Oral history interview with William C. Friday, December 18, 1990
Subtitle: interview L-0049, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Cheatham, Cindy, interviewer; Southern Oral History Program; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; College presidents; Students; Political activity; Student movements; Administration; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Other titles: Interview L-0049, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with William C. Friday, December 18, 1990; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: William C. Friday served as the president of the University of North Carolina from 1957 to 1986. During his tenure, he worked closely with Anne Queen. Trained in seminary, Queen had become the associate director of the campus YWCA in 1956. From 1964-1975, she served as director of the newly merged YMCA-YWCA. In this interview, Friday discusses his professional relationship with Queen and describes her leadership qualities. Friday emphasizes Queen's relationship with University of North Carolina students, describing her as the "den mother" of the student body. Friday explains that students trusted Queen because she was a good listener and because she led by example rather than by pontification. Friday describes how Queen's leadership was particularly important as women became fully integrated into the university system and as students participated in various protest movements during the 1960s. In addition to describing Queen's role at the University of North Carolina, Friday also briefly reflects on the tradition of liberalism on campus, comparing his own presidency to that of Frank Porter Graham in the 1930s and 1940s.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on May 7, 2008).

Interview participants: William C. Friday, interviewee; Cindy Cheatham, interviewer.

Duration: 00:41:55.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-Chapel Hill digital library, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series L, University of North Carolina, interview L-0049, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Jovita Flynn. Original transcript: 15 p.

Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.

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