Meeting People #3 : Interview Prep

On the morning of March 5, I received emails from both USAO professors who were contacted and both are willing to do interviews. The process to select these instructors included personal experience in classes with them and reading the
university’s faculty and staff directory page. Dr. Brenda Brown is the American Literature expert at this campus and Dr. James Finck is the American History expert. As our book was published in the United States and our cases will all be located within the United States, we decided these two would be the best candidates on this campus to interview. Below are questions we intend to ask each interviewee.

Precautionary

May we record this interview?

May we transcribe this interview and quote it?

May we place this interview on the USAO project site for historical and educational purposes?

Both

What controversies arose during the time period given?

How was censorship handled during this time period?

Does the 1960 Tulsa banning of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger make you think of anything significant?

Dr. James Finck 

What was the American political climate during the 1950s to the 1960s?

What were some of the domestic policies at the time?

Do you know the Oklahoma political climate during the aforementioned time period?

Who were in administrative positions within the federal and Oklahoma state governments of this time?

 

Dr. Brown

What were the  literary movements during the 1960s, and how did they impact Oklahoma if at all?

Do you know of the controversies surrounding The Catcher in the Rye and what is your opinion on it?

What do you know of the bannings of The Catcher in the Rye in Oklahoma?

Old book bindings at the Merton College library. Tom Murphy VII. 25 August 2005, Image.

Robert has also contacted some of his previous instructors from another college to attempt to obtain information from them. To my understanding, one is offering library resources which may or may not be available at USAO and others may be willing to give interviews. If necessary, more instructors will be contacted for interviews. The transcripts should be available by the end of next week on the team project site.

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