Duration | 02:01:03.991 |
Abstract | Dr. Moody discusses the following topics: Ancestry, New England farmers — Father’s work at Trane Company, La Crosse, Wisconsin, engineering division — Relationship with father — Father’s graduation from the University of Pennsylvania — Family of engineers — Childhood memories — Private education, all boys school, Germantown Academy, Inter-Academic League, Philadelphia, 1918 — College experience at Princeton University, undergrad and graduate — Older generation versus younger generation in school — Childhood hobbies, love for sports — Conservative political beliefs — Trouble at private school, Germantown Academy, Philadelphia — Religious views in family — Swedenborgianism and Episcopal churches — Scientists and religion — Questioning religion and politics at Princeton University, c. 1920s-1930s — Father’s political beliefs — Thoughts on President Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933 — Communist meetings at Princeton University — Opinions on racial justice — Lack of diversity at Princeton University — Relationship with brother, Lewis Moody — Qualifications for a good teacher. |
Interviewee | Moody, Arthur |
Interviewer | Fredricks, Howard R. |
Owner | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
Type of resource | sound recording |
Genre | sound |
Genre authority | marcgt |
Publisher name | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program |
Place of publication | La Crosse, Wisconsin |
Date published | 1971-05-28 |
Date captured | 2018-04-12 |
Language | eng |
Subject topic | Moody, Arthur -- Interviews Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Oral history Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Oral history -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Interviews -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Elliott Company Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Trane Company Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Princeton University -- History Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Episcopal Church -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Trinity Episcopal Church -- Wisconsin -- River Falls Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Swedenborgians Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Theology Authority: LCSH |
Content | 00:00:57 — Ancestry, New England farmers | 00:04:17 — Father’s work at Trane Company, La Crosse, Wisconsin, engineering division | 00:11:42 — Relationship with father | 00:15:27 — Father’s graduation from the University of Pennsylvania | 00:17:18 — Family of engineers| 00:25:39 — Childhood memories| 00:29:14 — Private education, all boys school, Germantown Academy, Inter-Academic League, Philadelphia, 1918| 00:33:33 — College experience at Princeton University, undergrad and graduate | 00:43:50 — Older generation versus younger generation in school | 00:46:17 — Childhood hobbies, love for sports | 00:48:41 — Conservative political beliefs | 00:51:50 — Trouble at private school, Germantown Academy, Philadelphia | 00:57:43 — Religious views in family | 01:01:10 — Swedenborgianism and Episcopal churches | 01:07:37 — Scientists and religion | 01:12:57 — Questioning religion and politics at Princeton University, c. 1920s-1930s | 01:27:03 — Father’s political beliefs | 01:29:15 — Thoughts on President Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933 | 01:29:45 — Communist meetings at Princeton University | 01:32:05 — Opinions on racial justice | 01:33:47 — Lack of diversity at Princeton University | 01:37:04 — Relationship with brother, Lewis Moody | 01:49:56 — Qualifications for a good teacher |
Source note | Tape 1 of 4. |
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Collection | UWL Oral History Program Collection |
ID | aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000116 |
Doi | 18-0116 |