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Title	Landis, Paul
Interviewer	Miller, Isabel
Interviewee	Landis, Paul H. (Paul Henry), 1901-1985
Date	1984-03-01
Description	866 minute oral history interview conducted with Landis, Paul, Washington State College/University Sociology, Rural Sociology, Dean of Graduate School. Topics include: Family background. Sociology Department. Published works. WSU career, 1935-. Previous teaching and job experiences. Soc. Dep't. - colleagues, students, social work program, development of the Rural Soc. Dep't. Government project works. Public attitudes toward soc. Family life in Pullman. Great Depression and westward migration to Washington. Research. #3) Soc. Dep't. - colleagues, course load. Holland administration. Landis' deanship - Graduate School. Compton admn. Resignation from deanship. Compton's real estate developments. #4) Real estate, cont'd. Colleagues. Changed atmosphere on campus during & after WWII. Student Strike, 1936. Veterans as students. Gov't programs during Depression. Compton's demise. Pullman community. Landis' real estate development. #5) Landis' real estate, cont'd. Graduate exams. Graduate faculty. His deanship. Graduate language requirement. Committee system within departments. Work with Farm Home Administration (FHA) during WWII. #6) FHA, cont'd. Effects of WWII on campus. Landis' real estate development. Landis' college employment. WSU career. #7 & #8) Landis' sabbaticals around the world, esp. Africa. #9) Sabbaticals. His achievement drive. Much on family and background. #10) Family & background. #11) Family & background. Hunting trips. His diet. Landis' children. #12) His children and grandchildren. #13) Children, grandchildren. Relationship between Pullman and WSU. Much on his real estate developments & role in building Pullman. Corrections & insertions by Landis. His declining health. #14) Landis' declining health and attitude toward it. Reflects on life's rewards and his failures. Reflects on his wife, Bess. Family members and their health. Graduate School. Sociology Department - facilities. Retirement. #15) Landis' teaching career. Reflects on Bess, his marriage, and fatherhood.
Subject	Universities & colleges; College administrators; Sociology
Coverage	North and Central America -- United States -- Washington (state) -- Whitman county -- Pullman
Type	Interviews
Publisher	Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Rights	For permission to publish, please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335 - 6691.
Identifier	ua202b11-Landis
Collection Source	Is found in Archives 202, WSU Centennial Oral Histories: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/ua202.htm
Repository	Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Contributors	The returning alumni (Golden Grads) of the WSC Class of 1954 donated money in 2004 which made the creation of this interview possible, as well as provided funds for this online description and access.
Language	English
Format	Interview cassette tapes were converted to RealAudio files with a bit rate of 16Kbps. The RealAudio files were later reformatted as mp3, described, and uploaded to a CONTENTdm server at the Washington State University Libraries.

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