Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Guide to the John B. Hitchcock Oral History
2010
Cage 762
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Creator
- Hitchcock, John Boyington
- Title
- John B. Hitchcock Oral History
- ID
- Cage 762
- Date
- 2010
- Extent
- 1.0 box
- General Physical Description note
- 0.25 Linear feet of shelf space
- Abstract
- This collection consists of audio recordings (eight audiocassettes) and transcription of an oral history interview of John B. Hitchbook by Nancy Talbot Doty in 2010.
Preferred Citation note
[Item description] John B. Hitchcock Oral History, 2010
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Washington State University Libraries Pullman, WA
Biographical/Historical note
John Boyington Hitchcock was a lifelong resident of the state of Washington, and attended Washington State College as an undergraduate and graduate student. Interviewed in 2010, Hitchcock, then 90 years of age, recalled his boyhood in Ocosta, near Grays Harbor, Washington, his high school years, coming to Eastern Washington to attended Washington State College, and his early years as a secondary education teacher. Hitchcock also recounts his service in World War II and return to teaching after the war. He served as superintendent of schools in Rosalia and Forks, Washington.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of audio recordings (eight audiocassettes) of an oral history interview of John B. Hitchcock by Nancy Talbot Doty, the transciption of the oral history entitled "Out of Ocosta," and related documentation of Hitchcock's life.
Arrangement note
This collection is arranged in two series:
Series 1. Audiocassette tapes.
Series 2. Audio transcripts and other documents.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries 2013
http://libraries.wsu.edu/content/masc-homeTerrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open and available for research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
This collection was donated to the Washington State University Libraries by Nancy Talbot Doty in 2011 (MS 2011-04).
Controlled Access Headings
Personal Name(s)
- Hitchcock, John Boyington
Subject(s)
- Educators -- Washington (State)
- Oral Histories