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Audio - Olson, Gladys Burnette, 1916 - 2016.
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--College teachers--Mankato State University--Education, --College teachers--Mankato State University--Education----
44.146458
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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.http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc1401.html
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Date
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1989
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MDL Identifier
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msu00086
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:106315, mdl: msu00086, local: msu00086_SMHC_1401_01_01_01
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Audio - Alcorn, Wallace Arthur, 1930-.
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--College teachers--Education--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Mankato State University--Education, --College teachers--Education--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Mankato State University--Education----
44.146458
-94.000564
--Google Maps
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The Wallace Arthur Alcorn collection contains an audiocassette tape, CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Alcorn and James Davlantes during the fall of 1989. During Alcorn’s career, he worked as a teacher, pastor, author, private counselor, and active U.S. Army Chaplain. In the interview, Alcorn discussed his experiences as an educator. He noted the change in the attitudes of students concerning teachers’ knowledge, authority, and roles in various communities. Furthermore, he touched on the increased expectations of teachers and the increased social responsibilities of schools.
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.http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc1386.html
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Date
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1989
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MDL Identifier
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msu00084
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:106310, mdl: msu00084, local: msu00084_SMHC_1386_01_01
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Audio 3– Holbrook, Viola Rose (Fünfsinn), 1920-2005
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Subject
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--College teachers--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Education, --College teachers--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Education----
44.146458
-94.000564
--Google Maps
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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.http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc195.html
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Date
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1979
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MDL Identifier
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Msu00082
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:106278, mdl: Msu00082, local: msu00082_SMHC_195_01_01_03
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Title
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Audio - Brock, Georgene, 1937-.
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--Athletics--Coaches (Athletics)--College teachers--Faculty advisors--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Education, --Athletics--Coaches (Athletics)--College teachers--Faculty advisors--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Education----
44.146458
-94.000564
--Google Maps
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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.http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc254.html
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Date
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2016
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MDL Identifier
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msu00083
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:106282, mdl: msu00083, local: msu00083_SMHC_254_01_02_01
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Audio 2– Holbrook, Viola Rose (Fünfsinn), 1920-2005
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Subject
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--College teachers--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Education, --College teachers--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Education----
44.146458
-94.000564
--Google Maps
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Description
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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.http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc195.html
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Date
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1979
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MDL Identifier
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msu00082
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:106277, mdl: msu00082, local: msu00082_SMHC_195_01_01_02
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Title
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Audio 1– Holbrook, Viola Rose (Fünfsinn), 1920-2005
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Subject
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--Mankato State University--College teachers--Physical education--Education, --Mankato State University--College teachers--Physical education--Education----
44.146458
-94.000564
--Google Maps
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Description
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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.http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc195.html
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Date
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1979
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MDL Identifier
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msu0082
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:106140, mdl: msu0082, local: msu00082_SMHC_195_01_01_01
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Title
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Audio - Hagen, Hal E., 1922-2002.
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Subject
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--College teachers--Mankato State University--Education--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Education, --College teachers--Mankato State University--Education--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Education----
44.146458
-94.000564
--Google Maps
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Description
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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.http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc1394.html
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Date
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1989
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MDL Identifier
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msu00085
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:106285, mdl: msu00085, local: msu00085_SMHC_1394_01_01
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Title
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SMHC 1445 Audio Pietan
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Subject
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--Art--College teachers--Education--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Oral history--Education, --Art--College teachers--Education--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Oral history--Education----
44.146458
-94.000564
--Google Maps
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Description
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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, http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc1445.html.
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Date
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1987-10-09
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MDL Identifier
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msu00139
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:144641, mdl: msu00139, local: msu00139_SMHC_1445_DVD
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Title
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SMHC 1431 Audio Petersen
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Subject
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--College teachers--Education--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Oral history--Education, --College teachers--Education--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Oral history--Education----
44.146458
-94.000564
--Google Maps
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Description
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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, http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc1431.html.
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Date
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1990-10-17
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MDL Identifier
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msu00135
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:144620, mdl: msu00135, local: msu00135_SMHC_1431_DVD
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Title
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SMHC 1441 Audio Longwell-Wera
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Subject
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--College teachers--Education--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Oral history--Education, --College teachers--Education--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Oral history--Education----
44.146458
-94.000564
--Google Maps
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Description
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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, http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc1441.html.
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Date
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1990-04-26
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MDL Identifier
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msu00138
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:144638, mdl: msu00138, local: msu00138_SMHC_1441_DVD
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Title
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SMHC 260 Audio Schwartzkopf
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Subject
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--College teachers--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Oral history--Education, --College teachers--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Oral history--Education----
44.146231
-94.000398
--Google Maps
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Description
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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, http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc260.html.
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Date
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2017-06-06
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MDL Identifier
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msu00147
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:145528, mdl: msu00147, local: msu00147_SMHC_260_01_02
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Title
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SMHC 262 Audio Bernhagen
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Subject
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--College administrators--College teachers--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Oral history--Education, --College administrators--College teachers--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Oral history--Education----
44.147841
-94.000183
--Google Maps
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Description
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William R. Bernhagen was born September 11, 1940 in Appleton, Wisconsin. After graduating from high school he worked for a few years in the textile mills and joined the U.S. military for two years. He was the first in his family to go on to higher education and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a bachelor’s degree in geography in 1968, the University of Iowa with a master’s degree in planning in 1970, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1974 with a doctoral degree in environmental planning and resource management. Bernhagen came to Mankato State University as a development officer in 1987. He also taught courses in the Urban and Regional Studies Institute for a few years before he retired in 2005. Bernhagen is married to Christine (Solberg) Bernhagen in 1967 and they have two children, Grant and Nissa. In this interview, Bernhagen talks about his family, his education, and his career at Minnesota State University Mankato in University Advancement and as a faculty member in the Urban and Regional Studies Institute.
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Date
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2007-04-27
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MDL Identifier
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msu00155
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:145883, mdl: msu00155, local: msu00155_SMHC_262_01_02
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Title
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SMHC 1741 Audio Ready
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Subject
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--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Oral history--College teachers--Education, --Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Oral history--College teachers--Education----
44.146458
-94.000564
--Google Maps
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Description
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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, http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc1741.html.
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Date
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2006-11-07
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MDL Identifier
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msu00148
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:145539, mdl: msu00148, local: msu00148_SMHC_1741_01_DVD
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Title
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SMHC 1740 Audio Parks
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Subject
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--Mankato State College--Memorial Library--Mankato State University--Education, --Mankato State College--Memorial Library--Mankato State University--Education----
44.147841
-94.000183
--Google Maps
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Description
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Sandra F. Parks was born September 16, 1934 near Corning, Iowa. She graduated high school in Cleghorn, Iowa in 1952. She moved to Mankato in 1966 when her husband, Richard Mitchell, became a faculty member at Mankato State University. She completed three degrees from Mankato State College: an elementary education undergraduate degree, a master’s degree through the College of Education with an emphasis on library, and a specialist degree also through the College of Education. Parks began working in the Mankato State College library in 1974 and retired June 1996. She married Richard Mitchell in 1954 and they have two children. Their daughter, Kathryn Woyda, attended Wilson Campus School and Mankato State University. Parks married James Parks in 2002.
More information about this collection is available on the collection guide.http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc1740.html
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Date
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2006-11-07
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MDL Identifier
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msu00146
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:144819, mdl: msu00146, local: msu00146_SMHC_1740_DVD
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Title
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SMHC 1651 Audio Brown
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Subject
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--College teachers--Education--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Oral history--Education, --College teachers--Education--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Oral history--Education----
44.146412
-93.000479
--Google Maps
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Description
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The Arline Brown collection consists of one audiocassette tape, a CD duplicate of the audiocassette, a transcript, and a biographical form and interview outline of an oral history interview conducted between Brown and Phyllis M. Wisen on 1 November 1980. Brown was a faculty member at Mankato State University and taught Economics from 1957 to 1977. This interview deals with Brown’s perceptions of Mankato State University during the years she taught there including, but not limited to, issues concerning female faculty members and the growth of the Economics Department.
More information about this collection is available on the collection guide.http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc1651.html
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Date
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1980-11-01
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MDL Identifier
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msu00145
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:144689, mdl: msu00145, local: msu00145_SMHC_1651_DVD
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Title
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SMHC 1751 Audio Grundmeier
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Subject
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--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Music--Theater--Education, --Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--Music--Theater--Education----
44.146458
-94.000564
--Google Maps
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Description
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Shirley A. Grundmeier was born in July 26, 1924 in Mankato, Minnesota and died on April 27, 2018. She attended Mankato High School and after graduating in 1942, married and moved east. She was a secretary at Mankato’s West High’s audio visual center for 20 years. Grundmeier attended Mankato State University and graduated in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in music. In 1985 she received a master’s degree in music and in 1990, a master’s degree in theatre arts. Grundmeier married Winston Grundmeier in 1963. Her mother, brother, sister, and two grandchildren all graduated from Minnesota State University. She credits two professors as instrumental to her attending and completing college: Harry Fitterer and Marion Powers.
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Date
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2007-07-13
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MDL Identifier
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msu00151
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:145865, mdl: msu00151, local: msu00151_SMHC_1751_DVD
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Title
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SMHC 1746 Audio Graham
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Subject
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--Mankato State Teachers College--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--College teachers--Chemistry--Education, --Mankato State Teachers College--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Minnesota State University, Mankato--College teachers--Chemistry--Education----
44.146714
-94.000036
--Google Maps
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Description
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Robert Leslie Graham was born in January 9, 1920 in Saratoga, Iowa and passed away on October 9, 2016 in Mankato. He graduated from high school in Riceville, Iowa in 1943 and was working for Hormel when he received a draft notice. Graham joined the U.S. Navy, trained to be a radio operator and was assigned to the USS Louisville. After his service he enrolled at Austin Community College. He transferred to Mankato State Teachers College and graduated in 1952 with a bachelor’s in chemistry, then completed a master’s degree at the University of Minnesota in 1954. He taught at Grandview College for a year before enrolling at the University of Virginia. Graham taught at DuPont in Virginia for a year and then at Virginia Tech for four years before joining the faculty at Mankato State College in 1964. He retired in 1989. Graham married Marie Payne Graham on June 15, 1957. They have one child.
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Date
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2007
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MDL Identifier
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msu00149
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:145862, mdl: msu00149, local: msu00149_SMHC_1746_DVD
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Title
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Audio – SMHC 261 Audio Wortman
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Subject
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--Choir (Musical group)--College teachers--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Music--Oral history--Education, --Choir (Musical group)--College teachers--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Music--Oral history--Education----
44.147841
-94.000183
--Google Maps
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Description
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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, http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc261.html.
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Date
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2017-06-06
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MDL Identifier
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msu00126
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:144536, mdl: msu00126, local: msu00126 _SMHC_261_01_02
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Title
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SMHC 265 Audio Preska
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Subject
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--College administrators--College presidents--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Oral history--Education, --College administrators--College presidents--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Oral history--Education----
44.146714
-94.000036
--Google Maps
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Description
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Margaret Robinson Preska served as president of Mankato State University from 1979 to 1992. She also served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Equal Opportunity Officer from 1975 to 1979.
Her tenure at Mankato State University included an increase in enrollment to 16,500 students, and the campus also saw considerable new construction, including the Ostrander-Student Bell Tower, Andreas Observatory, Wissink Center and the Memorial Library addition. She led efforts to fund three construction projects using private dollars raised by the University Foundation. The Wiecking Annex was the first privately funded building for state use (1983), followed by Pennington Hall (1986) and the Alumni and Foundation Building (1988-89). Preska also led the expansion of new programs and the establishment of a major development program among friends of the University.
Prior to joining then Mankato State University, Preska was academic dean, instructor and assistant at LaVerne College in LaVerne, California. She began her career as a kindergarten and high school history teacher in California. She later taught history and did research in Russia while serving as Scholar in Residence at Winona State University from 1993 to 1998. Preska was the founding campus chief executive officer of Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from 1998 to 2000. She served as National President of Camp Fire Boys and Girls from 1985 to 1987 and was a member of the Board of Directors of Xcel Energy from 1980 until May 2010. Currently, she is a member of Women Directors and Officers in Public Utilities and on the boards of directors of SUNY Brockport Foundation and Milkweed Editions, a literary and educational publisher. She is affiliated with several organizations, including the Retired President’s Association of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the St. Paul/Minneapolis Committee on Foreign Relations, Rotary, Minnesota Women's Economic Roundtable, the American Historical Association, Blue Earth County Historical Society, Society of Distinguished Alumni of Pennsylvania State University and Horizon 100. Dr. Preska was appointed by the State University Board to be a Distinguished Service Professor in 1992 and was honored in 2009 with a Doctor of Humane Letters from the State University of New York Board of Regents.
Preska earned a bachelor’s degree at SUNY Brockport, where she graduated summa cum laude at the age of 19. She earned a master’s degree at The Pennsylvania State University, a doctoral degree at Claremont Graduate University and further studied at Manchester College of Oxford University.
Information pulled from https://www.mnsu.edu/reslife/housing/halls/about_margaret_Preska.html
More information about this collection is available on the collection guide, http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc265.html.
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Date
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2012-01-04
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MDL Identifier
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msu00127
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:144546, mdl: msu00127, local: msu00127_SMHC_265_01_02
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Title
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Audio - SMHC 1418 Audio Halvorson
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Subject
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--College teachers--Education--Mankato State Teachers College--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Oral history--Education, --College teachers--Education--Mankato State Teachers College--Mankato State College--Mankato State University--Oral history--Education----
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Description
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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, http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc1418.html.
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Date
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1990-11-02
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MDL Identifier
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msu00132
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Identifier
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MSUrepository:144588, mdl: msu00132, local: msu00132_SMHC_1418_DVD
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