Title:
Interview with George Modlin, 1988-89, Part 1
Creator:
Rosenbaum, Claire Millhiser
Creator:
Modlin, George Matthews, 1903-1998
Date:
1988
Description:
1 computer file
Type of Resource:
text
Location:
Virginia Baptist Historical Society, University of Richmond Oral History Collection
Subject:
History
Subject:
College benefactors
Subject:
Buildings
Subject:
Modlin, George Matthews, 1903-1998
Subject:
University of Richmond
Subject:
Boatwright, Frederic William, 1868-1951
Subject:
University of Richmond
Subject:
Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886-1953
Subject:
Robins, E. Claiborne (Edwin Claiborne), 1910-1995
Subject:
Pinchbeck, Raymond B. (Raymond Bennett), 1900-
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Note:
Interview transferred from audiocassette to compact disc by Hildred Scott.
Note:
Part one of a three part interview begun on November 23, 1988. Claire Millhiser Rosenbaum interviews George Modlin on his student years at Wake Forest and Princeton, his interview with Dr. Frederic Boatwright, his friendship with Dean Raymond Pinchbeck, and his work in the Evening College and his contributions during World War II and the 1946 visit of General Eisenhower and Admiral Nimitz. Dr. Modlin describes his work with Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman and the Trustees, the donors, E. Claiborne Robins, and Mrs. Clarence Millhiser. The addition of the barracks and the Bostwick Lane bungalows are discussed.
