Interview of child psychiatrist Robert Coles. [2016-08-30]. Pt. 5.

Robert Coles, noted child psychiatrist, author, and professor emeritus at Harvard University, talks about a letter he wrote to Mary "Bunt" Townsend Percy, wife of Louisiana author Walker Percy in July 1990, shortly after Percy's death. Coles says that he was attracted to Percy's writing because of t...

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Corporate Authors: Vincent Voice Library
Michigan State University. Libraries. Special Collections Division (current owner.)
Other Authors: Coles, Robert (Interviewee)
Cooper, David D. (Interviewer)
Language:English
Subjects:
Coles, Robert > Interviews.
Harvard University > Faculty > Interviews.
Coles, Robert > Correspondence.
Percy, Mary Bernice Townsend > Correspondence.
Percy, Mary Bernice Townsend > Authorship > Collaboration.
Percy, Walker, > 1916-1990 > Authorship > Collaboration.
Coles, Robert > Knowledge and learning.
Coles, Robert.
College presidents.
Harvard University > Presidents.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Correspondence.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:1 audio file (33 min., 58 sec.)
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
Robert Coles, noted child psychiatrist, author, and professor emeritus at Harvard University, talks about a letter he wrote to Mary "Bunt" Townsend Percy, wife of Louisiana author Walker Percy in July 1990, shortly after Percy's death. Coles says that he was attracted to Percy's writing because of the author's wisdom and that Walker and Mary Percy had an intellectual and working relationship similar to his relationship with his wife Jane Coles. Coles also talks about how formative his education was, lecturing to Harvard Law students and the conflicts he had with Harvard presidents while teaching at the university. Part five of a five part discussion of Coles' personal correspondence. Coles is interviewed by David Cooper, Michigan State University professor of Professor Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures, in Concord, MA.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Recorded with a digital recording device and processed by the Vincent Voice Library at the Michigan State University Libraries.
Part of the David Cooper papers (MSS 617) held in Special Collections at the MSU Libraries.
Call Number:MSS 617-10
Voice 41399
Playing Time:00:33:58
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Robert Coles; interviewer, David Cooper.
Event Details:
Recorded 2016 August 30