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Fred H. Turner Audio-recordings (Digital Surrogates)

Fred H. Turner Audio-recordings (Digital Surrogates), 1967,1975, contains digitized oral interviews with Fred Turner about his years working for longtime Dean of Men Thomas Arkle Clark and the shifting role of faculty and administration during his own tenure as Dean (1967), differing administrative management styles between Clark and Turner, and the history of fraternities (1975), working with Clark and University Presidents Draper and James, the Chief, Founders Day, and other celebrations (1967).

This collection is managed by the University of Illinois Archives and does not feature precise descriptive information for each item. Discover its contents by browsing the folders and files. For more information, contact an archivist at illiarch@illinois.edu.