Code,304038 Subject,William Becker Date,2006 Interviewer, Abstract,"William Becker, University Archivist at Cleveland State University, discusses the history of Fenn Tower and the transition from a private college to a public university." Tags,"Fenn Tower, Fenn College, Cleveland State University" Special Notes,"Very loud, poor sound quality" minutes:,61 0,gives his name and where he was born 1,talks about the design and original purpose of Fenn Tower 2,Cont'd 3,events that took place in Fenn Tower and surrounding area in past 50 years 4,Cont'd 5,swim meets at Fenn Tower 6,upper rooms of Fenn were dorms 7,Fenn remodeled the building 8,talks about Turkish bath 9,tells how Fenn was involved in the Cleveland community 10,Cont'd 11,how Fenn raised money 12,landscape of Fenn College 13,people who worked in Fenn Tower 14,people who lived in the area surrounding Fenn 15,Cont'd 16,Different backgrounds that went to Fenn 17,connection between Millionaires' Row and Fenn College 18,influence of wealthy on the building of Fenn Tower 19,talks about improvements being done to Fenn Tower 20,whether the gym or pool should be used by CSU students 21,Fenn becoming CSU 22,Cont'd (audio goes out) 23,Cont'd 24,Cont'd (audio goes out ) 25,growing up in Parma and going downtown Cleveland 26,Cont'd 27,talks about memory of Euclid Av 28,How William Becker got involved with the history of Fenn 29,job after getting a master 30,Cont'd 31,talks about his book about Fenn Tower 32,talks about pictures of CSU campus and surrounding areas 33,Cont'd 34,Cont'd 35,Cont'd 36,talks about dinner by Fenn Tower 37,talks about physical education building 38,naming of Fenn tower and talks about east 21st street 39,talking about E. 21st Street (audio goes out comes back on @40:10) 40,Cont'd 41,brings up another photo of the CSU campus 42,Cont'd 43,Cont'd 44,talks about the Art building and other campus buildings 45,Foster Building 46,talks about the Gabriel horn 47,tells who Woodling is and why the Woodling Gym is named after him 48,talks about another photo of Fenn 49,Cont'd 50,Chester Building 51,Faculty club building in the photo; Vixse Boxse 52,interesting areas around Fenn Tower 53,Cont'd 54,students complain about parking 55,classes at Fenn 56,staff moving to Rhodes Tower 57,talking about the campus being built up 58,Cont'd 59,Cont'd 60,Cont'd 61,Interview ends 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114,