Niels Skov papers

Collection — Container: Box 1

Identifier: PP-05

Staff Only

Content Description

This collection documents the academic life and work of Niels Skov at The Evergreen State College from 1982-1988. It contains personal correspondences, inter-faculty communications and evaluations from other faculty, students, and from himself. This collection covers a period at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington from 1982-1988. The subject matter is mostly related to programs Niels Skov taught, including "Management in the Public Interest", and "Great Qurstions and Great Books". The documents consist of almost entirely typewritten documentation, with a few handwritten papers contained throughout.

Dates

Creation: 1974 - 1988

Restriction

All student records in this series are subject to Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) restrictions of seventy-five years from the date of creation of the record.

Extent

0.19 Cubic Feet (1 half-sized letter container with 5 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Niels Skov was born in 1919 in Denmark. Growing up, he was angered by Denmark's capitulation to Germany during the second world war. As a young man, he joined the Danish Resistance Movement. In 1944 he was arrested by the Gestapo. After being shuffled through numerous camps, he escaped with a fellow prisoner. He joined the allied forces and assisted in the capture of German war criminals. Shortly after the war, he left for America, where he earned a Ph.D. in Economics, and became a college professor. This collection contains a number of personal correspondences and evaluations from his time at The Evergreen State College in the mid to late eighties.