Matthew McNair Interviews

Collection

Identifier: MC 2328

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Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of four audiocassette tapes containing interviews that Matthew McNair conducted as part of research for his 2008 master’s thesis, “Another brick in the wall: the rhetoric of creationism, science, and education, and the fate of the establishment clause in the American classroom," which explores American policy and legislation (such as Arkansas' Act 590 in 1981) regarding the teaching of creationism in public schools, as well as challenges to those laws, such as McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education (1982).

Dates

circa 2006-2007

Creator

McNair, Matthew (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

Use Restrictions Apply: Playback of original audiocassettes is limited for preservation reasons. If interested in listening to a specific interview, please request that an access copy be made for research use. Access copy availability will be indicated in the finding aid as they are created.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Matthew R. McNair earned a M.A. in Communication from the University of Arkansas, and his master's thesis, "Another Brick in the Wall: The Rhetoric of Creationism, Science, and Education, and the Fate of the Establishment Clause in the American Classroom," was a winner of the Richard S. Arnold Prize for Scholarship in Free Speech.

McNair currently works as a Project Officer and Environmental Review Coordinator for the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism's Outdoor Recreation Grants Program.

Brief biographical notes on interviewees were provided by McNair and are included at the item level in the collection inventory below.