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Christopher “Chris” M. Beam, Interviewed By Doug Rawlings, Christopher M. Beam Feb 2024

Christopher “Chris” M. Beam, Interviewed By Doug Rawlings, Christopher M. Beam

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Christopher “Chris” M. Beam, interviewed by Doug Rawlings, August 29, 2000. Beam reviews his early life, attending Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, being invested in the “domino effect,” being disturbed about his fellow students seeking a way out of service, his gendered perspective of serving in the military, enlisting with the U.S. Marines feeling it was a prestigious branch of the military, feeling it was his patriotic duty to serve, signing up for three years of active duty and three year in an active reserve, his mother’s opposition to him entering the military, experiencing a change in heart as his …


Correspondence Between Assistant Chancellor Stanley L. Freeman And President Winthrop Libby On Draft Of Discrimination Policy, Stanley L. Freenman Jr., Winthrop C. Libby, Ronald F. Banks Apr 1970

Correspondence Between Assistant Chancellor Stanley L. Freeman And President Winthrop Libby On Draft Of Discrimination Policy, Stanley L. Freenman Jr., Winthrop C. Libby, Ronald F. Banks

University of Maine Racial Justice Collection

Letters regarding the formation of a University of Maine blanket non-discrimination policy draft in light of the Civil Rights movement. Assistant Chancellor Stanley L. Freeman, on April 24, 1970, wanted President Winthrop C. Libby's comments and suggestions on the statement. President Libby states on April 28, 1970, areas where the University of Maine does not comply to the blanket non-discrimination policy draft. Ronald Banks, Assistant to President Libby, on April 28, 1970, gives the final policy on discrimination statement.


Letter From Nicole Kimball To Hugh Saunders On University Of Maine's Sororities Membership, Nicole Kimball Mar 1963

Letter From Nicole Kimball To Hugh Saunders On University Of Maine's Sororities Membership, Nicole Kimball

University of Maine Racial Justice Collection

A letter from Nicole Kimball, President of Panhellenic Council at the University of Maine, to Hugh Saunders, Chairman Maine Advisory Committee Commission on Civil Rights, written on March 7, 1963 on UMaine's sororities membership in regards to Black and Jewish students.