Abstract
Botts discusses how he came to be interviewed and hired by President West and his classes, teaching load, and other duties in his initial years. Topics also include his professional background, his exchange professorship in New Zealand, various people he was associated with during his tenure at Trenton State, changes on campus during and after World War II, his work as a Democratic mayor in Pennington, the accomplishments of some of his former students, and his life after retirement. People mentioned include Bernice Casper, Bessie Clark, Earl Dean, Jim Florio, Charles Harp, Felix Hirsch, John Hughes, Forest Irwin, George Kressey, Bertha Lawrence, Carla Miller, Andy Moreland, Marianna Packer, John Quimby, Carl Schuster, Mike Travers, Roscoe L. West, and Leon Wolcott.
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Subject
Botts, Adelbert K. (Adelbert Kenneth), b. 1903--Interviews, New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton--Faculty--Interviews, Trenton State College--Faculty--Interviews, New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton--History, Trenton State College--History, Geography--Study and teaching (Higher)--New Jersey--History, TCNJ oral history collection, Biography, Geography and travel, Education
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00:45:20 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
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