University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center

Abstract The Barbara Harmer collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Harmer and Laura Wicks during the fall of 1987. Harmer began her career in education in 1950. She remained an art education teacher until 1986. In the interview, Harmer discussed the areas of change and continuity that occurred during her career. She noted how society strongly influences adolescents and how these changes affected her role as an educator. Furthermore, she...

Abstract The Norman Pietan collection consists of an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Pietan and Lee Chinghwa during the fall of 1987. Pietan worked as an art education professor at Mankato State College and University between 1965 and 1983. He had previous experiences working as an art teacher in a Maryland high school and as a faculty member at St. Cloud State and at Mills College in Oakland, California. In the...