Oral history info on Akron sought

John Tully, an Australian professor.who recently complete a manuscript on the social history of rubber which he hopes will be published soon, has now begun .another project -- a social history of Akron itself.

He returned to Akron last year and spent some weeks in the Beacon Journal archives (He said Norma Hill was very helpful) and also returned to the University archives and the Summit County library.

He has amassed a considerable amount of newspaper and archival material but plans to return to Ohio and is interested in collecting oral history material.

If you can provide any help, please contact him via emal at John.Tully@vu.edu.au

He is:
Dr John Tully
Lecturer in Politics and International Studies
School of Social Sciences
Victoria University
Melbourne,, Australia