Abstract The John Arthur Chrest collection consists of an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Chrest and Jeffrey L. Zust during the winter of 1991. Chrest worked as an elementary school principal in the grade schools of Winthrop, Gibbon, and Brownton, Minnesota. In the interview, Chrest discussed the areas of change and continuity that occurred during his teaching career from 1955 to 1989. This oral...

Abstract The Judith Newton collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Newton and Elden Eklund during the autumn of 1983. In the interview, Newton, an English teacher at Faribault, Minnesota, discussed the purpose and results of the 1975 Faribault Teachers’ Strike. Newton noted the strike’s effect on teachers, administrators, and students. She believed that the strike hardened positions on both the employer and employee sides of the...

Abstract The Ronald R. Steinberg collection contains an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette and transcript of two interviews conducted between Steinberg, a foreign languages teacher at Mankato East High School in Mankato, Minnesota, and Mechthild Becker during November 1990. Steinberg discussed the continuities and changes that occurred in public education between 1960 and 1990. He focused on technological advances and the liberalization of society and the impacts of each upon...

Abstract The Martin C. (Marti) Wiltgen collection consists of an audiocassette, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and a transcript an oral history interview conducted between Wiltgen and Julie M. Arndtsen during the fall of 1989. Wiltgen worked as a humanities teacher at Mankato West High School. In the interview, he discussed the changes and continuities that occurred during his teaching career. He believed that changing social mores caused the most significant changes in the teaching...