Carignan, Sally, 1984 or 1988
Scope and Contents note
Interview covers Carignan’s observations and reflections on the social world of campus during her years at Bates: gender relations, race relations, the regional composition of the student body, student/ administration relations, student/ faculty relations, recreation, contests over the meaning of being a woman and a sense of community; posture photos; pranks; compulsory chapel; the political world of campus: her political views, campus political climate, the administration’s response to drinking, and comparison to activism at other campuses in the 1960s; relations between the College and local community; and anti-Franco-American sentiment in Lewiston-Auburn.
Dates
- 1984 or 1988
Access Restrictions
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Biographical note
Sally Larson Carignan graduated from Bates in 1962 with a B.A. in history. While at Bates she had a leadership role in the Bates Outing Club and was a member of the History Club. She also dated and later married James Carignan ’61 who became Bates’ Dean of Men and then Dean of the College. Sally Carignan was involved with the civil rights movement at the University of Rochester and she teaches at Lewiston’s Adult Learning Center.
Extent
1 videocassette(s)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General note
The interview was conducted for The Sixties, an interdisciplinary General Studies course taught by professors Robert Branham, Ned Harwood, Steve Hochstadt, and William Matthews. Footage from the interview is used in Student Union, a student- and faculty-produced documentary on student social life in the early 1960s.
Creator
- From the Collection: Bates College (Lewiston, Me.) (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Repository
70 Campus Avenue
Lewiston Maine 04240 United States of America
207-786-6354
muskie@bates.edu