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Title: Hagen, Hal E., 1922-2002. Oral History Interview, 21 November 1989. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1394.
Subject: Education--Mankato State Teachers College--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--College teachers--College students--Education--Oral history
Description: The Hal E. Hagen collection consists of an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Hagen and Briseis, Lih-Ping Feng during the fall of 1989. Hagen, an Emeritus professor of curriculum and instruction at Mankato State University, worked as an educator a various levels between 1950 and 1989. In the interview, Hagen discussed the areas of change and continuity during his career. He focused on educational philosophy and national and community expectations. This oral history interview was conducted as a requirement for the graduate level Educational Foundations course entitled History of Education in American Culture at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:106089

Title: Holbrook, Viola Rose (Fünfsinn), 1920-2005. Oral History Interview, 1979. SMHC Manuscript Collection 195.
Subject: Education--Mankato State Teachers College--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Physical education--College teachers--College students--Education--Tell Your MSU Story--Oral history
Description: The Viola Rose Holbrook collection contains 2 audiocassette tapes, CD duplicates of the audiocassettes, and a transcript of an interview conducted between Josephine Carpenter and Holbrook in 1979. In the interview, Holbrook discussed her recollections of growing up in Rapidan, Minnesota and the educational conditions of students and teachers in the years after World War II and her experience teaching at Mankato State University. When discussing education, Holbrook recalled being a student teacher, her methods of discipline, and the demands to teaching physical education. Viola Rose Funfsinn was born on 18 May 1920 near Remsen, Iowa to John Funfsinn and Rose (Feassler) Funfsinn. After moving to Minnesota in 1925, she attended public school in Rapidan, Minnesota before spending her senior year at St. Peter High School in St. Peter, Minnesota. After high school, she attended Mankato Teachers College and began her teaching career in Lamberton, Minnesota in 1945. While teaching in Lamberton, Funfsinn married Donald Holbrook in 1947. She taught for five years in the Blue Earth County school system before taking a position in Mankato in 1951. Besides a change in employers, the Holbrook family had a son named Donald Jr. on 8 April 1951. In 1958, Holbrook joined the faculty at Mankato State College and worked in the physical education department. Holbrook continued to upgrade her education while working at the institution and completed her master's degree with a thesis entitled "Selected Factors that may Influence the Performance of Junior High School Girls in the Running High Jump" in 1959. She later earned her Ph. D. from New Mexico State University and continued teaching at Mankato State University. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:106086

Title: Huntley, Mary I., 1940-. Oral History Interview, 2007. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1735.
Subject: College students--College teachers--Nursing--Mankato State Teachers College--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Education--Tell Your MSU Story--Oral history
Description: The Mary I. Huntley collection consists of two audiocassette tapes, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, a transcript, and a biographical form and interview outline of an oral history interview conducted between Huntley and Marsha Danielson in January 2007. In this interview, Huntley talks about her family, her experience as a child of Mankato State Teachers College employees, her experience as a student at Mankato State College, and her experience as a faculty member at Minnesota State University. Kennes Huntley is an additional narrator in this oral history. This oral history interview was conducted as part of the Tell Your MSU Story Oral History Project conducted by the Southern Minnesota Historical Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Mary Ione Hesla was born May 13, 1940 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. She graduated from Mankato High School and attended Mankato State Teachers College where both her parents were employed. She graduated with a nursing degree in 1962 and married Kennes Huntley that year. They moved to Duluth where Huntley worked as a registered nurse at Miller Hospital. They then moved to Iowa to attend graduate school at the University of Iowa at Iowa City where Huntley graduated with a degree in psychiatric mental health nursing in 1967. She became a part-time employee at Minnesota State College in 1968 and a faculty member in 1970. Huntley took a sabbatical to study for her PhD at Texas Womens University from 1986-1988. Her two children are both Mankato State University alumni. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:104723

Title: Hess, David N., 1926-1997. Oral History Interview, 14 May 1990. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1423.
Subject: Education--College teachers--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Oral history--Administration--Education
Description: 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 1970s, the faculty union, the institution’s change from being a state college to being a state university, and his opinions about the university’s administrators through the years. This oral history interview was conducted as a requirement for the graduate level Educational Foundations course entitled History of Education in American Culture at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:144589

Title: Halvorson, Veda Bernadine, 1917-. Oral History Interview, 2 and 20 November 1990. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1418
Subject: Mankato State Teachers College--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--College teachers--Education--Oral history--Education
Description: The Veda Bernadine Halvorson collection contains an audiocassette tape, CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Halvorson and Neelu Kapur during the fall of 1990. Halvorson’s career as an educator spanned over forty years and took her from teaching in a rural school to working as a professor of art at Mankato State University. In the interview, Halvorson discussed the changes she has witnessed in education. She mentioned changing social mores and changes in the ways parents, students, and teachers interact. This oral history interview was conducted as a requirement for the graduate level Educational Foundations course entitled History of Education in American Culture at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:144586

Title: Janc, John J., 1945-. Oral History Interview, 13 and 25 November 1987. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1448.
Subject: College teachers--Mankato State University--Education--Oral history--Education
Description: 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 State University in 1979 and by the time of the interview had been promoted to the position of associate professor. In the interview, Janc discussed his educational background, pedagogical changes in the teaching of foreign languages, and his experiences as a French teacher. While he mentioned his teaching duties at the secondary level, he focused mainly on his experiences at the university level. This oral history interview was conducted as a requirement for the graduate level Educational Foundations course entitled History of Education in American Culture at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:144652

Title: Kline, Geraldine Ann Broeren, 1930-. Oral History Interview, 21 October and 4 November 1985. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1492.
Subject: College teachers--Education--Mankato State Teachers College--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Oral history--Education
Description: The Geraldine Kline collection consists of an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Kline and Julie Wolner during the autumn of 1985. In the interview, Kline, a professor in the Department of Business Education at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota, discussed the changes that occurred within the instruction of business education between 1953 and 1985. Furthermore, Kline noted changes and continuities in the areas of instruction, personal goals, duties, rewards, frustrations, professional organizations, and community expectations. The interview concluded with Kline providing advice for beginning business education teachers. This oral history interview was conducted as a requirement for a course entitled History of Education in American Culture at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:144681

Title: Longwell-Wera, Patricia A. Oral History Interview, 26 April and 24 May 1990. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1441.
Subject: College teachers--Education--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Oral history--Education
Description: 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 the Vietnam War, the economy, and the public’s changing political proclivities. This oral history interview was conducted as a requirement for the graduate level Educational Foundations course entitled History of Education in American Culture at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:144636

Title: Kalakian, Leonard (Len) H., 1940-. Oral History Interview, 22 February and 1 March 1985. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1495.
Subject: Education--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--College teachers--Physical education--Education
Description: The Leonard Kalakian collection consists of an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Kalakian and Scott Fischer during the winter of 1985. Kalakian came to Mankato State College in 1965 to work as a professor of physical education. He began the interview by discussing his biographical information. Additionally, he talked about salaries, hiring procedures, unions and faculty unity, morale, grading, the availability of physical education jobs, women’s athletics, communication skills, and teacher prestige. This oral history interview was conducted as a requirement for a course entitled Introduction to College Teaching at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:144684

Title: McGowan, Rosalie E., 1918-2005. Oral History Interview, 1988. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1400.
Subject: College teachers--Mankato State College--Oral history--Tell Your MSU Story--Mankato State University--Education
Description: The Rosalie E. McGowan collection consists of an audiocassette, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between McGowan and Wendy L. Pearson during the fall of 1988. McGowan worked as a teacher from 1957 to 1980. In the interview, McGowan discussed her experiences as a special education teacher at Union School and Lincoln Junior High School in Mankato, Minnesota. She focused on her life and career, students, administrators, parents, teacher organizations, mainstreaming and how her expectations remained constant throughout her years of educating students. This oral history interview was conducted as a requirement for the graduate level Educational Foundations course entitled History of Education in American Culture at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:110683

Title: Meisel, Patsy A., 1933-. Oral History Interview, 15 May 1990. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1427.
Subject: Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Education--College teachers--Education
Description: The Patsy A. Meisel collection consists of an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript for an oral history interview conducted between Meisel and Michelle L. Zeig during the spring of 1990. In the interview, Meisel, a professor of speech communication at Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota, discussed the changes that have occurred during her teaching career between 1965 and 1990. Meisel noted that the roles of administrators, faculty, and students have changed greatly during her tenure at the university. This oral history interview was conducted as a requirement for the graduate level Educational Foundations course entitled History of Education in American Culture at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:144592

Title: McCarthy, Jean J., 1929-2012. Oral History Interview, 28 October 1983. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1491.
Subject: College teachers--Administration--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Education--Education
Description: The Jean McCarthy collection consists of an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between McCarthy and Norma McCarthy during the autumn of 1983. In the interview, Jean McCarthy, an Associate Professor of Physical Education at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota from 1962 through 1983, discussed the reorganization of Mankato State College in the early 1960s. He explained how and why the school shifted from being an institution devoted to the training of educators to becoming a college concerned with interdisciplinary programs and content specialties. This oral history interview was conducted as a requirement for a course entitled History of Education in American Culture at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:144676

Title: Pietan, Norman, 1920-2013. Oral History Interview, 9 and 28 October 1987. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1445.
Subject: Art--College teachers--Education--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Oral history--Education
Description: 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 interview, Pietan discussed his experiences as a professor of art education and the changes he witnessed during his career. Furthermore, he discussed his perceptions of Mankato and its inhabitants along with his understanding of the interactions between teachers, students, and community organizations. This oral history interview was conducted as a requirement for the graduate level Educational Foundations course entitled History of Education in American Culture at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:144639

Title: Olson, Gladys Burnette, 1916 - 2016. Oral History Interview, 9 and 18 November 1989. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1401.
Subject: College teachers--College students--Education--Mankato State Teachers College--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Education--Oral history
Description: The Gladys Burnette Olson collection consists of an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Olson and Uchenna Okafor during the fall of 1989. Olson spent her career working as a high school teacher, journalist, and college professor at Mankato State College in Mankato, Minnesota. In the interview, Olson discussed the areas of change and continuity that she witnessed during her career. She focused on role of teachers from 1934 to 1981. This oral history interview was conducted as a requirement for the graduate level Educational Foundations course entitled History of Education in American Culture at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:106090

Title: Petersen, Dwain F., 1934-. Oral History Interview, 17 and 24 October 1990. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1431.
Subject: Education--College teachers--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Administration--Oral history--Education
Description: The Dwain F. Petersen collection contains an audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Petersen and Francisca Beverly Epale during the fall of 1990. In the interview, Petersen discussed the changes that he observed while teaching in several rural communities and while serving as a professor and chairman of the Educational Foundations program at Mankato State University. The interview covers the period between 1955 and 1990. This oral history interview was conducted as a requirement for the graduate level Educational Foundations course entitled History of Education in American Culture at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:144618

Title: Schwartzkopf, Louis A., 1946-. Oral History Interview, 2017. SMHC Manuscript Collection 260.
Subject: College teachers--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Oral history--Education
Description: Louis A. Schwartzkopf was born April 19, 1946 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1967 with a bachelor’s degree in physics and the University of California, Berkley in 1974 with a doctoral degree in physics. He taught at Eastern Oregon State College before becoming a faculty member at Mankato State University in 1982. Schwartzkopf is married to Rebecca (Becky) Schwartzkopf and they have one daughter, Dorothy. He retired from Minnesota State University Mankato in 2010. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:145526

Title: Ready, Sandra J., 1945-. Oral History Interview, 2006. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1741.
Subject: Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Memorial Library--College teachers--Oral history--Education
Description: Sandra J. Ready was born November 23, 1945 in Miami Beach, Florida. She graduated from Saint Louis Park High School in Saint Louis Park, MN in 1963 and began her higher education studies at the University of Minnesota. She transferred to Mankato State College and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in education and went on to teach high school English, speech, and journalism. She later completed a master’s degree in library media education, a specialist degree in curriculum and instruction, and a second bachelor’s degree from Mankato State University. Ready was a Mankato State University librarian and retired in 2002. Ready married Kirk Ready in July 1967 and they have two children, both Mankato State University alums. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:145537

Title: Wortman, Allen L., 1935-present. Oral History Interview and Collection, 2017 SMHC Manuscript Collection 261.
Subject: College teachers--Choir (Musical group)--Mankato State University--Mankato State College--Oral history--Music--Education
Description: The Allen L. Wortman collection consists of an oral history interview conducted between Wortman and Anne Stenzel in June 2017. In this interview, Wortman talks about his career, friends, and experiences at Mankato State University as a Music Department faculty member from 1966 through 1995. Also included in this collection is a biographical form, a photograph of Wortman, and a listing of his theatre performances. This oral history interview was conducted as part of the Tell Your MSU Story Oral History Project conducted by the Southern Minnesota Historical Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Allen L. Wortman was born January 7, 1935 in Le Claire, Iowa. He attended Central College in Iowa for his bachelor’s degree where he majored in music and minored in German. He then attended the University of Northern Colorado for his masters and doctoral degrees in Music. In 1966, Wortman joined the faculty at Mankato State College and in 1969 he directed the Ellis Street Singers. From 1972 through 1976, Wortman served as the chair of the Music Department. Wortman directed many of the choral performances on campus before 1981, but this was when he became the director of the Concert Choir at Mankato State University. During his time at Mankato State University, Wortman was involved with 60 musicals, directed the Waseca Chorale, the Minnesota Valley Chorale, directed the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers, and held 40 music contests. In addition to being the director, he also acted in plays and operas on campus. In 1991, Wortman retired from directing the Concert Choir, but continued to direct the Ellis Street Singers until 1995, when he retired from Minnesota State Mankato. Since retirement, Wortman has continued to be active with the Music Department at Minnesota State Mankato. He directs two choirs in Tucson, Arizona, where he spends winters. Wortman also works with the music for the community theater. This information was compiled by an interview with Wortman and by his folder in the University Advancement collection, MSU ARC 200. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:144535

Title: Brock, Georgene, 1937-. Oral History Interview, 2016. SMHC Manuscript Collection 0254.
Subject: Coaches (Athletics)--College teachers--Athletics--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Physical education--Education--Tell Your MSU Story--Oral history
Description: The Brock collection consists of an audio CD, transcript, and a biographical form for an oral history interview conducted between Brock, Paul Allen, and Daardi Sizemore in 2016. In this interview, Brock talks about her career at Minnesota State University Mankato as a faculty member, intramural advisor, coach, and then women’s athletics director. Brock retired in 1998 after 34 years at Minnesota State Mankato. This oral history interview was conducted as part of the Tell Your MSU Story Oral History Project conducted by the Southern Minnesota Historical Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Georgene Brock was born June 15, 1937 in Phoenix, Arizona. She attended Arizona State University for her bachelor’s degree in physical education and taught junior high and high school before pursuing her master’s degree at the University of New Mexico. Brock came to Mankato State College as a faculty member running women’s intramurals and teaching physical education classes. She taught gym sports, method classes, bowling, and archery besides coaching. As the women’s athletic director her duties included budgeting, scheduling, and obtaining uniforms for teams. Brock and other physical education faculty were instrumental in starting women’s athletics at Mankato State and did so on an unpaid voluntary basis. Because women’s athletics was just starting there was no budget, meaning no uniforms, food, or facilities. However, Mankato State had one of the best physical education programs in the state and the students initially involved were physical education majors with great enthusiasm and skill. Gradually, women’s athletics received more money and the sports became more organized in the state and nationally. Brock retired in 1998 after 34 years at Mankato State University. Her position as women’s athletic director was eliminated after her retirement. More information about this collection is available on the Collection Guide.
Identifier: MSUrepository:106087

Title: Mankato State University Chamber Singers directed by Dr. James P. Dunn.
Subject: Education--Mankato State University--Education--Learning--College Students--College teachers--Centennial Student Union Ballroom, Education--Mankato State University--Education--Learning--College Students--College teachers--Centennial Student Union Ballroom--Google Maps
Description: Mankato State University Chamber Singers directed by Dr. James P. Dunn, at the fourth annual Madrigal Dinner in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom.
Date: 1980
MDL Identifier: msu12507
Identifier: MSUrepository:4457, local: MSU-UA-309-12507, mdl: msu12507

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