Holbrook, Viola Rose (Funfsinn), 1920-. Oral History Interview, 1979.
Abstract
The Viola Rose Holbrook collection contains 2 audiocassette tapes, CD duplicates of the audiocassettes, and a transcript of an interview conducted between Josephine Carpenter and Holbrook in 1979. In the interview, Holbrook discussed her recollections of growing up in Rapidan, Minnesota and the educational conditions of students and teachers in the years after World War II and her experience teaching at Mankato State University. When discussing education, Holbrook recalled being a student teacher, her methods of discipline, and the demands to teaching physical education.
Some items in this collection have been digitized and are located at:
https://arch.lib.mnsu.edu/islandora/object/MSUrepository%3A106086.
Dates
- 1979
Creator
- Holbrook, Viola Fünfsinn, 1920-2005 (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Use
There are no restrictions on use of this collection for research purposes. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property and libel laws as they apply.
Biographical / Historical
Viola Rose Funfsinn was bom on 18 May 1920 near Remsen, Iowa to John Funfsinn and Rose (Feassler) Funfsinn. After moving to Minnesota in 1925, she attended public school in Rapidan, Minnesota before spending her senior year at St. Peter High School in St. Peter, Minnesota. After high school, she attended Mankato Teachers College and began her teaching career in Lamberton, Minnesota in 1945. While teaching in Lamberton, Funfsinn married Donald Holbrook in 1947. She taught for five years in the Blue Earth County school system before taking a position in Mankato in 1951. Besides a change in employers, the Holbrook family had a son named Donald Jr. on 8 April 1951.
In 1958, Holbrook joined the faculty at Mankato State College and worked in the physical education department. Holbrook continued to upgrade her education while working at the institution and completed her master's degree with a thesis entitled "Selected Factors that may Influence the Performance of Junior High School Girls in the
Running High Jump" in 1959. She later eamed her Ph. D. from New Mexico State University and continued teaching at Mankato State University.
Extent
1.00 folders
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Dr. Viola R. Holbrook donated this collection in June 1979.
Creator
- Holbrook, Viola Fünfsinn, 1920-2005 (Interviewee, Person)
Source
- Carpenter, Josephine (Interviewer, Person)
- Title
- Holbrook, Viola Rose (Funfsinn), 1920-. Oral History Interview, 1979.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rick Smith processed this collection.
- Date
- 1990-04
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Southern Minnesota Historical Center Repository
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Memorial Library
PO Box 8419
Mankato MN 56002-8419 US
507-389-1029
archives@mnsu.edu
