In this interview, Donald Meyer discusses topics including: studies at Deep Springs school in California (1940-1941); studying at University of Chicago; studying at Harvard; thesis work on Reinhold Niebuhr; publishing his first book The Protestant Search for Political Realism; work as a History professor at UCLA; work as History professor at Wesleyan; service in College of Social Studies; working with Ted Etherington; research sabbaticals in Europe; living in East Haddam; work as Chairman of the History Department; work with Shiela Tobias and Jeannine Basinger on Women's Studies courses; racial issues at Wesleyan; hiring of black staff and faculty including Clarence Walker, Ollie Holmes, and Dean of Student Edgar Beckham; Wesleyan's standing as a university vs a college