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Spencer, Robert C. #1 (1920-1999): Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-SP34.1

Scope and Contents

Spencer, founding president of Sangamon State University, briefly recalls his early academic career at Miami University in Ohio and the University of Chicago; private tutoring; University of Rhode Island; his arrival in Springfield to launch Sangamon State University; the acquisition of the Clayville historic site; and restoring houses in Vermont.

1 tape, 45 mins., 16 pp. Interview by Richard Henderson, 1983 OPEN See collateral file

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Extent

2.00 items

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

Interview and memoir in the Illinois Digital Archives.

http://www.idaillinois.org/u?/uis,4147

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Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

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