| Summary: | Interviewed by Thomas L. Charlton on 30 September 1981 in Waco, Texas. 1 38 pages Loyal Norman Gould was chairman of the Department of Journalism at Baylor University; birth in Chicago in 1927; parents were faculty at University of Chicago; paternal grandfather’s experience in Civil War; father’s educational experience in Minnesota; father’s teaching experience in Europe; maternal grandfather’s emigration from Sweden and move to Minnesota; mother’s educational experience and musical career; father’s research interest in linguistics; one-year stay in Reykjavik, Iceland; differences between Icelandic and American educational system; boat trip from Reykjavik to Oslo; father’s guest professorships at University of Oslo, University of Uppsala, and University of Copenhagen; memories of Copenhagen; education received at home from parents; family Quaker meetings; importance of music in the home; evidence of the Depression in Europe; father’s troubles with America First group; recollections of a Nazi rally in Berlin; his family’s helping Jewish refugees into America; schooling in America; enrollment in University of Chicago Laboratory School; unsatisfactory results of the University of Chicago Laboratory School; evidence of the effects of the Depression around Chicago; father’s retirement and family’s move to Florida; differences between life in Florida and Chicago; adventures living near farms and swamps; learning to swim; school experiences in Florida; segregation in Florida; extracurricular activities in school; mischievous trips by boat to Havana; family’s religious activities in Florida; church experience as Quaker, Presbyterian and Baptist; impact of the outbreak of World War II; father speaking out against Nazi regime; housing refugees throughout the war years; housing Dietrich Bonhoeffer before his return to Germany; fraudulent enlistment in the navy at age sixteen; naval training in Chicago and Seattle; training for underwater demolition; island hopping in the South Pacific; accusation of silent contempt by an ensign on the ship; encounter with that ensign after the war.
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