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Buck, Margaret C., 1922 - . Oral History Interview, 1979.

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0200
Abstract

The Margaret C. Buck collection contains an oral history recording and transcript of an interview conducted by Gary Wheeler with Buck in the summer of 1979. In the interview, Buck recalled her work as a physical education teacher in the Minnesota towns of Plainview, Canby, and Chisholm during the 1940s. During her conversation, she explained the economic conditions, athletic conditions, and the role of teachers during World II.

Dates: 1979

Hess, David N., 1926-1997. Oral History Interview, 14 May 1990.

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1423
Abstract The David N. Hess collection consists of an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Hess and Michelle Zeig during the spring of 1990. Hess worked as a professor of Educational Foundations at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota. In the interview, Hess discussed the changes that he believed had occurred in education and at the school between 1951 and 1990. He mentioned the student protests of the early...
Dates: 1990-05-14

Holbrook, Viola Rose (Funfsinn), 1920-. Oral History Interview, 1979.

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0195
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...
Dates: 1979

McCarthy, Jean J., 1929-2012. Oral History Interview, 28 October 1983.

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1491
Abstract The Jean McCarthy collection consists of an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between McCarthy and Norma McCarthy during the autumn of 1983. In the interview, Jean McCarthy, an Associate Professor of Physical Education at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota from 1962 through 1983, discussed the reorganization of Mankato State College in the early 1960s. He explained how and why the school shifted from...
Dates: 1983-10-28

Petersen, Dwain F., 1934-. Oral History Interview, 17 and 24 October 1990.

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1431
Abstract The Dwain F. Petersen collection contains an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Petersen and Francisca Beverly Epale during the fall of 1990. In the interview, Petersen discussed the changes that he observed while teaching in several rural communities and while serving as a professor and chairman of the Educational Foundations program at Mankato State University. The interview covers the period between 1955...
Dates: 1990-10-17; 1990-10-24