Benjamin Trimble
Memoirs

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1941 Russellville, Kentucky
     * My Birth

1943  Atlanta, Georgia

     *My Life in West End Atlanta

1952 Decatur, Georgia
     *Druid Hills and Decatur High Schools (in process)
     *My Life with the Violin

1959 Berkeley, California
     *Rostropovich Comes to Berkeley
     *My Car Accident
     *Brett Weston Visit

     *Two Memorable Music Department Performance Classes

1960 West Lafayette, Indiana
      *Chamber Music at Purdue (in progress)
      *Graduate Study at Purdue University (in process)
      *My Marriage to Joanne
     *My Interest in Birds
    
*A Trip Around rhe US
     *Isle Royale Backpacking Trip

1965
Manhattan, New York City
    *My Early Teaching Years (In process)
     *String Quartets with my Friends (in process)
     *Living on the Lower Eastside Manhattan in the 60s
    *An Incredible Christmas Bird Count

     *Jury Duty in Manhattan

1968
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     *My Graduate Study at The
University of Pennsylvania (In process)

1972
Glassboro, New Jersey
     *My Glassboro State College Teaching Years

     *The Orchestra Society of Philadelphia (in process)
     *My Trip to the Galapagos (in process)
     *Mont Blanc Ascent

     * Climbing Hasan Dagi in Turkey
     *Marvin Creamer


1982 Camden, New Jersey
     *My
Work at RCA Government Systems Division (in process)
      *I Become a Pilot


1983 IBM (Kingston, New York and Austin, Texas)
     *My Life at IBM
     *My Flights to the Bahamas
    
*A Flight to Newfoundland,Canada and St. Pierre, France

    *Wildlife at my Austin Texas Home
    *Two Flights to Belize and Guatemala
     *A Flight to Alaska

2000 Retirement
     *A Trip to Mainland China (in process)
     *My Life with Penny