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...

Abstract The Dr. John J. Janc collection consists of an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript for an oral history interview conducted between Janc and Tim Haen during the fall of 1987. Janc began his teaching career at Durand, Wisconsin in 1966. Following his experiences in the Durand school system, Janc traveled to France and eventually earned doctorate degrees in both France and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Janc became an assistant professor at Mankato...

Abstract The Patricia A. Longwell-Wera collection consists of a transcript, an audiocassette tape, and a CD duplicate of the audiocassette of an interview conducted between Longwell-Wera and Traci Rae Parent during the spring of 1990. In the interview, Longwell-Wera discussed her twenty-five year career as a professor of foreign language at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota. Specifically, she focused upon the changing relationships between faculty and administration caused in part from...

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The Roy B. Moore collection consists of three audiocassettes and CD duplicates of the audiocassettes of an oral history interview conducted between Moore and Thomas Dahlen on 7, 8, and 12 March 1980. This interview covers Moore’s recollections of the roles and responsibilities of the teacher during the 1930s and 1940s and the effects of the Depression and World War II on the teacher and the community.

Abstract The Charles I. Mundale correspondence spans a range of years but is focused on the 1960s. Corresponding primarily with Robert C. Wright and John Hodowonic; Mundale and his friends wrote of their daily lives and the people, events, and ideas around them. All three primary correspondents worked in college or university settings and at one point all worked at Mankato State College. The correspondence came about as they each left MSC. Some topics include the Vietnam War, life in Mexico (Mundale...

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...

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The University Photograph Collection consists of photographs taken on behalf of Minnesota State University, Mankato and its predecessor institutions. These photographs are pictures of students, faculty, buildings, sculptures on campus and the occasional regional location. Many of these photographs have been digitized, and can be found in ARCH: University Archives Digital Collections, https://arch.lib.mnsu.edu.