Liddy Detar Oral History Interview

Interviewee: Liddy Detar
Interviewer: Kaylee Marr
Interview Date: February 27, 2020
Location: Waldo Hall, Oregon State University
Duration: 0:48:54
 

In this interview, Liddy Detar describes her upbringing with an interracial family that had a habit of moving around. She was mostly influenced by her mother who was actively involved in the civil rights movement and always promoted strength of community. That said, Liddy does not describe her home life as being feminist, but rather as having some feminist moments.

In reflecting on her education before coming to OSU, Detar describes her time at Barnard and the University of California. She mentions significant moments that guided her to her passion and her complex area of study. During her time at the two campuses, she continued to practice her belief in being involved in the community.

Detar came to OSU to assist in creating a new PhD program and was given teaching responsibilities too. She later became an academic advisor to a diverse set of students, since many have a major in various colleges in addition to a minor in Women’s Studies. In this, Detar provided support for students seeking to combine multiple aspects of story into their graduate work, as she had done during her undergraduate studies.

At the conclusion of her interview, Detar stresses the importance of community, touching upon her family’s health issues and the extent to which OSU colleagues lent both emotional support as well as other resources that contributed to “saving their lives.”

Dublin Core

Title

Liddy Detar Oral History Interview

Description

In this interview, Liddy Detar describes her upbringing with an interracial family that had a habit of moving around. She was mostly influenced by her mother who was actively involved in the civil rights movement and always promoted strength of community. That said, Liddy does not describe her home life as being feminist, but rather as having some feminist moments.

In reflecting on her education before coming to OSU, Detar describes her time at Barnard and the University of California. She mentions significant moments that guided her to her passion and her complex area of study. During her time at the two campuses, she continued to practice her belief in being involved in the community.

Detar came to OSU to assist in creating a new PhD program and was given teaching responsibilities too. She later became an academic advisor to a diverse set of students, since many have a major in various colleges in addition to a minor in Women’s Studies. In this, Detar provided support for students seeking to combine multiple aspects of story into their graduate work, as she had done during her undergraduate studies.

At the conclusion of her interview, Detar stresses the importance of community, touching upon her family’s health issues and the extent to which OSU colleagues lent both emotional support as well as other resources that contributed to “saving their lives.”

Creator

Liddy Detar

Source

Voices of Oregon State University Oral History Collection (OH 09)

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

February 27, 2020

Contributor

Kaylee Marr

Format

Born Digital Video

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Identifier

oh09-detar-liddy-20200227

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Kaylee Marr

Interviewee

Liddy Detar

Location

Waldo Hall, Oregon State University

Duration

0:48:54

OHMS Object

Interview Format

video