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 Jeffrey Pridie collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript for an oral history interview conducted between Pridie and Raymond Arsenault during the winter of 1987. Pridie began his career as an art teacher at Blue Earth, Minnesota in 1981. In 1987, Pridie left Blue Earth to take a teaching position in Waterville, Minnesota. In the interview, Pridie noted the problems of chemical and drug abuse among secondary students in the two schools. He discussed his experiences working...