Raymond "Roman" Maciejczyk
Photograph included with student application. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives.
Courtesy of Western Regional Archives
FOCUS
Social Sciences
ROLE
Student
ATTENDANCE
1938 - 1942
BIRTH
1917-07-18
Pittsburgh, PA
Roman Maciejczyk was a student from fall of 1938 to spring 1942. Before attending BMC, he attended Brooklyn EveningTechnical High School, September 1936 to 1938. While a student, he dated fellow student Marilyn "Widget" Bauer. Roman joined the Army Air Corps after graduation.
A college bulletin posted November 22, 1943 shared, "Lieutenant Roman Maciejczyk writes from Utah: “About a month ago, our ships were in horrible shape- all practically in the ‘hospital’ so we got a whole weekend (only this weekend was in the middle of the week) off. There’s a direct line from here to Frisco, so I spent the time with Paul Radin- doing nothing much besides drinking coffee…. Another fortnight on this Great Salt Desert and off we go in a brand new Liberator…. Going overseas. Maybe we’ll spend Christmas on an iceburg…”"
Roman and was killed in a bomber crash the following day in Utah while acting as navigator, heavy fog was noted as one of the causes.
Courses Taken
Fall 1938-1939: Introductory French and Advanced French with Mangold, Advanced German with Moellenhoff, A., General Introduction to Linguistics with Mangold, Drawing I with Albers, Music Appreciation with Evarts, Piano Lessons with Evarts.
Spring 1938-1939: Advanced German with A. Moellenhoff, Advanced French with Mangold, Introductory French with Mangold, General Introduction to Linguistics with Mangold, Drawing I with Albers.
Fall 1939-1940: Survey in French Literature with Mangold, Introductory French with Mangold, Introductory General Chemistry with Lindsley, Cultural Anthropology with G. Barnes, Advanced German with E. Straus.
Spring 1939-1940: Introductory Survey of French Literature with Mangold, Introductory French with Mangold, Introductory General Chemistry with Lindsley, Cultural Anthropology with G. Barnes, Advanced German with E. Straus, Play Production with Wunsch (played a role in Macbeth performance).
Fall 1940-1941: Ecology in Relation to Man with Carpenter, 19thand 20th Century French Literature with Chenkin, German Literature with E. Straus, Sociology tutorial with Gothe, Advanced Economics with Goth.
Spring 1940-1941: Ecology in Relation to Man with Carpenter, Social Psychology with French, Advanced Economics with Gothe, Sociology Tutorial with Gothe, Introductory Navajo with Harrison Begay and Mangold.
Fall 1941-1942: General Anthropology with Radin, History of Civilization with Radin, Anthropology Tutorial with Radin, Primative Religion and Philosophy (tutorial)with Radin, Introductory Spanish with Mangold.
Spring 1941-1942: General Anthropology with Radin, Introductory Spanish with Mangold (dropped to prep for graduation exams), Anthropology Tutorial with Radin
May 19, 1942: “This is to certify that Mr. Roman Maciejczyk, having fulfilled all the requirements for graduation from Black Mountain College, was, by vote of the Faculty, graduated, on May 18, 1942.”–Anne G. Mangold, Registrar
Author
Amanda Hartman
Amanda Hartman is the creator of BMC Yearbook, serving as the lead director, engineer, and researcher. She holds a MLIS in archive/ collections management, MA in art/ museum education, and BA in design. After working in museums and archives for a decade, she made the transition to tech and is now a software developer specializing in applications for museums, archives, and higher education.
Her interest in Black Mountain College began while working as a digital archivist with the Asheville Art Museum's BMC archive collection. She transcribed and digitized over 1500 documents created by the college. While working closely with these archives, she began independent research on the interracial program and Negro Week activities BMC, writing biographies of lesser known students and staff members. That research transformed into this BMC Yearbook project.
