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Title
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Interview with F. Burton Jones, Interview with F. Burton Jones
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Identifier
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e_math_02022
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Creator
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Traylor, Donald R.
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Contributor
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Jones, F. Burton (interviewee), Traylor, Donald R. (interviewer)
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Topic
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Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882-, University of Texas--history, Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States, World War, 1939-1945
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Dates
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1972
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Box
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2.351/Math Office
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Resource
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R. L. Moore legacy collection
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Description
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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.
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Title
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Interview with F. Burton Jones [part 2], Interview with F. Burton Jones [part 2]
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Identifier
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e_math_02043
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Creator
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Traylor, Donald R.
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Contributor
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Jones, F. Burton (interviewee), Traylor, Donald R. (interviewer)
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Topic
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Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882-, University of Texas--history, Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States, World War, 1939-1945
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Dates
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1972-12-03
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Box
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2.351/Math Office
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Resource
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R. L. Moore legacy collection
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Description
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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.
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Title
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Notes on an upcoming study [side A], Notes on an upcoming study [side A]
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Identifier
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e_math_02048
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Creator
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Traylor, Donald R. (speaker)
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Topic
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Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882-, University of Texas--history, Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States, World War, 1939-1945
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Dates
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circa 1970-1971
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Box
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2.351/Math Office
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Resource
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R. L. Moore legacy collection
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Description
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Donald R. Traylor dictates notes about an upcoming study. The purpose of the study is to develop procedures and methods by which a university may determine its priorities. Number on tape: 091721
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Title
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Notes on conversations with R. L. Moore and notes about John Silber [side A], Notes on conversations with R. L. Moore and notes about John Silber [side A]
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Identifier
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e_math_02046
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Creator
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Traylor, Donald R. (speaker)
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Topic
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Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882-, University of Texas--history, Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States, World War, 1939-1945
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Dates
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circa 1970-1971
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Box
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2.351/Math Office
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Resource
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R. L. Moore legacy collection
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Description
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Donald R. Traylor dictates notes on conversations with R. L. Moore about different aspects of his teaching method. He also talks about the changes in the UT math department with the new Dean of Arts and Humanities, John Silber, and with the onset of the 1960s. Number on tape: 091720.
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Title
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Notes on John Silber's tenure and changes in mathematics department [side B], Notes on John Silber's tenure and changes in mathematics department [side B]
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Identifier
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e_math_02047
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Creator
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Traylor, Donald R. (speaker)
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Topic
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Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882-, University of Texas--history, Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States, World War, 1939-1945
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Dates
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circa 1970-1971
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Box
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2.351/Math Office
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Resource
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R. L. Moore legacy collection
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Description
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Continues dictating notes of John Silber's tenure. Changes in math departments nationally and changes in position of the UT Pure Math. Traylor talks about various points of discontent and acrimony within the department and especially differences of opinion between the pure mathematics group (Moore, Ettlinger, and Wall) and the rest of the department. Number on tape: 091720.
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Title
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William Chinn Interview, Part 1 of 3, William Chinn Interview, Part 1 of 3
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Identifier
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e_rlm_0001
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Creator
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Chinn, William (interviewee), Roberts, David L. (interviewer)
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Topic
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Chinn, William G., San Francisco, California., California, Guangdong, China, China, University of California, Berkeley, Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941, Sahara, Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945, Salt Lake City (Utah), United States. Air Force, Cambridge (England), University of California, Los Angeles, V-E Day, 1945, V-J Day, 1945, World War, 1939-1945, Meteorology, Mathematics
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Dates
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1999-04-20
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Box
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4RM10a
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Resource
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R. L. Moore legacy collection
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Title
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William Chinn Interview, Part 2 of 3, William Chinn Interview, Part 2 of 3
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Identifier
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e_rlm_0002
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Creator
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Chinn, William (interviewee), Roberts, David L. (interviewer)
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Topic
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Atomic bomb, World War, 1939-1945, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, Meteorology, Topology, Algebra, City College of San Francisco, High school, Labor movement, Kearney, Denis, 1847-1907, Chicago (Ill.), San Francisco, California., Sputnik satellites, Sputnik 1, Begle, Edward G. (Edward Griffith), 1914-1978, Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882-, Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882-, Beberman, Max, SMSG reports, SMSG, Mathematics
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Dates
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1999-04-20
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Box
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4RM10a
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Resource
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R. L. Moore legacy collection