The sixth of twenty-four tapes of an interview Paul Vanderbilt. <br>Interviewer is an unidentified woman, possibly a university student based on handwritten notes accompanying the collection. <br>Approximate date based on life events described. <br>Topics of discussion include Vanderbilt dropping out of college and going to sea, taking courses at Harvard, and the relationship between book knowledge and life knowledge. <br>Identification on label on reel box (typewritten): Reel 6. side 1. Reluctance to return to college. Experience as a merchant seaman, 1925. Life plans at 20. Experience at Harvard. Father's attitude toward education. Estimate of father and his influence; Reel 6, side 2. Associates at Harvard: PJ Sachs, D.V. Thompson, et al. Attitudes toward social and professional ambition. Stryker Project and the Office of War Information, 1942-3.
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Paul Vanderbilt. Interview with Paul Vanderbilt reel 6, 196-?. Paul Vanderbilt papers, 1854-1992. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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