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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.