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Title: Interview with Lucille S. Whyburn, part 1, Interview with Lucille S. Whyburn, part 1
Identifier: e_math_02025
Creator: Traylor, Donald R.
Contributor: Whyburn, Lucille S. (interviewee), Traylor, Donald R. (interviewer)
Topic: Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882-, University of Texas--history, Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States, Socratic method, Inquiry-based learning
Dates: circa 1970-1971
Box: 2.351/Math Office
Resource: R. L. Moore legacy collection
Description: Donald R. Traylor interviews Lucille S. Whyburn, a Masters student under Moore and the wife of Gordon T. Whyburn, a doctoral student of Moore's. Whyburn remarks on her and her husband's experiences with Moore, including his class structure, his relationships with other mathematics professors at the University of Texas, and his aversion to conferences. Number on tape: 091705.

Title: Interview with Lucille S. Whyburn, part 2, Interview with Lucille S. Whyburn, part 2
Identifier: e_math_02026
Creator: Traylor, Donald R.
Contributor: Whyburn, Lucille S. (interviewee), Traylor, Donald R. (interviewer)
Topic: Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882-, University of Texas--history, Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States, Socratic method, Inquiry-based learning
Box: 2.351/Math Office
Resource: R. L. Moore legacy collection
Description: Donald R. Traylor's interview with Lucille S. Whyburn continues. Traylor and Whyburn discuss the intellectual atmosphere of the University of Texas during Moore's tenure, Moore's devotion toward his students, and why students would take Moore's classes. Traylor and Whyburn both share stories about Moore heard from students and from Moore himself. Number on tape: 091705.

Title: Interview with Lucille S. Whyburn, part 3, Interview with Lucille S. Whyburn, part 3
Identifier: e_math_02027
Creator: Traylor, Donald R.
Contributor: Whyburn, Lucille S. (interviewee), Traylor, Donald R. (interviewer)
Topic: Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882-, Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States, Socratic method, Inquiry-based learning
Dates: circa 1970-1971
Box: 2.351/Math Office
Resource: R. L. Moore legacy collection
Description: The final tape of Donald R. Traylor's interview with Lucille S. Whyburn. Traylor and Whyburn discuss philosophies and styles of teaching in the Moore method, as well as the trouble in locating the doctoral descendants of Moore. The two discuss their extensive research on Moore, and Whyburn relates Moore's reaction to her collecting materials concerning and publishing articles on his method. Number on tape: 091706.