M. Robinson
1993 August 2
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.56)
Stewart M. Robinson
1993 August 2
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.57)
Gerald R. Anderson
1993 August 12
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.58)
Gerald R. Anderson
1993 August 12
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.59)
Will Miller
1993 August 13
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.60)
Will Miller
1993 August 13
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.61)
Will Miller
1993 August 13
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.62)
Robert A. Rice
1993 August 14
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.63)
Robert A. Rice
1993 August 14
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.64)
Robert A. Rice
1993 August 14
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.65)
Hoyt Alverson
1993 August 16
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.66)
Stewart Doty
1993 October 5
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.67)
Stewart Doty
1993 October 5
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 93.68)
John W. Lamperti
1994 August 25
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 94.1)
John W. Lamperti
1994 August 25
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 94.2)
Robert A. Rice
1994 October 8
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 94.3)
Robert A. Rice
1994 October 8
Compact cassette
Box 3

(tape no. 94.4)
Alan Paskow (copy)
1993 July 1
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.31)
Alan Paskow (copy)
1993 July 1
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.32)
Gerald R. Anderson (copy)
1993 August 12
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no.93.58)
Gerald R. Anderson (copy)
1993 August 12
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.59)
Robert A. Rice (copy)
1993 August 14
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.63)
Robert A. Rice (copy)
1993 August 14
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.64)
Robert A. Rice (copy)
1993 August 14
Compact cassette
Box 1

(tape no. 93.65)
Series 2. Administrative and Transcripts
1971-1994
Interview Journal
1993 June 9-1994 August 25
Box 2: 1
Correspondence
1971-1994
Box 2
Adams, George R.
1993 May 12
Box 2: 2
Alverson, Hoyt
1993 January 26, August 16
Box 2: 3
Anderson, Gerald
1973 September 29, 1993 August 12
Box 2: 4
Andrews, Edward
1994 September 23, October 17
Box 2: 5
Battagalia, Frank
1993 February 1, June 23
Box 2: 6
Benson, Kenneth
1993 March 20, July 28, August 20
Box 2: 7
Buhle, Paul
1993 February 16
Box 2: 8
Calkins, Kenneth
1993 June 2
Box 2: 9
Cantor, Louis
1993 January 20
Box 2: 10
Demerath, Jay
1993 January 19
Box 2: 11
Doty, Stewart
1993 October 5
Box 2: 12
Dubinsky, Ed
1993 January 27
Box 2: 13
DuRand, Clifford
1993 April 1
Box 2: 14
Ehrlich, Howard J.
1993 March 2, June 28
Box 2: 15
Erlich, Richard
1993 February 8, July 9
Box 2: 16
Franklin, H. Bruce
1993 January 17
Box 2: 17
Fried, Marlene
1994 July 12, 13
Box 2: 18
Galliher, John
1993 February 5, July 25
Box 2: 19
Gamson, William A.
1993 January 13
Box 2: 20
Garskoff, Bertram: Release Form
1993 June 11
Box 2: 21
Gendell, Julian
1993 February 13, July 13
Box 2: 22
Gerassi, John
1993 June 14
Box 2: 23
Gettleman, Marvin
1993 February
Box 2: 24
Gibson, Mary
1993 June 21
Box 2: 25
Granberg, Donald
1993 February 12, July 25
Box 2: 26
Grassi, John
1993 February 10
Box 2: 27
Greeman, Richard
1993 January 6
Box 2: 28
Green, Mark M.
1993 January 12
Box 2: 29
Grele, Ronald J.
1992 December 14
Box 2: 30
Haidu, Peter
1993 January 7
Box 2: 31
Hobbs, Daryl
1993 February 16, July 26
Box 2: 32
Hopkins, Terence
1993 January 13
Box 2: 33
Kampf, Louis
1992 January, June 10
Box 2: 34
Kaufman, Arnold
1992 July 15
Box 2: 35
Kay, Marvin L. Michael
1993 February 26, July 30
Box 2: 36
Keddie, Wells
1993 March 8, June 21
Box 2: 37
Kirshner, Alan M.
1993 January 24
Box 2: 38
Krueger, Donald W.
1993 March 10, September 28
Box 2: 39
Koontz, Charlene
1993 February 17
Box 2: 40
Lamperti, John W.
1993 January 1, February, August 25
Box 2: 41
Lang, Berel
1974 February 29, 1994 January 21
Box 2: 42
Lavter, Paul
1993 January 19
Box 2: 43
Lemisch, Jesse
1993 June 18
Box 2: 44
Lewis, Herbert S.
1993 February 12, July 19
Box 2: 45
Lewis, Jerry M.
1993 February 19
Box 2: 46
Lombardi, John R.
1993 June 15
Box 2: 47
Long, Ngô Viňh
1993 June 9
Box 2: 48
Lough, Thomas S.
1993 January 26
Box 2: 49
Lynd, Staughton
1993 January 16
Box 2: 50
Lyons, Paul
1993 June 24
Box 2: 51
Meyers, Bart
1993 February 22
Box 2: 52
Miller, Will
1993 August 13, September 11
Box 2: 53
Moneta, Giuseppina C.
1994 July 25
Box 2: 54
Navarro-Aranguren, Marysa
1993 January 29
Box 2: 55
Ohmann, Richard
1993 March 20
Box 2: 56
Ollman, Bertell
1993 January 21
Box 2: 57
Parenti, Michael
1993 January 19
Box 2: 58
Paskow, Alan
1974 January 21, 1993 April 17, July 1, 1994 September 10
Box 2: 59
Pincus, Fred L.
1993 February 3, March 4, June 17
Box 2: 60
Rice, Robert A.
1971 October 28, 1973, 1993
Box 2: 61
Roache, Joel
1993 February 18
Box 2: 62
Robinson, Lillian S.
1993 February 20
Box 2: 63
Robinson, Stewart M.
1993 August 2
Box 2: 64
Rose, Walter
1993 February 28
Box 2: 65
Reuben, Elaine
1993 March 7, June 30
Box 2: 66
Scharr, Stuart
1993 January 31
Box 2: 67
Schrecker, Ellen W.
1992 November 22
Box 2: 68
Schrecker, John
1993 March 3
Box 2: 69
Serron, Luis
1993 February 1, June 16, 1994 February 8
Box 2: 70
Smale, Steve
1993 January 18
Box 2: 71
Smart, James
1993 February 24
Box 2: 72
Trimbur, John
1993 March 15
Box 2: 73
Westby, David
1993 April 3, July 5
Box 2: 74
Widmer, Kingsley
1993 January 21
Box 2: 75
Wiseman, John
1993 May 6, July 2
Box 2: 76
Wolf, Eric R.
1993 January 14
Box 2: 77
Zipes, Jack
1993 February 8, 1994 February 8
Box 2: 78
Interview Itinerary and Questions
1993
Box 2: 79
Transcript of interview with Alan Paskow, Tape no. 93.31
1993 July 1
Box 2: 80
Transcript of interview with Alan Paskow, Tape no. 93.32
1993 July 1
Box 2: 81
Transcript of interview with Gerald Anderson, Tape no. 93.58
1993 August 12
Box 2: 82
Transcript of interview with Gerald Anderson, Tape no. 93.59
1993 August 12
Box 2: 83
Transcript of interview with Robert Rice, Tape no. 93.63
1993 August 14
Box 2: 84
Transcript of interview with Robert Rice, Tape no. 93.64
1993 August 14
Box 2: 85
Transcript of interview with Robert Rice, Tape no. 93.65
1993 August 14
Box 2: 86

Administrative information

Access

The collection is open for research.

Provenance

Gift of David R. Seager, 2022.

Processing Information

Processed by EK Schlegel, August 2022.

Language:

English

Copyright and Use (More information )

Cite as: David Seager New Left and Anti-War Academic Repression Collection (MS 1168). Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.

Search terms

Subjects

  • New Left--United States
  • Political activists--Education (higher)
  • Political persecution--United States
  • Seager, David R.
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements

Contributors

  • David R. Seager [main entry]

Genres and formats

  • Audiocassettes
  • Correspondence
  • Notes (documents)
  • Releases (permissions)
  • Transcripts