The interview focuses Matthews's professional career as a librarian, which started with a cataloging position in Rollins College in Florida in 1949, full-time positions at Princeton University, and a cataloging position at Bowdoin College in Maine, before being hired as a social science librarian at Trenton State College in 1963. Topics include what the college was like in the 1960s, the resignation of President Heussler, the formation of faculty unions, the tenure issue for librarians, Special Collections and New Jersey History Collection he helped to expand as Special Collections Librarian, and his impression of Ralph Nader. People mentioned include Clayton Brower, Bob Cole, Virgil Gillenwater, Robert Heussler, Felix Hirsch, Robert Hutchins, Edwin Martin, Charles Packard, and Babe Ruth.

NJVID Commons Collection, TCNJ Library Collection

Matthews, Richard P.--Interviews, Trenton State College--Faculty--Interviews, Trenton State College--Library--History, Trenton State College--History, Academic librarians--New Jersey--Interviews, TCNJ oral history collection, Biography, Education

Matthews, Richard P. (interviewee), DuBois, Paul Z. (interviewer), Richard P. Matthews Living History Collection (contributor)

00:58:38 (HH:MM:SS)

English

Name	The College of New Jersey
Role	Archive or repository
Telephone	(609) 771-2311
Address	P.O. Box 7718, 2000 Pennington Rd., Ewing, NJ 08628

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