David "Dave" Schauffler

David Schauffler was a student for the 1946-1947 school year. Before BMC, he attended the Putney School in Vermont and afterwards received his master’s degree in music from Northwestern University. He taught music and later worked as a bus driver at the Catlin Gabel School.

Relationships:

Sister: Fellow BMC student, Anna Lockwood

Sister: Fellow BMC student, Sue Schauffler

Black Mountain College Project

Mary Emma Harris interviewed David in 1998 and the transcript is available from Appalachian State University under The Mary Emma Harris and Black Mountain College Project, Inc. Oral History collection.

Topics: Hearing about BMC – Schauffler family and BMC – music with Edward Lowinsky – spirituals with Louis Selders – music curriculum at BMC – barbershop group – general curriculum with John Wallen and Dave Corkran – burialof Heinrich Jalowetz – trips into Asheville and mountains – Ilya Bolotowsky at BMC and Wyoming – music with Charlotte Schlesinger – post-BMC travels and education – BMC credit for courses at University of Wyoming – Mary Gregory – sister Anna Schauffler Lockwood – evaluation of BMC as educational venture – BMC students who taught at Catlin Gabel – college black students and local area – discussion of photographs