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 Dorothy Ann (Knutson) Bierne collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Bierne and Masao Hakuto during the fall of 1987. Bierne began her teaching career in Clark, South Dakota and then after one year she move to Milbank, South Dakota to continue teaching. After marrying in 1950 and beginning a family, she quit teaching. She remained strictly a homemaker until 1957 when she finished enough coursework to earn a bachelor's degree...

Abstract The Ellen Jahnke Goertzen collection consists of an audiocassette tape, CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an interview conducted between Goertzen and Lois A. Jahnke during the winter of 1991. Goertzen worked as a home economics teacher at the middle school level in both Faribault and North Mankato, Minnesota. In the interview, she discussed the change and continuities that have occurred between 1953 and 1991. Goertzen focused on the name change her particular field of...

Abstract The Gerald Duane Hansen collection consists of an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Hansen and Ranne J. Freese during the fall of 1988. Hansen worked as an elementary school principal between 1966 and 1987 in two North Mankato, Minnesota schools. In the interview, Hansen discussed the changes and areas of continuity that occurred during his career as an educator and administrator.This oral...