Kenneth recalls his time in Wilkesboro visiting with Uncle Henry and several of his cousins. Henry was a Colonel and Kenneth enjoyed going around with him because people were friendly and respected him.
When Kenneth was a student at the University of Chicago under A. Eustace Haydon, he was "a very conservative Calvinist" and Haydon was one of the two leading humanist philosophers in the U.S. Kenneth would challenge Haydon's premises, which Haydon…
Kenneth gave a dinner for the people in the department of religion at the end of his Haskell lectures. People came and they chatted for a while before Kenneth invited everyone to have dinner. He had prepared for it the best he could, but still he had…
Kenneth's book based on his Haskell lectures, Southeast Asia: Crossroad of Religions, was published not only by Chicago University Press but also by Oxford University Press, as his two previous books had been.
Kenneth speaks of the three books he has written. All of them were "primary studies" that had never been made before. Siam in Transition was a seminal study that all subsequent studies had to begin with, "whether they liked it or not." His second…
Kenneth tells of the scholars on Southeast Asia who built on his work on the region. A man named Skinner, a professor at Cornell, studied The Chinese in Thailand, and came out with his own book on the Chinese in Thailand (Chinese Society in Thailand,…
Ernest Griffith, of American University, called upon Kenneth one day near the end of 1964. He explained he had two professors who would be going on sabbatical, and that there would be a gap in the program and they hoped Kenneth might consider.…
Starting in 1965, Kenneth began work as a professor at American University while also remaining a full-time employee of the State Department. At the end of that year, he retired from the State Department, moving full-time to work at American…
As Kenneth had worked two jobs, receiving two full time incomes over the past year, in 1965 he was able to fully pay off the mortgage on the 4711 Fulton St. house in which they lived.
Kenneth started from scratch in building the center for South and Southeast Asian Studies at American University. He wanted it to be a top notch program, and brought in many high-quality professors to teach Sanskrit, Hindi, Thai, etc. There were…
One of Kenneth's Ph.D. students thought Kenneth was a phony. He thought his stories were contrived, and that he didn't really know what he was talking about. Upon graduating, he found that Kenneth was legitimate in his stories, and Kenneth received a…
Kenneth describes the period he worked at the University as a period of student unrest. Many protests occured, and he recalled speaking to large groups of people who were ready to disagree with him angrily. After making a slight joke, he eased the…
Kenneth tells of the "Pentagon Papers". Through the course of things, Kenneth was interviewed and appeared on CBS and the Cronkite show. A. Eustace Haydon saw the interview and sent him a note saying "Memories of happy days!"
Kenneth describes "Kenneth P. Landon Day" which was held in Columbus, Georgia in his honor. It was at this time that he had a conversation with Carter for quite some time, as he was thinking of trying to become the President of the United States. The…
Kenneth delivered another set of lectures on Oriental philosophy at Yale University. This, along with the Taft lectures, drew the attention of the editor of The Journal of Philosophy at Columbia University, who made Kenneth his principal reviewer on…
Kenneth wrote a pamphlet on nationalist movements in Southeast Asia for the American Council of Learned Societies. Initially it was published in a learned journal, and the Council paid the journal for copies of the article, which it then…
Kenneth tells of his start in bread making. He tells of his rye recipe, which given by Betty Bond. His first batch of bread was resulted from his inquiring to Margaret on how to make it--alarmed, she merely handed him the cook book. Kenneth later…
Kenneth tells of his encounter with Winnie Cobey. Winnie brought him a recipe book from a monastery in California. Included in this book was a far superior bread recipe, which he started to use. Kenneth's interest in cooking picked up as Margaret's…
Kenneth discusses the third day of the Country Team Seminar. He discusses the students milling around the library, gazing at various materials. He describes the kind of officials in the program. He also explains the seminar to Murry Marder.
Kenneth gives a detailed description of days during the Country Team Seminar. He discusses ways of improving the course, including time he spent with experts making sure he had the materials necessary for those in the course to study. He also details…
Kenneth came in at 8:00 to find many members already at work, studying materials in the library, which was growing daily. Kenneth tells of Walt Rostow and Attorney General Robert Kennedy who would be coming in the next day. Kenneth also received the…
Kenneth gives a detailed account of the end of the second week in the Seminar. Walt Rostow and the Attorney General both came this day. Kenneth spent some time talking with men from MIT. Kenneth is working on preparing materials for Africa and the…
Kenneth recounts Martin MacLachlan speaking during the seminar. MacLachlan spoke of the youth movements happening around the world, and was incredibly knowledgeable on the subject. He joined one of the seminar groups in working on their current…
Kenneth gives an account of the third week of the Country Team Seminar. Walt Rostow lectured in the morning session. There was also to be a party a few weeks later, and many seminar members signed up to attend. The afternoon lecture was given by…
Kenneth tells of the latter part of the Country Team Seminar. He, as part of running the seminar, has some housekeeping to do with dealing with staff and scheduling lecturers. General Maxwell Taylor, special assistant to the President, was to be…