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Franklin Smallwood, Oral history interview with Franklin Smallwood, 2003 March 11 - 2003 April 22,

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:	Smallwood, Franklin
	Title:	Oral history interview with Franklin Smallwood, 2003 March 11 - 2003 April 22
	Dates:	2003 March 11 - 2003 April 22
	Identification:	DOH-50
	Size of collection:	5 sound cassettes (ca. 60 min. each)
	Note:	Title transcribed.
	time and place of interview:	Interviewed by Mary Donin on March 11, 2003 in Shelburne, VT and on April 22, 2003 in Hanover, N.H.
	Abstract:	Franklin Smallwood, Nelson A. Rockefeller Professor of Government, Emeritus, and former vice president and dean for student affairs, Dartmouth College. Oral history interview documenting his undergraduate years and teaching and administrative career at Dartmouth College.

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Biography

Franklin Smallwood was born on June 24, 1927 in Ridgewood, New Jersey. He gradudated from Dartmouth as a member of the Class of 1951 and earned his master's degree and PhD from Harvard. He returned to Dartmouth in 1957 as assistant to President John Sloan Dickey, a position he held until 1959 when he became a member of the faculty of the government department. In addition to his faculty appointment, Professor Smallwood held a number of administrative positions including vice president and dean for student affairs and director of the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences. He retired from Dartmouth in 1988.

Scope and Contents of Collection

The oral history interview of Franklin Smallwood is comprised of audiocassette recordings and an indexed transcript of the recordings. The interview was conducted by Mary Donin during March and April 2003. The entire interview runs for approximately five hours and covers his undergraduate years and his faculty and administrative career at Dartmouth, serving under four presidents.

Access Restrictions

Restricted until 2012.

Use Restrictions

Closed until 2012.

Preferred Citation

Rauner DOH-50; Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.