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Interview no. | L-0199 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | L.7. University of North Carolina: William Friday Project |
Project description | Interviews, 1990-1992, conducted by William A. Link, with family, friends, and associates of William C. Friday for his book William Friday: Power, Purpose, & American Higher Education (1995). Topics include the expansion of the University of North Carolina System; the role of the federal government university affairs, especially the Office of Civil Rights; intercollegiate athletics; the Dixie Classic basketball scandal; the Speaker Ban Law; and integration of the university. Some interviews address Friday's early life, education, and work outside the university. |
Date | 23 July 1991 |
Interviewee | Stevens, John S. |
Interviewee occupation |
Public officers Politicians |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Link, William A. |
Abstract | Jack Steven's first contacts with William Friday; academic reactions to the addition of Asheville and Wilmington to the UNC system; why the UNC system has evolved the way that it has; Stevens on the East Carolina University medical school controversy; why supporters of the medical school succeeded; how Friday influences the North Carolina Legislature; background of the restructuring of the UNC system; Friday's role in the restructuring process; Stevens' role in the transitio-n to the new system; impact of UNC-Asheville on Western Carolina University; Friday's support for UNC-A; Friday's leadership style; Stevens on the ECU medical school controversy; Stevens on the controversy regarding legislative subsidies for private schools; Friday's position on private school subsidies. |
Subject Name |
University of North Carolina (System) Stevens, John S. Friday, William C. (William Clyde) |
Citation | Interview with John S. Stevens by William A. Link, 23 July 1991 L-0199, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Interview no. | L0199_Audio_1 |