University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center

Abstract The Candace Bell collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript for an oral history interview conducted between Bell and Audrey Heil during the spring of 1987. At the time of the interview, Bell worked as a sixth grade teacher at Hoover Elementary School in North Mankato, Minnesota. Throughout the interview, Bell discussed her work in writing a drug education curriculum for the school district and her efforts to help children resist using drugs. She noted supportive groups in the...

Abstract The Joel Botten, Jr. collection consists of an interview and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Botten and Susan Krentz during the fall of 1990. Botten worked as an elementary school teacher and later as an elementary school principal. In the interview, Botten discussed the changes that elementary school teachers and principals have needed to adapt to between 1961 and 1990.This oral history interview was conducted as a requirement for the graduate level...