Processed by
Susan A. Fletcher
1 September 2004
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
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VOLUME OF |
1 folder, 1 cassette tape |
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COLLECTION |
Ca. 1979 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Indiana Historical Society project, 1979 |
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RESTRICTIONS: |
None |
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COPYRIGHT: |
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REPRODUCTION |
Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society. |
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ALTERNATE |
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RELATED |
Delores Nolcox Oral History Interview, SC 2730 |
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ACCESSION |
1979.0011 |
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NOTES: |
Previously numbered as OH 5. |
Matthias Nolcox was born 4 April 1886. He was born and grew up in Lyles Station, Indiana. He graduated from Terre Haute Normal School, and attended Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Ind. When he was nineteen years old, he became the principal of the high school in Patoka, Ind. He returned to school, majoring in chemistry and math at Indiana University with the view to be a doctor. After graduating from IU, he did postgraduate work at the University of California.
In 1922 Nolcox began teaching at Indianapolis School 26. That year he married a woman named Marie, with whom he had two sons and one daughter: Rudolph, Vernona, and Noble. During the summers, he took courses at Harvard, eventually earning his PhD in education in 1927. After graduation, he went to Europe to study at Oxford and to examine European educational systems. He returned to Indianapolis, where he became the principal of the newly formed Crispus Attucks High School.
Nolcox died in June 1985.
Sources:
Information in collection.
Ancestry Plus: http://search.ancestry.com (accessed 4 June 2004).
Ford, Lynn, “Crispus Attucks High School: Despite Protests, City Created All-Black High School.” Indianapolis Star 1 February 2001.
This collection contains one cassette tape and a transcript of an oral history interview that Jean Spears conducted with Matthais Nolcox in 1979. A former schoolteacher and community activist, Spears has been especially involved in historic preservation. She was instrumental in the development of Ransom Place, an Indianapolis neighborhood. In the interview, Nolcox talks about growing up in Lyles Station, his family, his educational background, and his experiences in Europe.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Matthias Nolcox Oral History Interview – transcript |
Folder 1 |
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Matthias Nolcox Oral History Interview – cassette tape |
CT 1515 |
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