Documents and Articles Concerning Sarah Vinke, Louis Vinke, and Robert Pirsig Found in The Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections (Archives), At Montana State University Bozeman, And In The Amistad Research Center (Archives) At Tulane University.

[SITEMASTER’S NOTE:
…The majority of the following documents were found in The Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections, located in the University Library at Montana State University Bozeman. Xerox copies were requested from the archived folders named => MSU Faculty Biographies (Accession 00003).
…Below is shown virtually all of the archived items in the Sarah Vinke folder. However, from the folders of Louis Vinke and Robert Pirsig, I show just what I happened to select when I was there in the summer of 2002. Other items in the Pirsig folder were ZMM Book Reviews from Newsweek, Time, and The Washington Post.)
…The documents shown below, were scanned and then by Optical Character Recognize (OCR), converted to the text you see. This work (and subsequent editing) was done by Andrew Geyer and Henry Gurr.
…For the archived documents below, especially the newspaper articles, the date and publisher were indicated by handwritten margin notes. What I have typed for these notes, may be error-prone because the handwriting was not easy to read on my Xerox copies.
…Permission for duplication of this copyrighted material (Including a news release composed by MSU Collections Staff and posted on this ZMMQ webpage), has been obtained from respective publishers such as The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, and the Burlingame Special Collections Archives, Montana State University,-Bozeman, MT. HOWEVER , additional duplication may NOT be done without additional written permission of the copyright holders. See the bottom of this page for more information.]

[EDITOR’S NOTE: The letter to Sarah Vinke from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (see below) was found in the Amistad Research Center (Archives) at Tulane University. Copies of the original text may be obtained by contacting the Amistad Research Center.]

[SECOND EDITOR’S NOTE: This page contains archival material regarding Sarah Vinke, Louis Vinke, and Robert Pirsig which will expand the reader’s knowledge of the real lives of these three persons beyond what has been written in the ZMM book itself. Those desiring additional (or complimentary) information should go to the bottom of this page for an extensive listing (with Internet links) to various resources, of which we are aware.]

CLICKABLE TABLE OF CONTENTS:

I. A Brief Biography of Sarah Jennings Vinke, Found in the Burlingame Special Collections, Montana State University Bozeman

II. Dr. Sarah Vinke Leaving to Visit in Greece; Will Also Tour Turkey and Visit Friends in Paris, France

III. MSC English Professor Is Guest Lecturer While on Tour of Europe

IV. AAUW Meets and Establishes $500 Grant

V. Dr. Kittell Speaks

i. Dr. Kittell Speaks on the College of the Land

ii. The Theoretical and Ideal vs. the Practical

VII. Sarah Vinke’s Passing

VIII. A Brief History of The Rambouillet Sheep Company of Bozeman Montana, (Later the Denecke Ranch Company)

IX. Two Newspaper Articles Concerning Robert Pirsig, Found in the Burlingame Special Collections, Montana State University – Bozeman.

i. MSC Instructor Asks Probe Over Budget Issue, BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICAL,April 4, 1961)

ii. Former Professor Writes Hit Book, THE COLLEGIAN, The Official Magazine of the Montana State College Alumni Association. (Now Montana State University Alumi Association)

X. A Letter from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to Sarah Vinke

XI. Links to Additional Reading Related to the Above Archival Material

A Brief Biography of Sarah Jennings Vinke, Found in the Burlingame Special Collections, Montana State University Bozeman.

VlNKE, SARAH JENNINGS 1894 - ___. was born at Dallas Center Iowa, April 28, 1894, the daughter of Elizabeth Adams Jennings and Jacob Jennings. She earned her BA at Grinnell College in 1914, and her MA and PhD at the University of Wisconsin in 1921 and 1923.

She taught Latin and history in Iowa high schools from 1916-1920. Between 1921 and 1923 she had an assistantship in classics while she completed her education at the University of Wisconsin. She was an English instructor at MSC from 1923-1926. During 1926-1927 she attended London University and traveled in Europe. She was Assistant Professor at MSC from 1927-1932 when she left teaching to marry Dr. Louis Vinke, Professor of Animal Husbandry at MSC. After his death in 1935 she became Associate Professor of English at Colorado State College. She returned to MSC in 1945 as head of the English Department, but soon gave up administration to devote her full energy to the teaching which she loved. She retired in 1962 because of failing health. She had been a vital force in extending the intellectual frontiers of students in the humanities area at MSC. She was considered an inspired teacher capable of developing a love of literature and Greek mythology in students who had limited educational back-grounds because they were raised in isolated Montana communities. Robert M. Pirsig mentions her influence in his bestseller Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Her publications include: “Catullus, a Stylistic Study,” in Univ. of Wisconsin Studies 1928; and “Self-Criticism in Speech,” in Western Speech 1949.

Sarah's education never ended. She took post-doctoral studies at Cornell University in 1929 and at the University of Chicago in 1936. She taught extension classes in English at Antolia College in Greece in 1948, then satisfied a lifetime ambition to visit Istanbul in 1949. She returned to Greece and Turkey in 1951. She toured Europe both in 1954 and 1956.

She was a devoted member of the Bozeman Branch of the AAUW. In 1927 she represented them at the international [AAUW Meeting] in Amsterdam. In 1954 she was a member of the national committee for AAUW International Study Grants. In 1955 she went to Washington, D.C., to help select foreign women students to receive grants. In 1956 she was a representative to the International Federation of University Women in Paris. She was the first fellowship chairman of the Bozeman Branch of the AAUW and was a compelling force in broadening the intellectual horizons of Bozeman women who worked with her. In 1961 they honored her with a $500 grant in aid established in her name. Soon after her retirement she was offered an honorary doctorate by MSU, but she declined the honor because she could not travel to attend the ceremony. [END]

[SITEMASTER’S NOTE: We are not told who or why or when, this above Brief Biography was written: But from the extensive (and historically accurate) detail given, we determine that the writer must have personally known Professor Vinke very well.
…And the reason for writing this may well have been part of the MSC Administration’s process to justify and gain approval of, offering the mentioned “offered an honorary doctorate by MSU”.
…Professor Vinke's death date is not entered at top of this biography, indicating that this Brief Biography was written before she died. And the information in the above last sentence, tells us that the time the above was written, Dr. Vinke most probably was having health problems that prevented her from traveling from her retirement location in Bradenton, FL. This dates the writing of the biography between Vinke's retirement in 1962 and her death in 1978.
… My Xerox Copies of the original archived version of this Brief Biography show it was typed onto 4 X 6 note cards. And the font looks to be Courier New.
…In transcribing this Brief Biography into what you see above => I have tried to preserve the spelling, capitals, and punctuation as found; but I have not preserved the typing carriage returns.
… Dr Kim Allen Scott of the Burlingame Collections stated that he gives permission for the above biography, as well as the "Rambouillet Sheep Company ... " document, to be posted on the ZMMQ website. In addition, the respective articles below are posted with the permissions of the respective newspapers indicated.]

From The Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections Montana State University-Bozeman. Do Not Duplicate Without Permission

Dr. Sarah Vinke Leaving to Visit in Greece; Will Also Tour Turkey and Visit Friends in Paris, France.

[ BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE 17 December 17, 1948 ]
Dr. Sarah Vinke of the Montana State College faculty, will leave tonight for New Orleans, from where she will sail Dec. 21 for Greece. She has been granted a six-month leave of absence from her college duties.

While in Greece, Mrs. Vinke will teach extension English classes at Anatolia College, where a longtime friend, Mary Ingle, is dean of girls.

Miss Ingle visited Mrs. Vinke in Bozeman during the summer of 1947, during which time she interviewed Helen Talcot, an MSC student, who later went to Anatolia College to teach home economics.

Before returning to Bozeman, Mrs. Vinke expects to spend some time in Istanbul, Turkey and in Paris, where she will visit Dr. Phil Eckert and his family.

MSC English Professor Is Guest Lecturer While on Tour of Europe

[ BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE March 5, 1949. Date hard to read in Xerox copy. ]
First hand observation of current-day life in the countries of Greece, Turkey and France were included in the experiences of Dr. Sarah Jennings Vinke of the English Department at Montana State College, who returned last week from a six-month's tour of the continent.

Dr. Vinke, on leave of absence from the college, was visiting professor conducting classes and lec¬turing at a number of colleges in both Greece and Turkey.

At the invitation of organizations distributing relief in the military zones of Greece, Dr. Vinke reported that she had the unusual opportunity to see the conditions in the areas still under the control of the Greek Nationalist army.

With groups of both the agricultural and engineering staffs of the Economic Cooperative Administration, she made expeditions into the communities of Greece, Turkey and France.

Dr. Vinke was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Eckert in Paris for a week before she sailed from Cherbourg on her return trip to the United States.

AAUW Meets and Establishes $500 Grant.

[ BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE Sunday November 12, 1961. Page 10 ]
Members of the Bozeman Branch of the American Association of University Women met Tuesday night in Herrick Hall to pay tribute to Dr. Sarah Vinke --- first fellowship chairman of the Bozeman Branch, past state chairman of international relations of AAUW, and a former national officer and member of the committee on international study grants.

Mrs. F. A. Boettcher, present fellowships chairman, while introducing Dr. Vinke, announced the realization of the dream of the organization --- to designate funds toward a named grant of $500 to honor Dr. Vinke. "This amount," she said, "has been raised mainly through the courage, leadership, and persistence of the women who have kept the second-hand bookstore operating."

Mrs. R. R. Renne first permitted the Branch to use the basement of The Book Shelf for used books donated for sale by interested persons. When she sold The Book Shelf, the project was moved to The McGill Museum where it continued to operate under the supervision of Mrs. Charles Bradley and Mrs. Sidney Whitt who have worked with the project from the ¬beginning.

Mrs. Whitt and Mrs. Bradley stressed the present need for books to stock the depleted shelves.

All money realized from the sale of used books goes toward supporting the fellowships program.

Pays Tribute
Dr. Vinke, in reviewing the Fellowships Program, paid special the tribute to Alice Oliver whose correspondence with National Head-quarters of AAUW made possible Marie Burger's entering MSC as tile first foreign student to come to Montana under AAUW's international and reconstruction aid program. Dr. Burger, who came from Czechoslovakia, is now a research worker at Madison, Wis.

Dr. Vinke referred to Fellowships as "the purple stripe on the toga" in that the fellowships program is that distinctive service of the organization which is indicative of the high purpose of AAUW, namely, to make it possible for women to have their part in spreading the boundaries of knowledge.

"For more than 60 years, AAUW fellowships have been awarded to help gifted women carry on advanced research," Dr. Vinke said. "Many agencies have looked for leadership throughout the world to these women who as recipients of AAUW Fellowships, have been able to fit themselves for positions of leadership in their fields of study.”

Dr. Kittell Speaks.

Dr. Vinke presented Dr. Allen Kittell of the MSC History Department, who is a former Fulbright Fellow in Belgium. In his address he used the class of 1940 as a symbol for the present policy-making generation. He informed the group that President Kennedy belongs to this class in addition to a whole covey of professional men, indus-trialists, statesmen, and politicians who hold key positions in the world today.

Dr. Kittell Speaks on the College of the Land.

"These were the students who were graduated from the college of the land just in time to become the first group called up in the second World War," Dr. Kittell said. As a member of the class of 1940, he declared that he and his colleagues were forming their values at a time when the traditional ideals of the last 100 years lost their promise.

"The class of 1940 with their 1940 values is now in control, but, colleges and universities are no longer teaching 1940 values," Dr. Kittell said. "Their job is to turn out the class of 1962 with 1962 values. The colleges should be on the frontier of knowledge in all of its facets. As long as there is progress anywhere, the future will be different from the present, and one of the duties of the academic community is to integrate and rationalize this progress --- to adjust the rest of the civilization to it."

[SITEMASTER’S NOTE: Dennis Gary says “In my values discussion, as a member of class of 1960 in my memories, I discuss how we Montana State College students were encouraged to think for themselves, and define their own values.]

Theoretical and Ideal vs. the Practical.

The speaker said that colleges, though they cannot ignore the practical, must, of necessity, place more emphasis on the theoretical and the Ideal. Conversely, he explained, the general mass of people are interested primarily in the practical and only secondarily in the theoretical world. These are the reasons, according to Dr. Kittrell, why colleges and universities from medieval days to this have come into conflict with those who support them financially. He maintains that this friction is both inevitable and healthy --- it indicates that the colleges and universities are doing their job.

Dr. Kittell concluded his address by reiterating his belief that the world of the college and university students is the world of the future, not-the world of the present, and certainly not the world of the past

"As long as there is progress, even and especially technological progress, the humanities and the social sciences will have to be adapted to it and the friction will continue to exist," he said. "When the older generation stops thinking that the younger generation is going to pot, then is when we should start worrying:".

During, the business meeting, which preceded the program, Mrs. H. F. Mullikin announced a meeting of the Drama Group for 8 p.m. Nov. 14, with Mrs. H. E. Hausser at her home on Sour Dough Road.

The social period following the program was managed by Mrs. W. S. Stutsman, assisted by Mrs. E. W. Anacker, Leona Barnes, Mrs. Harvey F. Baty, Mrs. Byron J. Bennett, Mrs. Marc Bensimon, Mrs. Oswald Berg, Jr., Barbara Bethine Bigej, Mrs. F. A. Boettcher, Mrs. K. E. Bowen, Mrs. Charles C. Bradley and Frieda M. Bull. [END]

Sarah Vinke’s Passing.

[BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE January 31, 1978. From Obituary Page 10.2 ]

Dr. Sarah Jennings Vinke, Montana State University professor emeritus of English, died January 24, at her home in Bradenton, Florida. She had been in poor health for several years.

Dr. Vinke was born in Dallas, Iowa, and after graduation from Grinnell College in 1914, taught in high schools at Madrid and Clarinda, Iowa before entering the University of Wisconsin where she earned the masters and doctor of philosophy degrees. Her field was classical literature of Greece and Rome. She spent several years of study in Greece.

At Montana State University she was best known for her lively and searching courses in Shakespeare. She served as head of the Department of English from 1945 to 1948.

Dr. Vinke first came to Montana State College in 1923 as an instructor in English. She resigned in 1932 to marry Louis Vinke, head of the Animal Husbandry Department. After his death, she taught at Colorado Women's College from 1936 to 1938, and at Colorado State University from 1939 to 1945 when she returned to Bozeman and Montana State College. She retired from teaching in 1962.

Word of her death reached friends in Bozeman through her sister, Mrs. Katherine J. [Jennings] Smythe of Jacksonville, Florida.

A Brief History of The Rambouillet Sheep Company of Bozeman Montana, (Later the Denecke Ranch Company).

[SITEMASTER’S NOTE: This archived news release document, composed by MSU Collections Staff, mentions Sarah Vinke's husband, Louis Vinke, as Corporation Secretary and Treasurer of the Ranch Company. Rambouillet is apparently the name of a French Experimental and Development Farm of King Louis. Named after this farm, the Rambouillet is a breed of sheep from there. This breed has "Its origin among the Moors of North Africa during the Fourteenth Century. Distant ancestors of today's Rambouillet accompanied Moorish conquerors to Spain, and their descendants were left behind when the Spaniards drove the invaders out." The author and date of this document are not given. But from statements made in the document itself, one may deduce that it was written by MSU Archives Staff. The document mentions events up through 1967, and was typed on a manual typewriter, with font of that vintage date. The MSU Archives copy from which my Xerox came, looked to have been the second (or third) layer carbon copy. This in itself dates this document prior to the 70's. Also Xeroxed in my files (but not included in this webpage) are 105 (numbered) pages from a bound logbook, with evidently Dr. Louis Vinke's notes about different domestic animals and farm practices.]

The ranch papers of the Rambouillet Company of Bozeman are now being processed in the Montana Manuscript Department of the Library at Montana State University of Bozeman. These papers are a reminder of Montana pride in their Agricultural History!!

The Rambouillet Sheep Company was incorporated. under Montana law on June 3rd 1926. O. R. Arnett was president and manager. The other members of the corporation were R. L. Waddell and. J. W. Swartz.

At the time when the corporation was formed, C. N. Arnett was head of the Animal Husbandry Department of Montana state College as well as Vice Dean. R. L. Waddell was the Livestock Specialist for the Montana Extension Service. J. W. Swartz was a rancher from Miles City who became one of the early ranch foremen.

During the first year Louis Vinke bought out the Swartz interest in the business and became the corporation's secretary and treasurer. Vinke at the time was in the Agriculture Department of the college in Bozeman.

The new corporation took over Arnett's herd of registered Rambouillet sheep. The old Henry Heeb ranch near Central Park became the [operations] center of their land holdings. It was in a third floor closet of the old Heeb residence that the records were housed when they were no longer active. This house was one of the show places of the valley but in later years the third floor was seldom used and its enormous closets would rarely have been opened. Last November Bill Denecke contacted the library to pick up the ranch papers just before the building was razed. At that time the Museum of the Rockies was happy to receive workable office equipment which was much older than the corporation and a vise to secure a model T Ford which locked around one of the wheels in such a way that this wheel would be elevated if anyone moved the car. We have been led to believe that a similar device is still used by the police on some European countries to enforce payment of fines from those who have overparked.

When the Rambouillet Company became fully established it leased the Henry Green ranch on the Madison River southwest of Willow Creek. For summer range they obtained rented Forest grazing permits on the Taylor's Fork of the Gallatin River. They increased their holdings of sheep as they were able to acquire additional grazing permits. At one time they had three bands which must have totaled at least 6000 head of sheep. They also had around a hundred head of cattle.

During the 1940's the Rambouillets were replaced with a Columbia flock which became one of the top sources of breeding stock in Montana and in the nation.

W. A. Denecke of Bozeman became the active manager of the Corporation in 1931and he gradually bought out the other stock holders. In 1967 the corporation became the Denecke Ranch Company with Bill and Dorothy Denecke living on the old ranch. [END]

From The Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections Montana State University-Bozeman. Do Not Duplicate Without Permission.

Two Newspaper Articles Concerning Robert Pirsig, Found in the Burlingame Special Collections, Montana State University – Bozeman.

[SITEMASTER’S NOTE: Besides the following two articles shown below, the MSU archival folder for Robert Pirsig had a number of ZMM Book Review articles (~1974). There were other materials, of which I did not make record, when I was at the MSU Archives in Summer of 2002.]

MSC Instructor Asks Probe Over Budget Issue

[BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE April 4, 1961 ]

Calling the “educational environment” at Montana State College "not just bad but scandalous," as a result of budget cuts Robert M. Pirsig, English instructor at MSC has asked Gov. Donald G. Nutter to send "a completely impartial investigating agency to find out for yourself and the public what the situation actually is."

The investigation was asked in an April 26 letter Pirsig addressed to the governor.

Copies went to the Montana Board of Education and several newspapers.

Following is Pirsig's letter addressed as “An open letter to Governor Nutter:"

"In executing budget cuts for education at this school, Dr. R R. Renne has, according to our department head, made cuts in the English department which now brings the average teaching load under the present system to 16.8 hours, as against a reported legal 'maximum of 12 hours in California and a recommended maximum 15 hours by the accreditation agencies.’

As a consequence, students at MSC will be getting less than the minimum instruction in English as set by national standards.

Since I am resigning for graduate study at the University of Chicago next year, this will not affect me personally. However, as part of a professional obligation to students and education it is necessary for me to ask for a full Investigation by a completely impartial accrediting agency or other institution into the exact details of the teaching situation at this college. The educational environ-
(See COLLEGE, Page 2)

COLLEGE (Continued from Page One)
-ment here is not just bad, it is scandalous, and in this critical period of American education it is necessary that such scandals be brought out in the open. I do not ask that you believe me at this time but that you send a completely impartial investigating agency to find out for yourself and the public what the situation actually is.

I hope this letter serves as basis for some positive action." The Letter was signed "Robert Pirsig, instructor, English Dept., Montana State College."

Dr. Paul Grieder, head of the MSC English dept. had the following statement:
"The situation which caused Mr. Pirsig to write his letter is an admittedly serious one in terms maintaining quality of teaching in the face of increasing loads. We are trying to meet it as best we can, however, in our planning for next year.

Mr. Pirsig is resigning, as he stated, and his letter is purely an expression of his personal views."
[END]

Former Professor Writes Hit Book.

[Editor's note: This article is transcribed from "THE COLLEGIAN", The Official Magazine of The Montana State College University Alumni Association. (Now Montana State University Alumni Association.) This is from their Winter 1975 Issue, Page 21, and came out just after all the media excitement re Robert Pirsig’s then, just newly published book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. ]

Robert Pirsig, author of the widely proclaimed book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance taught English at MSU from September 1959 until June 30, 1961, when he resigned. Prior to joining the MSU faculty he was a writer for an advertising agency in Minneapolis.

Dr. John Parker, professor emeritus of English and Theatre Arts and one time head of the Department of English, Speech and Theatre Arts, recalls Pirsig as "a brilliant person" who taught freshman English. "He was highly imaginative," Dr. Parker says, "and his assignments to students required real effort." He also complained about the heavy workload at MSU, Dr. Parker recalls.

MSU art professor Robert DeWeese and his wife Gennie are close friends of Pirsig and among the few characters in Zen [ie ZMM Book], Recalls DeWeese:

"In the early 1960's when he taught here, Bob and Nancy Pirsig were good friends of our academic community. An incredible teacher, Bob has a kind of drill bit, penetrating mind, exhaustive and exhausting. Of my many Bozeman 'technical advisors,’ he was the most thoroughly theoretical and now with 'Zen' [Pirsig is] easily the most celebrated. It's an adventure to know him and a real experience to be a foil for the barrage of ideas in his book."

Pirsig has been hailed by critics in such publications as the London Times Literary Supplement, The New Yorker, Newsweek, The New York Review of Books and in other journals, as one of the most profoundly reflective thinkers to stimulate the popular consciousness since (among others) Jack Kerouac, Aristotle, Charles Reich, Hermann Hesse or Buddha himself. Bantam [Paperback Publishers] bought the paperback rights to "Zen" for $370,000 after the book stunned even its publisher by selling almost 50,000 copies in its first two months. Professors at Princeton clamored in annoyance because the University Book Store was sold out of it. Rock musicians and doctors and bank officials and street vendors talked avidly about this travelogue of mental inquiry.

Pirsig spent part of last summer in his camper at Hyalite Lake near Bozeman working on his second book, "Them Pesky Redskins." [END ARTICLE]

[SITEMASTER'S NOTE: Robert Pirsig was indeed working on writing his ideas on Native Americans and also well described the limitations of studying their culture using “The Science of Anthropology”. His working title, "Them Pesky Redskins", is stated in the above and other ZMM Review Articles, that have been found. However, am happy to report, that this work morphed into his book "LILA", which has a much more suitable and non-prejudicial title! ]

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A Letter from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to Sarah Vinke.

[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a transcription made from the photocopy of a letter found in the Amistad Research Center (Archives) at Tulane University, with their kind permission to post on this ZMMQ site. We thank Mr. Dennis Gary & Google, for finding this added evidence of the humanitarian emphasis, during the life of Mrs. Professor Sarah Vinke!! ]

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

P.O. Box 147

Sunflower, Miss. 38778

Mrs. Sarah J. Vinke
Asbury Towers
1533 4th Avenue W.
Bradenton, Fla. 33505

Dear Mrs. Vinke:

This will acknowledge with gratitude your check in the amount of $10.00
dated October 23, 1968. It came at a most needed time. It is gifts such
as yours which make our work more effective.

We appreciate your interest and concern, and hope that our relationship
will be a continuous one.

Many thanks.

Sincerely,

Joseph Harris

Office Manager

Additional Information Concerning Permission to Post These Copyrighted Articles.

Permission to post the above five articles originally in The Bozeman Daily Chronicle from 1948 to 1961 was kindly granted by Bill Frederick, Circulation Director, The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, in an e-mail to me dated 1 June 2010. Many thanks to The Bozeman Daily Chronicle!

Permission to post the above Vinke Biography and Rambouillet Sheep Company article found originally in the Burlingame Special Collections at Montana State University-Bozeman, was granted by Dr. Kim Allen Scott, Professor/University Archivist, Montana State University, Bozeman, (406) 994-5297, in e-mails to me dated 1 June 2010, and 9 June 2010. Many “Thank You's” go to Dr. Kim Scott for his prompt, patient and expert assistance, with my numerous questions & requests re the articles your see posted here.

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ATTENTION: The At Left Main Menu, Provides An Abundance For Further Reading: These Are Listed In TEN Topic Areas, Each Marked With SUMMARY

But Because This Above Mentioned Main Menu Provides A HUGE Abundance, Below You Will Find Listed A Selection Of A Few Of The More Noteworthy Pages, For Your Consideration.

ZMMQ Pages by Dennis Gary, a Former Student of Dr. Sarah Vinke at MSC/MSU: Mr. Gary’s WebPages Listed Below, Have Much information About His Mentor Sarah Vinke, And Various Other Professors At Montana State College, As Well As, MSC Campus Life. Below, Are A Few Of His More Noteworthy Pages

9)
The Sarah Vinke of My Student Days, A Student’s Memories of “Mrs.” Professor Sarah Vinke

10) Following the Footsteps of My Mentor, Professor Sarah Vinke: My Life as an English Teacher, and Other Memories

11) Dennis Gary’s Values in Thought and Action: My Standards at School And In My Career

12) Memories of Deer Creek Mountain Ranch (an MSC Faculty Outing)

13) Pirsig, MSC, and Zen, a selection from In the People's Interest, A Centennial History of Montana State University

14)
A "radical" in Gallatin County, Montana, is a little different from a radical somewhere else." The Eleanor Roosevelt Affair.

A Few Of The More Noteworthy Pages On The Internet Devoted to Robert Pirsig:

15) Anthony McWatt's Robert Pirsig WebSite Of Jan 22 2018, As Saved By Archive.org.

16) Ian Glendenning’s TimeLine History Of Robert Pirsig Life.

16) Ian Glendenning’s Pirsig Pages on Psybertron

17) Gary Wegner’s Travelogue, Which Is A Retrace Of Robert Pirsig’s 1968 Motorcycle Trip.

Edited by Andrew Geyer 15 July 2011; Additional Editing by Dennis Gary 17 May 2014. RevHSG24Nov23.

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