LibGuides: Voices of Lebanon Valley College: Wallace, David

Dr. David Wallace

Oral History of David Wallace

Alumnus, Class of 1950

Wallace spent most of his career working with the National Park Service in various capacities, becoming an expert in the history of American furniture. Dr. Wallace grew up with the LVC family as the son of Dr. Paul A. Wallace, late chair of the English Department and author of the College’s centennial history.

Date: May 12, 2014

Interviewed by Dr. Art Ford Professor, Emeritus of English and Alumnus, Class of 1959.

Transcribed by Jananne Ferrere, Vernon and Doris Bishop Library Student Worker and Alumna, Class of 2015.

Wallace Oral History Transcript
Notice: This is a transcript of an audio recorded interview conducted for the Lebanon Valley
College Archives – Vernon and Doris Bishop Library. A draft of this transcript was edited and
some corrections were made; therefore, the reader should remember that this is essentially a
transcript of the spoken word, rather than the written word.

Restrictions: The oral history transcript may be read, quoted from, cited and reproduced for
purposes of research. It may not be published in full except by permission of Lebanon Valley
College.