Oral history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 251 Collections and/or Records:
Smiland, Christy, 1984-. Oral History Interview, 2007
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1767
Abstract
The Christy Smiland collection consists of a biographical form and an audio CD and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Smiland and Zach Hacker in October 2007. Smiland attended Minnesota State University, Mankato from 2003-2008. In this interview, Smiland talks about where she attended high school and her college experiences with registering for the first time, dorms and off-campus housing, her majors, her favorite professors. This oral history interview was...
Dates:
2007
Sonnabend, Leslie Clarence. Oral History Interview, 29 November and 3 December 1984.
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1478
Abstract
The Leslie (Les) Sonnabend collection contains an audiocassette and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Sonnabend and Gregory Mead during the autumn of 1984. In the interview, Sonnabend, the Assistant Superintendent of Prior Lake Schools in Prior Lake, Minnesota, discussed his recollections concerning the Prior Lake Teachers’ Strike of 1981. He mentioned how the strike impacted his life, the availability of replacement teachers, and the dispute’s aftermath....
Dates:
1984-12-03; 1984-11-29
Sprecher, Cameron, 1987-. Oral History Interview and Collection, 2011
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1790
Abstract
The Cameron Sprecher collection consists of an audio recording, biographical form, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Sprecher and Zeara Alvarez in April 2011. Sprecher attended Minnesota State University, Mankato from 2008-2011. In this interview, Sprecher talks about coming to Minnesota State University, Mankato for the first time, being athlete, and how his last semester was going.This oral history interview was conducted as part of the Tell Your MSU...
Dates:
2011
Steinberg, Ronald R., 1938-2014. Oral History Interview, 14 and 28 November 1990.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1437
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...
Dates:
1990-11-14 and 1990-11-28
Stone, Esther B, 1910-1998. Oral History Interview, 22 October and 25 November 1984.
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1477
Abstract
The Esther B. Stone collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript for an oral history interview conducted between Esther Stone and Colette Stone during the autumn of 1984. Esther Stone worked as an elementary teacher at a Catholic school in New Ulm, Minnesota between 1955 and 1968. In the interview, Stone discussed her role as an educator with large class enrollments. While she believed too many students made her job more difficult, Stone believed she fulfilled the needs of her...
Dates:
1984-10-22; 1984-11-25
Strohfus, Elizabeth, 1919-2016. Oral History Interview and Collection, undated-2004.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1722
Abstract
The Strohfus collection consists of a VHS videocassette, a DVD duplicate of the VHS videocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Strohfus and James Kuhlmann in 2004. In this interview, Strohfus talks about her service as a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) during World War II. During the interview she talks about her training in Sweetwater, TX and her work training gunners at the Las Vegas Army Airfield. Also included is a copy of a photograph from her time...
Dates:
2004-10-13
Struck, Joan, 1952-. Oral History Interview, 2008
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1791
Abstract
The Joan Struck collection consists of an audio recording, biographical form, and interview outline of an oral history interview conducted between Struck and Mark Sheehy in April 2008. Struck attended Wilson Campus School from 1964-1970. In this interview, Struck talks about her experience at Wilson Campus School before and after the changes made in 1968, things she remembered from going to Wilson and what she has done since she graduated from Wilson.This oral history interview...
Dates:
2008
Sullivan, John F. Oral History Interview, 1977.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 0196
Abstract
The John F. Sullivan collection contains an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an interview between Sullivan and Karin Thiem in 1977. In the interview, Sullivan, a podiatrist, recalled Doctors Julian A. Hielscher and Helen Hughes Hielscher of Mankato, Minnesota. Both individuals were doctors. The former served as a medic for the United States Army during World War I, and the later was reportedly the frrst female physician in Mankato, Minnesota....
Dates:
1977-12-02
Swenson, Margaret Lila, 1923-2003. Oral History Interview, 15 October and 1 November 1986.
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1476
Abstract
The Margaret Lila Swenson collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Swenson and Mardell Jensen during the fall of 1986. Swenson worked as a teacher in Truman, Minnesota (1942-1944) and in Mapleton, Minnesota from 1955 until her retirement during the mid-1980s. In the interview, she discussed the changes and continuities that occurred during her career. The decline in student respect for teachers, diminished parental concern, and...
Dates:
1986-10-15; 1986-11-01
Swenson, Ramona E., 1932-. Oral History Interview, 10 and 15 November 1988.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1404
Abstract
The Ramona E. Swenson collection consists of an audiocassette, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and a transcript of an interview conducted between Swenson and Rebecca Tennis Hanson during the fall of 1988. Swenson worked as an elementary school teacher. In the interview, she discussed her teaching career that began in 1952 and the changes and areas of continuity that remained during 1988. Swenson focused on the changes in attitudes and behaviors in society, families, and her role as...
Dates:
1988-11-10; 1988-11-15
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