Interview with Pamela Balch Maes : Alumni Stories
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Pamela Balch Maes (AB Anthropology, 1970) discusses her family background and decision to attend Stanford. She shares memories of her freshman dorm, Branner Hall, recalling girls from the East Coast smoking and playing bridge in the lobby, and describes her decision to change her major from pre-nursing to anthropology. She also explains the conflict she felt being a student during the Vietnam war; she was against the war, but her brother was serving in the Marines. Maes names faculty members Helen Schrader and Dwight Clark as influential during her time at Stanford. She also discusses the experiences of women on campus, including an incident where her friend was denied entry into the engineering department on account of her gender, so called “panty raids,” and rules around student housing. Maes next explains her role as a dormitory sponsor and the perspective this gave her on the experience of Black students at Stanford in the late 1960s. Lastly, Maes explains her decision to a career in nursing and as a nurse practitioner.
Description
| Type of resource | sound recording-nonmusical, text, still image |
|---|---|
| Extent | 1 audio file; 1 text file; 1 photograph |
| Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
| Date created | October 23, 2021 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
Creators/Contributors
| Interviewee | Maes, Pamela | |
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| Creator | Maes, Pamela | |
| Interviewer | Marine-Street, Natalie J. | |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Subjects
| Subject | Stanford University. Students > 1960s |
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| Subject | Stanford University. Students > 1970s |
| Subject | Universities and colleges |
| Subject | College students |
| Genre | Interview |
Bibliographic information
| Transcript |
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| Finding Aid | |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/vq569rr9544 |
| 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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