Rauner Special Collections Finding Aids

Fred Berthold, Oral history interview with Fred Berthold, 1998 May 12 - 1998 May 26,

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:	Berthold, Fred
	Title:	Oral history interview with Fred Berthold, 1998 May 12 - 1998 May 26
	Dates:	1998 May 12 - 1998 May 26
	Identification:	DOH-3
	Size of collection:	4 sound cassettes (ca. 60 min. each)
	Note:	Title transcribed.
	time and place of interview:	Interviewed by Jane L. Carroll on two occasions during Mary 1998 in Hanover, N.H.
	Abstract:	Fred Berthold, Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion at Dartmouth College. Oral history interview documenting his undergraduate years and teaching career at Dartmouth College under four presidents.

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Biography

Fred Berthold was born on December 9, 1922 in Webster Groves, Missouri. He completed his undergraduate degree at Dartmouth in 1945 and received his PhD in Religion from the University of Chicago. He joined the faculty of Dartmouth in 1949 and became the first dean of the William Jewett Tucker Foundation (1957-1962). Berthold was appointed the first Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion in 1971 and retired from the college in 1993.

Scope and Contents of Collection

The oral history interview of Fred Berthold is comprised of audiocassette recordings and an indexed transcript of the recordings. The interview was conducted by Jane L. Carroll during May 1998. The entire interview runs for approximately three and a half hours and covers events, programs, organizations and individuals connected with Dartmouth during his undergraduate years until his retirement in 1993.

Access Restrictions

First half unrestricted; second half closed until 2012.

Use Restrictions

Unrestricted.

Preferred Citation

Rauner DOH-3; Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.