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Colette L. Gaudin, Oral history interview with Colette Gaudin, 1996 Sept. 19,

Contact Information: Rauner Special Collections Library. 6065 Webster Hall Hanover, NH 03755-2519, USA Phone: (603) 646-2037 FAX: (603) 646-0447 Email: Rauner.Reference@dartmouth.edu URL: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~speccoll/

	Creator:	Gaudin, Colette L.
	Title:	Oral history interview with Colette Gaudin, 1996 Sept. 19
	Dates:	1996 Sept. 19
	Identification:	DOH-27
	Size of collection:	2 sound cassettes (ca. 60 min. each)
	Note:	Title transcribed.
	time and place of interview:	Interviewed by Jane L. Carroll on September 19, 1996 in Hanover, N.H.
	Abstract:	Colette Gaudin, Professor of French and Italian Languages and Literatures, Emerita, at Dartmouth College. Oral history interview documenting her 32-year teaching career at Dartmouth College, serving under four presidents.

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Biography

Colette Gaudin was born in France on April 10, 1928 and following her education at the Sorbonne and the Ecole Normale Superieure, she taught philosophy in France and in Canada. She was hired as an instructor in French and Italian at Dartmouth in 1961 and rose through the ranks to become a full professor and chairman of the department of French and Italian. In 1987 she was awarded the Order of the Palmes Academiques by the French government. She retired from Dartmouth in 1993.

Scope and Contents of Collection

The oral history interview of Colette Gaudin is comprised of audiocassette recordings and an indexed transcript of the recordings. The interview was conducted by Jane L. Carroll on September 19, 1996. The entire interview runs for approximately one and a half hours and covers her experiences as one of the first female instructors at Dartmouth in the early sixties and the changes she witnessed in the decades following coeducation.

Access Restrictions

Restricted until 2012.

Use Restrictions

Closed until 2012.

Preferred Citation

Rauner DOH-27; Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.