Houston Gwynne Jones Oral History Interview
 


Citation

“Houston Gwynne Jones Oral History Interview,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed December 6, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/43833.


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Title

Houston Gwynne Jones Oral History Interview

Description

Houston Gwynne Jones is a 1949 graduate of Appalachian State Teachers College where he earned his BS in History and English. After graduation, Dr. Jones earned a MA from Vanderbilt University and his Ph.D. from Duke in 1965. He has remained an active volunteer for the university working with the Alumni Association and serving on the Library Advisory Board for two decades. In 2010 he inducted into the Reich College of Education’s Rhododendron Society and he was awarded Appalachian’s [ASTC’s] First Distinguished Alumni Award.

Information discussed in the interview: childhood, early education, attendance at Appalachian State University, the dormitories, social events and habits, daily life, weather, relationships, sports, class life, jobs held while at school, the library, and life after graduation.

Subject

Appalachian State University

Date

2017-11-22

Rights

The materials contained in the Appalachian State University Memory Project, 2006-2017, undated Collection are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use provided that proper citation is used (e.g. Appalachian State University Memory Project, 2006-2017, undated, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Special Collections, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC). Please contact the Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection with specific questions or with requests for further information.

Format

MP3
Oral histories

Language

English

Type

Sound

Identifier

5108_BDA_28_Part_01_HoustonGwynneJones_2017_1122_AC

Coverage

Boone (N.C.)

Spatial Coverage

https://www.geonames.org/4456703/boone.html

Temporal Coverage

2010s

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