Abstract The Patricia (Marie) Ann Shea collection contains two audiocassettes, CD duplicates of the audiocassettes and one transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Shea and John J. Hand during the fall of 1990. In the interview, Shea discussed her experiences as a secondary school teacher from 1948 through 1990. She recalled three major issues: the conflicts between sports and academics, the willingness of students to respond to teachers who set clear expectations, and the causes...

Abstract The Gertrude Wehking collection contains a transcript and two audiocassettes of an interview conducted between Wehking and John J. Hand during October and December 1990. In the interview, Wehking discussed her teaching and media specialist experiences while working at the elementary school in St. Francis, Minnesota from the early 1960s through 1988. Primarily, she discussed maintaining adequate staff and facilities for a continually growing school district, and the troubles that confronted...