The oral history interview of Mary C. Kelley is comprised of audiocassette and digital recordings and a transcript of the recordings. The interview was conducted by Mary Donin on July 28 and August 7, 2008. The entire interview runs for approximately two and a half hours and covers her career teaching at Dartmouth, the early years of coeducation, the founding of the Women's Studies program and the presidencies of John Kemeny, David McLaughlin and James Freedman.
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Jerry Lee Kelley was born in Spokane and grew up in Seattle, Washington. After high school, he worked for a cannery in Alaska for a year before entering Reed College in 1940. He lived in Eastport for two years, then became the student manager of the student union. An economics major, he thought highly of Professor Blair Stewart, and remembers the honor code as being particularly important. He worked as a student on the grounds crew, digging post-holes and thinning brush. Later, he was an organizer for campus and Canyon Day work crews. While in Eastport, the Doyle Owl was acquired as a student house trophy. He later worked as a social worker, teacher, and a soccer referee.
