Interview Participants
Interviewee: Robert Fortenbaugh, Class of 1944, and Esther Fortenbaugh, Class of 1946, Gettysburg College
Interviewer: Michael J. Birkner, Benjamin Franklin Professor of the Liberal Arts & Professor of History, Gettysburg College
Document Type
Oral History
Description
Robert & Esther Fortenbaugh were interviewed on February 22, 2004 by Michael J. Birkner. Esther discussed her early years and Robert discussed his career at American Cyanimid and then as a United Methodist Minister. They both discussed their time at Gettysburg College (including meeting each other), their life after college, and returning to Gettysburg after retirement.
Length of Interview: 88 minutes
Collection Note: This oral history was selected from the Oral History Collection maintained by Special Collections & College Archives. Transcripts are available for browsing in the Special Collections Reading Room, 4th floor, Musselman Library. GettDigital contains the complete listing of oral histories done from 1978 to the present. To view this list and to access selected digital versions please visit -- https://gettysburg.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16274coll2/search
Interview Date
2-22-2004
Department 1
History
Copyright Note
This interview appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Fortenbaugh, Robert; Fortenbaugh, Esther; and Birkner, Michael J., "Interview with Robert and Esther Fortenbaugh, February 22, 2004" (2004). Oral Histories. 9.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/oralhistall/9