UCA History interviews recorded from the 1970s-1990s contain information on different aspects of UCA. Some of the transcripts are available through the Digital Archives.
Interviewee: Marjorie Armstrong
Interviewer: Jimmie Lee Campbell
Date: April 11, 1990
Graduated from ASTC in 1939 with B.S.E. Degree. She talked about student life on campus and taught all together 18 years. She taught typing, shorthand, and home economics.
Interviewee: L.O. Baker
Interviewer: Stephen Copley
Date: May 06, 1983
A.S.T.C.1922-1937; Education Major; Talked about the Great Depression; Post WWI; Campus and Student life; and the “Plantation System”
Interviewee: Janis Purtle Banister
Interviewer: Sue Ann Hays
Date: April 24, 1987
Graduated from ASTC with BA in Music, and was discussing student life during 1950’s. She used her skills in church not in the public education.
Interviewee: Hugh G. Battershell
Interviewer: Donald Ward
Date: April 8, 1981
Graduated from ASTC, and was discussing student life during 1947. He was a professor of chemistry at Arkansas State University, Beebe.
Interviewee: Ralph D. Behrens
Interviewer: Kenny Vaughan
Date: April 21, 1990
Graduated from ASTC in 1939. Talked about student life on campus and taught at UCA for thirty-seven years then retired. Topic: ASTC 1935-39.
Interviewee: Lindy Bollen
Interviewer: Lorraine Sneed
Date: April 25, 1981
Graduated from ASTC and played football until he broke his ankle. Topic: History of UCA 1945-47 student life.
Interviewee: Thomas Bonner
Interviewer: Kathy Singleton
Date: April 21, 1981
Graduated from ASTC and majored in Speech and drama. Topic: Student life on campus as a disk jockey.
Interviewee: Dr. A.E. Burdick
Interviewer: Ronald Wilson
Date: April 25, 1980
ASTC & UCA; 1937-1975; He was Faculty/Dean/ V.P. Academic Affairs. Main topic: General Education Requirements
Interviewee: Dr. A.E. Burdick
Interviewer: M. McClung
Date: April 27, 1987
2nd Interview
ASTC & UCA; 1937-1975 Faculty/Admin.
Topic: Teacher Education at UCA-1950s; Ford Foundation
Interviewee: Cole Castellaw
Interviewer: Danny Chidester
Date: May 8, 1990
ASTC Student Life in the late 1930’s
Interviewee: Verna Chrisler
Interviewer: Dianne Tolson
Date: May 5, 1980
ASTC 1937-61, Faculty;
1st Interview: Teacher Training; Extension Courses; Stone County, AR in 1942
She graduated with a B.S. degree from ASTC and MA degree from George Peabody College for Teachers. She taught in the Education Department of ASTC. She held extension courses in Stone County to help develop arts and crafts. She helped the teachers realize that they could teach effectively without expensive materials.
Interviewee: Verna Chrisler
Interviewer: William O. Thomas
Date: April 23, 1979
2nd Interview
Topic: training school established to train teachers; in 1948 the training school burned; in 1963the training school program ended; ASTC needed more room.
Interviewee: Emagene Tilman Clark
Interviewer: Douglas Carter
Date: April 28, 1990
Graduated from ASTC in 1940 with B.S. E. Degree. Topic: Student life on campus. She taught Home Economics 39 years.
Interviewee: James Clark
Interviewer: H.D. Quattlebaum, Jr.
Date: April 27, 1981
ASTC student 1948-1952; Physical Education Major; Topic: Student/Campus Life.
Interviewee: Suzanne H. Clark
Interviewer: Joanne Lehmann
Date: April 19, 1983
ASTC student 1961-1967; Elementary Education Major; Topic: Student/Campus Life.
Interviewee: Thomas L. Cole
Interviewer: Melissa Coburn
Date: April 25 & May 1, 1979
ASTC student 1939-1941; 1945-1946; BA in Art/Economics; WWII Veteran; Topic: Student/Campus Life after WWII.
Interviewee: Lanell Compton
Interviewer: James Philip Kimmer
Date: April 26, 1990
ASTC 1936-1939; BSE English/Library; Student/Campus Life
Interviewee: Everett E. Cordrey
Interviewer: H. L. Minton
Date: July 10, 1969
ASTC faculty staff over Science Department Head from 1914-1950. Faculty/Administration for 36 years.
Interviewee: Dr. Robert Courtway
Interviewer: Scott P. Hamnquist
Date: April 3, 1983
ASTC Student 1945-1946; 1947-1950; Physical Education Major; Student Life; WWII Veteran
Interviewee: Maxine Crafton
Interviewer: Marshia McClung
Date: May 6, 1987
Graduated 1951 from ASTC. In 1953 became secretary to Dr. B.A. Lewis of the Fifth Year Ford Foundation Project. She believed our graduate program grew out of the Fifth Year Program funded by Ford Foundation.
Interviewee: James Arthur Dunaway
Interviewer: James Carney Owen
Date: April 16, 1980
Graduated 1947 from ASTC discussing student life before and after the war. Topic: The impact of the veterans on ASTC, 1945-47.
Interviewee: Dean Duncan
Interviewer: Robert “Bunny” Adcock
Date: April 30, 1983
Sports at UCA; 1946, Student; Returning Veterans; UCA Sports 1940s and 1950s; 1967, Administration
Interviewee: Harold D. Edison
Interviewer: Bruce Schaper
Date: April 15, 1987
Graduated 1929 from ASTC with B.S.E. and MA degree in zoology. Topic: Construction of the student center in the years 1957-58.
Interviewee: Harold D. Edison
Interviewer: Ronald Wilson
Date: April 17, 1980
Faculty/Administration: Former Vice-President of Finance and Administration Dept.; Topic: General Education at ASTC, Post WWII Era
Interviewee: Harold D. Edison
Interviewer: James C. Owen
Date: April 23, 1980
Faculty/Administration: Former Vice-President of Finance and Administration Dept.; Topic: History of ASTC and the Impact of Veterans from 1945-1948
Interviewee: Jefferson Davis Farris, Jr.
Date: March 24, 1976
Transcript of the Inaugural convocation of President Jefferson Davis Farris, Jr. University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas.
Interviewee: Hubert Lee Ferguson
Interviewer: Robert Ward Smalling
Date: April 18, 1979
Graduated 1949 ASTC and his occupation was a printer. Topic: European Theater of Operation with the 86th Infantry. William C. Ferguson Memorial Chapel was built and named after his father.
Interviewee: Mary Virginia Ferguson
Interviewer: Nancy Crawford
Date: April 19, 1979
Did not graduate from ASTC, but received Master’s from ASTC. Topic: Student life on campus and funny stories Dean Ferguson.
Interviewee: Dr. Cecil Garrison
Interviewer: H.D. Stormy Quattlebaum, Jr.
Date: April 22, 1981
ASTC and UCA; 1948-1980; Faculty; Physical Education Dept,; Sports Coach; Audio & Visual Dept. He worked in the Physical education department as a basketball coach, track coach, and football coach from 1949 till 1958.
Interviewee: Dr. Cecil Garrison
Interviewer: Don Rinker
Date: May 3, 1990
2nd Interview:
UCA: Faculty, 1948-1980; Track Coach; Media Dept; Physical Ed Teacher; Ph.D in Educational Media in 1957; Film Library at UCA;
Interviewee: Thelma Harrison Garrison
Interviewer: Don Rinker
Date: April 19, 1990
ASTC Campus Life; Graduated 1939; Great Depression Days; Major: Elementary Education
Interviewee: Dr. Howard Groth
Interviewer: Susan Standridge
Date: March 18, 1980
Faculty, Music Dept; WWII Veteran
Interviewee: Gene Hatfield
Interviewer: Lorraine Sneed
Date: April 30, 1981
Artist; UCA Student: 1942-44, 1945-47; WWII Veteran; UCA Faculty: Art Department
Interviewee: Marjorie Stevenson Hendrix
Interviewer: Kenny Vaughan
Date: April 25, 1990
Life on ASTC campus during 1935 and 1939.
Interviewee: Ross Holiman
Interviewer: Michael Willbanks
Date: April 19, 1979
Graduated 1949 from ASTC. Student life on campus on a GI Bill. He taught school and coached for two years at Scott High School and worked twenty-eight years for the telephone company.
Interviewee: Imogene Holt
Minton Interviewer: Danny Chidester
Date: May 8, 1990
Graduated 1949 from ASTC. Student life on campus and the daughter of Dr. Minton faculty staff member of ASTC.
Interviewee: Dr. Frank M. Hudson
Interviewer: Kathy Anne Singleton
Date: April 29, 1981
Faculty: A.S.T.C.; Chairman—Math Dept. UCA
Interviewee: Nellie C. Irby
Interviewer: Malissa Coburn
Date: April 28, 1979
Wife of UCA President Nolen M. Irby; UCA under the Irby Administration; 1941-1953; Duties as President’s Wife; Student Life; Military Veterans as Students
Interviewee: Nellie C. Irby
Interviewer: Scott Hamnquist
Date: April 20, 1983
2nd Interview: Irby Years at UCA (1941-1953)
Interviewee: Wilburn Theodore Kincannon
Interviewer: James Philip Kimmer
Date: April 19, 1990
A.S.T.C. from 1933-1939; class of 1939, BSE in AGRI; WWII Veteran; Veteran of the Korean War; Topics: Student Life
Interviewee: Jeannette Kunesh
Interviewer: Ralph Mote
Date: None
Listed Late 1930s; 1st two years of WWII; Student Life; Japanese Relocation Center at Rohwer
Interviewee: Hazel Lasley
Interviewer: Douglas Carter
Date: May 2, 1990
A.S.T.C.; Home Econ Major; member of the W.A.V.E.S.; Topics: Campus Life; Classes; Teachers
Interviewee: Bill Ledbetter
Interviewer: Sue Ann Hays
Date: April 22, 1987
Graduated from ASTC in 1953 with B.S.E. Degree and a minor in Physical Education discussing student life. He went on G.I. Bill and played football. He had the leather helmet. Wreck Tech Week on campus nobody got any sleep.
Interviewee: Irene Wood Lee (Wife of Thomas Lee)
Interviewer: Lenette Taylor
Date: October 8,1988
A.S.T.C.; Class of 1934; Elem Edu Major; Topics: Depression Days; FDR and the New Deal; Campus Life
Interviewee: Dr. Thomas L. Lee
Interviewer: Dr. Waddy W. Moore
Date: October 8,1988
A.S.T.C.; Class of 1936; Edu Major; Topics: WPA; Arkansas History; Student Activities and Campus Life
Interviewee: Dorothy Long
Interviewer: Nancy Crawford
Date: April 22, 1979
Faculty; A.S.T.C.; 1945- ? ; Mathematics Dept; Sponsor for Delta Zeta (20 years)
Interviewee: Florence Lull
Interviewer: Phillip Kimmer
Date: April 21, 1990
A.S.T.C.; Class of 1939, Physical Education Major; Topics: Great Depression; “Warrants” for teachers; Student and Campus Life
Interviewee: Audie James Lynch
Interviewer: Marshia McClung
Date: April 13, 1987
A.S.T.C.; Student, Class of 1947; UCA; Faculty: Assistant Dean, College of Education; Topic: The Teacher Education Program at UCA in the 1950s—The Ford Foundation Program
Interviewee: Arletha M. Manley
Interviewer: Beverly Hammons
Date: May 2, 1980
Graduated from UAPB and the wife of the first black man to graduate from A.S.T.C. in 1958. She discussed student life for Mr. Manley.
Interviewee: Joe McGhee
Interviewer: Dianne Tolson
Date: April 14, 1980
Retired newspaper man: Log Cabin Democrat from 1929-1977. Covered new about Conway and UCA
Interviewee: Charles W. “Dub” McGibbony
Interviewer: H.D. Quattlebaum, Jr.
Date: April 13, 1981
A.S.T.C.; Student 1941-45; Faculty: Physical Ed Classes; Swimming Classes; First-Aid Classes; Head Football/Basketball Coach 1946-47
Interviewee: Hubert L. Minton
Interviewer: Dr. Waddy Moore
Date: December 21, 1967 & February 2, 1968
In 1921 became an assistant professor of physical science. In 1924 he graduated with his bachelor’s degree. Dr. Minton organized the geography department in 1927 and 1937 earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
Interviewee: H. L. Minton
Interviewer: Beverly Hammons
Date: April 29, 1980
Normal School; Student from 1909-1911; 1915-1916; Faculty from 1921 to around 1966; WWI Veteran; Book labeled “Integration of UCA” –not much included on subject.
Interviewee: Howard R. “Pee Wee” Montgomery
Interviewer: Bunny Adcock
Date: May 28, 1980
UCA Sports: Post WWII
Interviewee: Dr. Jewel Moore
Interviewer: Scott P. Hamnquist
Date: April 7, 1983
BA from Henderson State; MA from U of A; 1947 came to Arkansas State Teacher’s College to teach in Biology Dept.; Main topic: Irby Administration
Interviewee: Julia Lee Moore
Interviewer: Donovan J. Rinker
Date: April 13, 1990
Graduated from A.S.T.C. in 1939 discussing student life. She belonged to Alpha Phi Epsilon. She had most of her classes in Old Main. She taught in Conway 42 years.
Interviewee: Thomas Nabholz
Interviewer: Susan Standridge
Date: August 14, 1980
Owner, Nabholz Supply Company, which built many of UCA’s Structures; Topic: Lawsuit over contract/construction
Interviewee: Mary Francis Olsen
Interviewer: Richard H. Biggadike
Date: May 06, 1983
Campus Life; WWII Vets returning to School; Notes that there were no Black Students
Interviewee: William Harold Owen, Jr.
Interviewer: Hugh Donald Ward, Jr.
Date: April 23, 1981
Graduated 1957 from ASTC and Master’s 1960. Topic: Veterans on campus after World War II. He was part of the Korean Conflict Veterans. Chancellor of Arkansas State University Beebe Location.
Interviewee: Eugene Wesley Packard
Interviewer: Robert W. Smalling
Date: April 27, 1979
A.S.T.C.; Faculty; Industrial Arts Education Dept; Campus Life; Post WWII; G. I. Bill; W.A.C.S.
Interviewee: Woodrow Powell
Interviewer: Kenney Hearnsberger
Date: April 27, 1990
A.S.T.C.; Class of 1939; Education Major; Hazing: “Green Beanies;” and “The Belt Line”
Interviewee: William H. Ramsey
Interviewer: Barbara Ann Stewart
Date: April 18, 1979
This Volume contains two interviews: (April 18, 1979, and April 23, 1979) Post-WWII, 1946-53; Student and WWII Veteran
Interviewee: William H. Ramsey
Interviewer: Patricia K. Anderson
Date: April 23, 1981
2nd Interview—Same Volume
Student: 1940-43; 1946-47; WWII Veteran; Student life in the 1940s
Interviewee: Dena Reynolds
Interviewer: Kenny Hearnsberger
Date: May 8, 1990
Graduated Arkansas State Teachers College. Student life on campus with the Hendrix rivalry (Appleknockers) and ASTC (pea pickers).
Interviewee: Rayburn O. Richardson
Interviewer: Jimmie Lee Campbell
Date: April 8, 1990
Graduated August 1939 from Arkansas State Teachers College. Student life on campus during the Great Depression.
Interviewee: Frances Counts Rogers
Interviewer: Dr. Waddy W. Moore
Date: Oct. 08, 1988
A.S.T.C.; 1934-1937; BSE in Education; Campus and Student Life; Great Depression Days
Interviewee: Dr. Mary Kay Sands
Interviewer: Barbara Ann Stewart
Date: April 26, 1979
1st Interview
Graduated University of New Mexico, Master’s and PhD University of Wisconsin. Faculty staff member for Arkansas State Teachers College. Topic: General education at ASTC in post-World War II years.
Interviewee: Dr. Mary Kay Sands
Interviewer: Susan Standridge
Date: April 24, 1980
2nd Interview
Retired Professor of Speech Pathology; came to A.S.T.C. in 1949; Main topics: Rockefeller Grants, Integration, Arkansas Council on Human Relations
Interviewee: Dr. Mary Kay Sands
Interviewer: Ronald Wilson
Date: May 5, 1980
3rd Interview
Graduated University of New Mexico, Master’s and PhD University of Wisconsin. Faculty staff member for Arkansas State Teachers College. Topic: General education at ASTC in post-World War II years.
Interviewee: Byrd Evelyn Rhode Shock
Interviewer: Kenny Head
Date: May 07, 1979
A.S.T.C.; 1943; Physical Education Major; Student Life
Interviewee: Gilbert Young Short
Interviewer: Dr. Waddy W. Moore
Date: February 19, 1968—May 20, 1968
Registrar; Recorder; Short Hall named after him; Received LI Degree from A.S.T.C. in 1912; Worked at A.S.T.C./UCA for 40+ years: Comprehensive History/ Memoir (281 pages, plus Index)
Interviewee: Hugh L. Smith
Interviewer: Kenny Hearnsberger
Date: April 29, 1990
A.S.T.C.; Class of 1939; Football Scholarship; Student and Campus Life; Conway History
Interviewee: Marvin Speight
Interviewer: William Thomas
Date: April 24, 1979
A.S.T.C.; 1941-1948; Basketball Scholarship; WWII Veteran; Major: Physical Ed: Campus Life
Interviewee: Fletcher Sullards
Interviewer: Patricia K. Anderson
Date: April 29, 1981
Earned Bachelor’s Degree in 1955; Veteran of Korean War; Student life 1947-1955; lived in Veteran’s Hall on campus
Interviewee: Dr. James Sylar
Interviewer: Michael Willbanks
Date: May 02, 1979
1st Interview
A.S.T.C. 1945-1955; Dean of UCA
Interviewee: Dr. James Sylar
Interviewer: Bruce Schaper
Date: April 20, 1987
2nd Interview:
A.S.T.C. permanent Faculty position in 1950 and was the assistant to the dean at that time. Discussing life on campus and the Student Center.
Interviewee: Dr. James Sylar
Interviewer: Richard H. Biggadike
Date: April 27, 1983
3rd Interview:
A.S.T.C.: Faculty, 1947-50—English Dept.; Administration, 1950-1976; Chairman of Inter-Fraternity Council, 1950-1976; Former Dean of UCA;
Interviewee: Jack Thompson
Interviewer: Carolyn Perrin
Date: April 19, 1979
A.S.T.C.; U.C.A; WWII Veteran; Non-Traditional Student; Campus Life
Interviewee: Martha J. Matthews Thompson
Interviewer: Jimmie Lee Campbell
Date: April 18, 1990
A.S.T.C.; Class of 1939: Student Life; Dorm Life; Dances;
Interviewee: Emagene Tilman
Interviewer: Douglas Carter
Date: May 28, 1990
Graduated 1940 from Arkansas State Teachers College. Student life on campus towards the end of the Depression.
Interviewee: C.L. Turner
Interviewer: Dr. Waddy W. Moore
Date: October 14, 1989
Graduated from A.S.T.C. with B.S.E. Degree in 1939. Discussed football and basketball season including Campus and Student life. He married his sweetheart from college.
Interviewee: Georgia Walling Turner
Interviewer: Dr. Foy Lisenby
Date: Oct. 14, 1989
A.S.T.C.; 1930s; Education/Home Economics Major
Interviewee: Robert E. Tyler
Interviewer: Joanne K. Lehmann
Date: April 13, 1982
A.S.T.C.; 1954-1963; Veteran of Korean War; Campus Life; Early Days of Conway, AR
Interviewee: Annabeth Vittitow
Interviewer: Bruce Schaper
Date: April 29, 1987
A.S.T.C.; Education Major; 1954-58; Student Christian Association; “Organized Independents;” Student and Campus Life
Interviewee: Ona Marie Wachtendorf
Interviewer: Dianne Tolson
Date: April 25, 1980
Graduated Arkansas State Teachers College and taught twenty-seven years. First picture in Scroll was 1948 in the faculty section.
Interviewee: Francis Webb
Interviewer: Kenny Head
Date: April 30, 1979
Student at A.S.T.C. from 1936-38; Faculty from 1945-? Main topics: Home Economics; Campus Life
Interviewee: Evans Robert Williams
Interviewer: Jessica Gorman
Date: April 22, 1981
A.S.T.C.; Custodial Staff: 1931-1968: Topic: Irby Training School; School days during WWII
Interviewee: Dr. Paul Witherspoon
Interviewer: Beverly A. Hammons
Date: April 16, 1980
Faculty: Professor of Psychology; 1955-1980; Integration