New Oral History Collections: September 2017

We’re highlighting several of our newly processed older oral history collections!

Moore, Roy B., 1908-1993. Oral History Interview, 7, 8, and 12 March 1980. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1666.
http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc1666.html
The Roy B. Moore collection consists of three audiocassettes and CD duplicates of the audiocassettes of an oral history interview conducted between Moore and Thomas Dahlen on 7, 8, and 12 March 1980. This interview covers Moore’s recollections of the roles and responsibilities of the teacher during the 1930s and 1940s and the effects of the Depression and World War II on the teacher and the community.


Wigley, Earle J., 1903-1992. Oral History Interview, 2 July 1979. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1670.
http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc1670.html
The Earle J. Wigley collection consists of an audiocassette tape and a CD duplicate of the audiocassette of an oral history interview conducted between Wigley and Joseph J. Loring on 2 July 1979. This interview covers Wigley’s recollections of the roles and responsibilities of the teacher during the 1920s and 1930s.



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Mee Xiong is an Archives Technician at Minnesota State University, Mankato.