Interview with Charles "Chic" Fitts : Alumni Stories
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Charles “Chic” Fitts (AB History, 1967; MA East Asian Studies, 1975) reflects on his experiences navigating Stanford and his most memorable times as a student. Fitts shares about his freshman dorm, Wilbur Hall, as well as the moment when he found out JFK had been assassinated in 1963. He also recounts living in Beta Chi, a dissident and former house of fraternity Sigma Nu. Fitts goes on to describe how he began to create a life of his own during his senior year and working for the Stanford Festival of Arts. He also shares his favorite Stanford memory, which was living in Grove House, Stanford’s first co-ed dorm. Lastly, Fitts recalls his participation in demonstrations during the anti-war and anti-draft movement, specifically seizing the Applied Electronics Lab.
Description
Type of resource | sound recording-nonmusical, text, still image |
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Extent | 1 audio file; 1 text file; 1 photograph |
Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Date created | October 22, 2022 - |
Language | English |
Digital origin | born digital |
Creators/Contributors
Interviewee | Fitts, Charles | |
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Creator | Fitts, Charles | |
Interviewer | Miller, Abigail | |
Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Subjects
Subject | Stanford University. Students > 1960s |
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Subject | Universities and colleges |
Subject | College students |
Genre | Interview |
Bibliographic information
Transcript |
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Finding Aid | |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/gd060hd3992 |
Location | SC0932 |
Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (universityarchives@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Collection
Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program interviews, 1999-2022
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