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Title: Interview with F. Burton Jones, Interview with F. Burton Jones
Identifier: e_math_02022
Creator: Traylor, Donald R.
Contributor: Jones, F. Burton (interviewee), Traylor, Donald R. (interviewer)
Topic: Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882-, University of Texas--history, Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States, World War, 1939-1945
Dates: 1972
Box: 2.351/Math Office
Resource: R. L. Moore legacy collection
Description: Donald R. Traylor interviews F. Burton Jones, a former student of R. L. Moore and a University of Texas professor. Jones discusses the friction between the applied and pure mathematics departments at the University of Texas, along with university politics, and mathematicians during WWII. Jones also shares personal anecdotes about Moore, H. J. Ettlinger, and H. S. Vandiver. Number on tape: 091703. Tape has some distortion.

Title: Interview with F. Burton Jones [part 2], Interview with F. Burton Jones [part 2]
Identifier: e_math_02043
Creator: Traylor, Donald R.
Contributor: Jones, F. Burton (interviewee), Traylor, Donald R. (interviewer)
Topic: Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882-, University of Texas--history, Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States, World War, 1939-1945
Dates: 1972-12-03
Box: 2.351/Math Office
Resource: R. L. Moore legacy collection
Description: The continuation of Donald R. Traylor's interview with F. Burton Jones, a former student of R. L. Moore and a University of Texas professor. Traylor and Jones discuss teaching mathematics, competitiveness, and participation in Moore method courses. Number on tape: 091718.

Title: Interview with Joseph M. Thomas [part 3], Interview with Joseph M. Thomas [part 3]
Identifier: e_math_02068
Creator: Traylor, Donald R. (interviewer)
Contributor: Thomas, Joseph M. (interviewee), Jones, Madeline (interviewer)
Topic: Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882-, Lefschetz, Solomon, 1884-1972, Veblen, Oswald, 1880-1960, Moore, Eliakim Hastings, 1862-1932, Mathematics--Teaching and study--United States
Dates: circa 1970-1971
Box: 2.351/Math Office
Resource: R. L. Moore legacy collection
Description: This recording is the final segment of an interview with Joseph M. Thomas, a professor of mathematics. Thomas knew Moore while Moore was teaching at the University of Pennsylvania and comments on Moore's personality and actions while there. Traylor and Thomas also discuss other mathematicians, such as Oswald Veblen, Leonard Carlitz, Solomon Lefschetz, F. W. Beal, and E. H. Moore. Number on tape: 091732.

Title: Interview with Mrs. Hughes, Interview with Mrs. Hughes
Identifier: e_math_02069
Creator: Traylor, Donald R. (interviewer)
Contributor: Hughes (interviewee)
Topic: Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882-
Dates: circa 1970-1971
Box: 2.351/Math Office
Resource: R. L. Moore legacy collection
Description: Donald R. Traylor interviews Mrs. Hughes, a former teacher in Marshall, Texas, where R. L. Moore briefly taught. Hughes was also close with a former paramour of Moore's, Emma Lake. Hughes relates the history of the town of Marshall and that of the high school at which Moore taught. Number on tape: 091733.

Title: Interview with Professor Ferkins [side A], Interview with Professor Ferkins [side A]
Identifier: e_math_02058
Creator: Traylor, Donald R.
Contributor: Ferkins (interviewee), Traylor, Donald R. (interviewer)
Topic: Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882-, Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States
Dates: circa 1970-1971
Box: 2.351/Math Office
Resource: R. L. Moore legacy collection
Description: Donald R. Traylor interviews Ferkins, a professor of mathematics using the Moore method. Ferkins covers class and university sizes, types of students, and grading with the method. Number on tape: 091726.

Title: Interview with Professor Ferkins [side B], Interview with Professor Ferkins [side B]
Identifier: e_math_02059
Creator: Traylor, Donald R.
Contributor: Ferkins (interviewee), Traylor, Donald R. (interviewer)
Topic: Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882-, Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States
Dates: circa 1970-1971
Box: 2.351/Math Office
Resource: R. L. Moore legacy collection
Description: This recording concludes Donald R. Traylor's interview with Professor Ferkins, a professor of mathematics using the Moore method. Traylor and Ferkins briefly discuss preparing students in the Moore method and devoting time to teaching and research. Number on tape: 091726.