University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center

Abstract The Thomas Byrne collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Byrne and Ginny Timmers during the fall of 1987. During his career, Byrne worked in three different high schools as a Spanish and Latin language teacher between 1948 and 1984. The majority of his teaching experience was in Owatonna, Minnesota where he worked from 1952 through 1984. In the interview, Byrne discussed the areas of change and continuity during his career. He...

Abstract The Elmer Reseland collection contains an audiocassette, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette and transcript of an interview conducted between Reseland and Barbara Judd during the fall of 1990. In the interview, Reseland discussed his experiences working as an elementary school principal between 1960 and 1990. He focused on the changes and continuities that he encountered while working in East Grand Forks and Owatonna, Minnesota.This oral history interview was conducted as a...