Annabelle Patton discusses her work and experiences during the early years of Sangamon State University in the 1970's: her education in Springfield, Illinois, first SSU President Robert Spencer, community outreach, hiring of faculty and staff, contracts, orientation, programs and curriculum, changes in her job, promotion of the university, its logo, and her views on SSU.

2 tapes, 100 mins. Interview by Nancy Hunt, 1983 OPEN See collateral file See also P278A Patton