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1. 1973 Bethel Story, Bethel University Promotional Audio, Arden Hills, Minnesota

Creator:
Bethel College and Seminary
Date Created:
1973
Description:
The promotional audio describes Bethel College and Seminary campuses, academic and extra-curricular opportunities, and encourages listeners to support Bethel financially.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

2. Interview with C.E. Carlson, History Center, Archive of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC, Arden Hills, Minnesota

Creator:
Carlson, C.E.
Date Created:
1974-07-15
Description:
C.E. Carlson discusses his involvment with Bethel during its transition from a two-year college to a four-year college.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

3. Interview with Paul Dovre, Regional Oral History Project, Moorhead, Minnesota

Creator:
Dovre, Paul
Description:
Dr. Dovre reflects upon his career at Concordia College since joining the faculty in 1963, with emphasis upon his years as President of Concordia. He also remarks on the connections between Concordia College and the Fargo-Moorhead community.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Education Commission
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

4. Interview With Catherine Edlund Fossay, Regional Oral History Project, Moorhead, Minnesota

Creator:
Fossay, Catherine Edlund
Description:
Catherine Fossay was born and raised in Fergus Falls, MN. Mrs. Fossay describes her years as a student at Moorhead State, particularly her experiences as a student teacher at the Model School on campus, and as a teacher in the affiliated rural school at Oak Mound. Included in her reminiscences are student activities and productions.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Education Commission
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

5. Interview with Clarence Glasrud (interview 2 of 2), Regional Oral History Project, Moorhead, Minnesota

Creator:
Glasrud, Clarence
Description:
Dr. Clarence Glasrud was born in North Dakota October 15, 1911. He attended Moorhead State and joined the faculty in 1947 as an instructor in the Division of Language and Literature. He received his MA and PhD from Harvard. He taught at MSU from 1952 to 1977 when he retired and was considered an excellent teacher. Interview 2 of 2.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Education Commission
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

6. Interview with Rabbi Yosi Gordon (1944 - ), Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Gordon, Rabbi Yosi (1944 - )
Date Created:
1984-09-24
Description:
Rabbi Yosi Gordon (1944 - ) worked as Associate and Acting Principal of the Los Angeles Hebrew High School. In 1978 he came to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he directed the Talmud Torah for 12 years and helped open the Talmud Torah Day School, where he taught for many years. He taught courses in Jewish studies and literature at the University of Minnesota, St. Olaf College and Hamline University. In this interview, Rabbi Gordon discusses the recent history of Jewish education initiatives in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. This interview was conducted by Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest volunteer Harriet Kohen in effort to document the stories of Jewish immigration to and community leaders in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

7. Lee Gresser Interview, Oral History of Hennepin Technical College, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Creator:
Gresser, Lee
Date Created:
2008-02-26
Description:
Lee Gresser was the first director and employee of Hennepin Technical College. He, the District 287 Board (made up of 15 individual suburban school districts), and Richard Emery were instrumental in lobbying for a suburban vocational-technical school, buying land, deciding which programs to offer, and who to hire to teach the programs. Lee was interviewed by Joyce Randall Senechal. Also present in the room were Carole Carlson and Marty Patterson.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin Technical College
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

8. Interview with Albert Ziegler, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-02-13
Description:
Reflection by Albert H. Ziegler, Concordia College class of 1918, from Marianna, Florida, in 1981. Pastor Ziegler talks about the events leading up to his two missionary trips to China, the first coming in 1922 (four years after graduating from Concordia) and some of the joys and trials of those experiences. He also talks, among other things, about being POWs (prisoners of war) after the Japanese takeover of Hong Kong in 1941, his children's return to America and Concordia for their education, and what those he graduated with are currently doing. Finally, he discusses his professors. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

9. Interview with Arlys Fittje Springer, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-02-18
Description:
Interview with Arlys Fittje Springer, Concordia College class of 1959, from Zephyrhills, Florida, in 1981. Mrs. Fittje-Springer, a graduate of one of Concordia's first women classes, talks about, among other things, how she ended up attending Concordia, working in the school's library, her professors, doing babysitting to pay for school, gym classes, dorm life and dorm rules, learning to read music and the music lessons at school, evening devotions and mandatory chapel, air raid drills, the quality of her education, and the 'placement service' for church teachers. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

10. Interview with Ben G. Hoffman, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-02-10
Description:
Interview with Ben G. Hoffman, Concordia College class of 1928, from Matairie, Louisiana, in 1981. Pastor Hoffmann talks about, among other things, coming from a family of 11 children, his pleasant experiences at Concordia with his roommates and 'Room Buck' (the older students who led in the dormitories), the simple and wholesome lives of the students, harmless pranks, how wonderful the teachers at Concordia were, recreational activities, nicknames, outbreaks of disease, doing grounds keeping at the school, and the old Concordia campus. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

11. Interview with Bernard Kurzweg, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-02
Description:
Interview with Bernard Kurzweg, Concordia College class of 1945, from Tallahassee, Florida, in 1981. Mr. Kurzweg talks about, among other things, how the hard discipline of the dorm monitors was good for him, the practice of hazing or 'shagging,' study periods in the morning, old buildings and their use, the patient and saintly school nurse Anna Gutz, the cost of room and board ($185/year), how the faculty chose him to be President of his class and his responsibilities, enforced evening study hours, the challenges of learning Latin and other languages (Biblical, German), standout professors (Paul Stor and Martin Graebner), the debate team, jobs the students had and extra work done for the war effort, reasons for attending Concordia, reflections on the high level of education received, homesickness in early years (was 13 when he first attended), transportation, what classmates are doing now, and comparing the past with the present. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

12. Interview with Carl W. Schrader, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1900-2004
Date Created:
1981-02-08
Description:
Interview with Carl W. Schrader, Concordia College class of 1931, from Memphis, Tennessee, in 1981. Pastor Schrader talks about, among other things, the difficulties he experienced as a very young student (age 12) at Concordia (a boarding school), the loneliness and hazing he and others experienced, some interesting tidbits about his teachers and their classes, his participation in athletics, what he and fellow students did for leisure, and the nearby geography of the school at the time. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

13. Interview with Delbert Roth, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-03-09
Description:
Interview with Delbert Roth, Concordia College class of 1952, from Conover, North Carolina, in 1981. Pastor Roth talks about, among other things, transferring from a Lutheran school in Nebraska to Concordia in St. Paul in part because he needed to work during school, traveling to St. Paul and back home via train, memorable professors he had, stores on campus, being in an oratory competition, participation in sports, being made to work in the campus kitchen for smoking, rolling shot puts down the dormitory halls, choir activities including student direction of, church activities and services in the city, how the girls brought 'social life' to the campus in 1951, positive impressions of Concordia staff and the Christian people he met in the upper Midwest. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

14. Interview with Donald Kurtzahn, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-03-11
Description:
Interview with Donald Kurtzahn, Concordia College's High School class of 1952, from Atlanta, Georgia,, in 1981. Mr. Kurtzahn talks about, among other things, his desire to be a pastor in junior high school, working to put himself through the high school, the food service, playing pranks on professors, playing on the first Concordia football and hockey teams, avoiding hazing by virtue of being a bigger kid and athlete, classmates marrying one another, losing a classmate to a car accident, having parties with friends, cutting classes, being paddled, getting a super education at Concordia and what he did with that education. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

15. Interview with E. G. Runge, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-03-05
Description:
Interview with E. G. Runge, Concordia College class of 1932, from Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, in 1981. Pastor Runge talks about, among other things, how a generous man paid for his first year at Concordia with 'no strings attached' to see if he would like it, streetcar and other modes of transportation, the 'Rebel Comet' student newspaper and its editor, excellent professors and what made them memorable, working off campus and off-campus activities, the lack of dating among students and why, getting enough to eat in the dining hall, his 'close call' with pneumonia and appreciation for the school nurse Anna Gutz, buying a photography business from a fellow student, and hazing / 'shagging' and the 'Supreme Court' young students might face. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

16. Interview with Harry Smith, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-02-20
Description:
Interview with Harry H. Smith,Concordia College class of 1928 (?), from Orlando, Florida, in 1981. Chaplain Smith talks about, among other things, being the first non-German student at Concordia, studying foreign languages for the first time (German, Latin, Greek and Hebrew), how he was over-indoctrinated but years later found meaning in his religious faith, lots of student pranks and hijinks, the different views of the farm kids and city kids, how his class had all their classes together, how their class president was selected, transportation in the city, places to visit, getting 'pin money' by selling shoes and magazines door to door, becoming a chaplain for the fire department and hospitals, and preaching at Disney World and funerals. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

17. Interview with Herman Glienke, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-03-02
Description:
Interview with Herman Glienke, Concordia College class of 1947, from Hialeah, Florida, in 1981. Pastor Glienke talks about, among other things, attending Concordia after high school at the age of 18 in order to become a minister, taking extension courses via the University of Minnesota in 1947, receiving hours of extra tutoring from Professor Edgar Streufert, the lack of social opportunities because of the necessity of working to pay for school, some positive social effects of hazing/'shagging,' being 'green' due to starting late, his concerns about the changing attitudes towards keeping tabs on the students starting at that time, and his thankfulness for the kindness and help shown to him during his years at Concordia. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

18. Interview with Howard Patten, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-03-09
Description:
Interview with Howard Patten, Concordia College class of 1956, from Conover, North Carolina, in 1981. Pastor Patten talks about, among other things, his upbringing in the small Scandinavian-dominated town of Roseau, where he was one of the few Missouri-Synod (German) Lutherans. He also discusses being a green northern Minnesota boy at Concordia, how he decided on the train ride to St. Paul to be a pastor instead of a doctor, learning about how dancing was sinful, falling asleep in class due to working so hard, his great Greek teacher Fred 'Quickie' Wahlers, how girls helped 'civilize' the campus, his disappointments with teachers and fellow students, his being student body president and his own rebellious streak, being told by the school's president William A. Poehler to attend the worship services he was skipping, Poehler's intellect and imposing presence, organizing a dance at Como Park and attending dances at the University of Minnesota (not permitted at Concordia), hearing really
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

19. Interview with James Mack, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota James Mack

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-03-13
Description:
Interview with James Mack, Concordia College class of 1945, from Rome, Georgia, in 1981. Pastor Mack talks about, among other things, his childhood and the church-worker-producing congregation he came from, crying himself to sleep in a room of 45 boys due to homesickness, former school president Theodore Buenger inviting him to go for a drive with him, President Martin Graebner's brilliance in Latin, getting caught staying out late by President Graebner, working in the library and elsewhere to help pay for school, being forced to get cigarettes for the older boys (part of the 'shagging,' or hazing, that occurred), nurse Anna Gutz's great concern and generosity, playing and coaching baseball, proving English professor Edgar Otto wrong, pranks (mild and dangerous) played on professors, the food donated to the students by local churches, working for a local radio station WMIN, meeting his future wife at a local church event (through the 'Walther League'), their ensuing courtship, city c
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

20. Interview with John Naumann, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-02-25
Description:
Interview with John Naumann, Concordia College class of 1925, from Lehigh Acres, Florida, in 1981. Pastor Naumann talks about, among other things, his birth in India, how he and four of his brothers attended Concordia, resenting the hazing/'shagging' and then doing it himself, the faculty's attitudes towards the practice, working as President Theodore Buenger's 'private secretary', memories about his professors, traveling to do music concerts both as a student and professor at Concordia, pranks pulled on him as a professor and pranks he did as a student, dinnertime and working in the kitchen, President Buenger teaching the students about constellations in the evenings, the limited social life due to the need to work, being quarantined due to illness yet playing hockey in the attic of the building called 'Old Main', visiting other places around the school, experiencing 'campus arrest' where one could not leave the campus without permission, and his great fondness for Concordia. This i
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

21. Interview with Marlin Mentz, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-03-12
Description:
Interview with Marlin Mentz, Concordia College class of 1943, from Douglasville, Georgia, in 1981. Pastor Mentz talks about, among other things, how his grandfather encouraged him to be a pastor, his transfer to Concordia in 1941, the teachers the students respected and why (particularly professors John Berger and Lorenz Blankenbuehler), school President Martin Graebner's many gifts, issues created by World War II, social activities including tavern visits and effectively avoiding the President's supervision, classroom and dormitory exploits and pranks, the school's museum, food service improvements, Dr. Graebner's remarkable office manager Lydia Caldwell (Dierks), the school nurse Anna Gutz, spiritual life on campus and off, and the value, in retrospect, of his deeply classical education at Concordia. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Luth
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

22. Interview with Orville Quast, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-03-08
Description:
Interview with Orville Quast, Concordia College class of 1938, from Lumberton, North Carolina, in 1981. Mr. Quast talks about, among other things, being a small town boy coming to St. Paul, how hazing was good for him, needing parental permission to smoke at Concordia when 16 years old, Professor Paul Stor's interesting biology classes, hitchhiking to school, his responsibilities as his class president, the accreditation of the high school, the effects of the Great Depression on the school, participation in sports and singing groups, being justly punished by upperclassmen, his musings about when President Martin Graebner slept, mandatory study time before early breakfast and in the evening, why he dropped out of seminary after Concordia, and the other people in his class. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

23. Interview with Robert F. Gaiser, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-02-19
Description:
Interview with Robert Gaiser, Concordia College class of 1914 (?), from Gulfport, Florida in 1981. Mr. Gaiser talks about, among other things, how his father was a pastor at a congregation ' at one time pastored by a man who became the President of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (Friedrich Pfotenhauer) ' that provided a steady supply of pastors and teachers for the church, hazing incidents and 'payback' years later (at a theological convention!), harmless pranks, the disciplined education received, professors at the school, students working outside of school, transportation and various entertainments, the old campus buildings (the old Reformatory School) since torn down, sports, his later career as a realtor and builder, his convictions about the importance of the church and its mission. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

24. Interview with Rudolph Ritz, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-02-17
Description:
Interview with Rudolph Ritz, Concordia College class of 1935, from Largo, Florida, in 1981. Pastor Ritz, whose mother was the chief cook for Kaiser Wilhelm II, talks about, among other things, why he came to study for the ministry at Concordia, how public school teachers sacrificed extra time to help him learn English and math, the president's long list of responsibilities at the school (leading chapel, night watchman, his own secretary), outstanding profs and what made them great, the dissection of stray animals for biology classes, how city boys at Concordia avoided hazing and who got it the worst, classroom clowning and fun, playing sports, the difficulties professors faced, the scandal of dating students (dancing, movies), extracurricular night lectures by a professor on sexual matters, a 'rebel' student newspaper (the 'Rebel Comet'), pro baseball and the St. Paul Saints (Babe Ruth), work outside of school, the conversion of a co-worker to Christianity through his preaching, and an interesting story about a personal letter from President Nixon. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

25. Interview with Walter Haag, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-02-13
Description:
Interview with Walter Haag, Concordia College class of 1934, from Marianna, Florida, in 1981. Pastor Haag talks about, among other things, why he went to Concordia, homesickness and some details of hazing ('shagging') incidents, memorable school work, various professors and pranks played on them, the close bond the students shared, the untimely death of a roommate, the effects of the depression and working at school for extra money, transportation, nicknames of students and profs, and the school's expectations about dating. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

26. Interview with Walter Volz, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-03-02
Description:
Interview with Walter Volz, Concordia College class of 1956, from Plantation, Florida, in 1981. Pastor Volz talks about, among other things, how he and his brothers would ride their bicycles to Concordia even in winter - after doing their paper routes, the young professors who came on at this time, their excellent forensics/debate team led by professor E.J. Otto, the literary societies on campus and their role in the all-male dramas (Shakespeare and such) performed on campus, participation in the campus printing and yearbook activities, interesting memories of professors, the respect students had for professors who disciplined them (like Professor Edgar Streufert), President William A. Poehler waking up the younger students in the morning, sneaking out to study while being a chapel acolyte, exploring the tunnel system of the old Reformatory school (seeing ball and chains, solitary confinement cells), giving President Poehler's daughters a hard time, his happy recollections of Concordia, and his very busy ministry in south Florida. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now Thrivent).
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

27. Interview with Wesley Kuhn, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-02-12
Description:
Interview with Wesley Kuhn, Concordia College class of 1940, from Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1981. Pastor Kuhn talks about, among other things, the prevalence of and secrecy surrounding hazing ('shagging'), what outstanding professors did, working as student body president with the school president Martin Graebner, working to earn extra money, what the students had to pay for (not tuition), the effect of the depression on the school and students, physical education requirements and intramural sports, and attitudes towards Germans, Germany and Hitler. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

28. Interview with William H. Lieske, Concordia University Oral History Project, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Horn, Margaret, 1924-2004
Date Created:
1981-02-10
Description:
Interview with William H. Lieske, Concordia College class of 1937, from Matairie, Louisiana, in 1981. Pastor Lieske talks about, among other things, his classmates and what they did upon graduation, Concordia's first two presidents ' Theodore Buenger and Martin Graebner ' as teachers, pranks played on professors, the gradual diminishment of hazing and the gradual rise of coeducation, free time activities, the geography of the campus and its old tunnel system, the deaths of three students during his time there, and participation in musical groups and athletic teams. This interview was conducted by librarian Margaret Horn (at Concordia from 1956-1987) during a summer sabbatical, and was made possible in part by a grant from Aid Association for Lutherans (now 'Thrivent').
Contributing Institution:
Concordia University, Saint Paul
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

29. Interview with Marilla Jacobs, Regional Oral History Project, Moorhead, Minnesota

Creator:
Jacobs, Marilla
Description:
Marilla Jacobs was born on June 28, 1906 in Battle Lake, Minnesota and describes her childhood. Mrs. Jacobs attended Moorhead State Normal School, began teaching in 1927 and retired 1971. She discusses her early teacher training, experiences, and changes in teaching over the years.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Education Commission
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

30. Interview with Adele Johnson, Regional Oral History Project, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota

Creator:
Johnson, Adele
Description:
Adele Johnson was born in Casselton, ND. She discusses her first teaching experiences, including private music lessons, after graduating from MSC. She later taught music at Concordia College and then Moorhead State. During this time period, her involvement in community affairs, politics, the Democratic Party, and also she worked for Congressman Bob Berglund. She is now retired.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Education Commission
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

31. Interview with William M. Jones, Regional Oral History Project, Moorhead, Minnesota

Creator:
Jones, William M.
Description:
William Jones' career was as an educator. He first taught in Thief River Falls. He conducted the band there. He had various jobs in other towns until they came to Moorhead in 1972. He is presently the Academic Vice-President of Moorhead State University and his wife is director of External Studies also at MSU. They both are planning to retire at the end of the 1984-1985 school year.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Education Commission
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

32. Interview with Helene E. Kaeding, Regional Oral History Project, Moorhead, Minnesota

Creator:
Kaeding, Helene E.
Description:
Helene Kaeding was born in St. Peter, MN. Mrs. Kaeding describes her ethnic background, her father's business, and attending school at Gustavas Adolphus. She began teaching in 1931 and married in 1940. She describes the difference in attitudes toward education in the various communities in which she taught, and how discipline and respect for teachers has changed.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Education Commission
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

33. Interview with Donald Karow (1905-1990), Lake City, Minnesota

Creator:
Karow, Donald, 1905-1990
Description:
Former school superintendent Donald Karow (1905-1990) discusses the history of schools in Lake City and Wabasha County, including the effort to consolidate the rural schools into the Lake City school district. He talks about school buildings, class sizes, school curriculum, extracurricular activities, and community support for the schools.
Contributing Institution:
Lake City Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

34. Interview with Joseph L. Knutson, Regional Oral History Project, Moorhead, Minnesota

Creator:
Knutson, Joseph L.
Description:
Dr. Joseph L. Knutson was born February 14, 1906 in Grafton, ND, where his father was a Lutheran pastor. Dr. Knutson begins the interview with a short biographical sketch. Dr. Knutson was president of Concordia College from 1950 to 1974. He discusses the college's finances and its relationship to the American Lutheran Church. Concordia College's natural constituency for enrollment was from the Norwegian Lutherans of North Dakota and Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Education Commission
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

35. Interview with Anna Lagergren, History Center, Archive of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC, Arden Hills, Minnesota

Creator:
Lagergren, Anna.
Date Created:
1978-02-20
Description:
Anna Lagergren discusses her father, Carl G. Lagergren, dean of Bethel Seminary from 1889-1922.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

36. Interview with H. Wyman Malmsten, History Center, Archive of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC, Arden Hills, Minnesota

Creator:
Malmsten, H. Wyman.
Date Created:
1981-03-17
Description:
H. Wyman Malmsten describes his role in fundraising for Bethel during the Great Depression.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

37. Interview with Matilda Moen, Regional Oral History Project, Moorhead, Minnesota

Creator:
Moen, Matilda
Description:
Matilda Moen's parents farmed near Northwood, North Dakota. Matilda Moen begins by talking about her experiences while a student in a rural school and of her parents and her family. She also discusses teaching in rural schools. She retired in 1965.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Education Commission
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

38. Interview with Alice Grannis Murdoch (1894-1988), Lake City, Minnesota

Creator:
Murdoch, Alice (Grannis), 1894-1988
Description:
Alice Grannis Murdoch (1894-1988) of Lake City, Minnesota discusses her interest in researching local history, her collection of Native American artifacts, and her teaching career.
Contributing Institution:
Lake City Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

39. Interview with Lucy Nibbe (1911-2005), Lake City, Minnesota

Creator:
Nibbe, Lucy (Mickow), 1911-2005
Description:
Lucy (Mickow) Nibbe (1911-2005) discusses her childhood in Hammond and Lake City, Minnesota her education in Lake City, and her career as a rural school teacher at Gilbert Valley and Sugar Loaf Valley, and at Bluff View in Lake City.
Contributing Institution:
Lake City Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

40. 4H Looking Back at 4-H in Roseau County read by Aliza (Novacek) Olson on "A Look Back in Time" radio program, Roseau, Minnesota

Creator:
Olson, Aliza (Novacek)
Date Created:
2002-07
Description:
This sound clip highlights the 4-H program in Roseau County over the yeas. The Roseau County Historical Society prepared this radio script to share county history through broadcasts on KJ102 FM in Roseau. The topics highlight the history of Roseau County and the people that lived there.
Contributing Institution:
Roseau County Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Radio programs

41. Bethel Seminary Oral History Recorded at Carol Stream, Illinois, Interview Tape 1, History Center, Archive of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC, Arden Hills, Minnesota

Creator:
Peterson, Marsh; Hanson, O.; Norstrom, Robert; Peterson, Don; Dahlquist, Lloyd; Anderson, Gordon; Olson, Walter.
Date Created:
1991-10-04
Description:
Interviewees share memories from their time at Bethel Seminary and initial ministry in Baptist General Conference churches.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

42. Bethel Seminary Oral History Recorded at Carol Stream, Illinois, Interview Tape 2, History Center, Archive of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC, Arden Hills, Minnesota

Creator:
Peterson, Marsh; Hanson, O.; Norstrom, Robert; Peterson, Don; Dahlquist, Lloyd; Anderson, Gordon; Olson, Walter.
Date Created:
1991-10-04
Description:
Interviewees share memories from their time at Bethel Seminary and initial ministry in Baptist General Conference churches.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

43. Bethel Seminary Oral History Recorded at Carol Stream, Illinois, Interview Tape 3, History Center, Archive of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC, Arden Hills, Minnesota

Creator:
Peterson, O.; Hanson, R.; Norstrom, D.; Peterson, L.; Dahlquist, G.; Anerson, G.; Olson, W.
Date Created:
1991-10-04
Description:
Interviewees share memories from their time at Bethel Seminary and initial ministry in Baptist General Conference churches.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

44. Interview with G. L. Schoberg, Regional Oral History Project, Moorhead, Minnesota

Creator:
Schoberg, G. L.
Description:
Gustav L. Schoberg, on the Concordia College faculty from 1930 to 1970, was a professor of German and French and also head of the department. He was also an assistant to President J.N. Brown in public relations, publicity, fund raising, and student recruiting through the Depression of the thirties and World War II.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Education Commission
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

45. Interview with Lois Cornell Selberg, Regional Oral History Project, Moorhead, Minnesota

Creator:
Selberg, Lois Cornell
Description:
Lois Selberg is a native of Rustad, Minnesota. She speaks first of her high school education and her early experiences at Moorhead State. She describes what entering college meant to her in the way of intellectual enlightenment. Mrs. Selberg discusses what the college was like during wartime.
Contributing Institution:
Heritage Education Commission
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

46. Interview with Brenda Carstensen-Boyer, Wilson Campus School Oral History Project, Mankato, Minnesota

Creator:
Sheehy, Mark
Date Created:
2008-09-24
Description:
In this interview, Brenda Boyer talks about being a student at Wilson Campus School after the changes that took place in 1968, her favorite memories, and what she did after she graduated from Wilson. This oral history interview was conducted as part of the Wilson Campus School Oral History Project conducted by the Southern Minnesota Historical Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Wilson Campus School was a lab school for the college.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

47. Interview with Cathy Colby, Wilson Campus School Oral History Project, Mankato, Minnesota

Creator:
Sheehy, Mark
Date Created:
2008-03-06
Description:
In this interview, Cathy Colby talks about attending Wilson Campus School, the activities she was involved in, and what she has done since Wilson closed in 1977. This oral history interview was conducted as part of the Wilson Campus School Oral History Project conducted by the Southern Minnesota Historical Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Wilson Campus School was a lab school for the college.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

48. Interview with Claire Faust, Wilson Campus School Oral History Project, Mankato, Minnesota

Creator:
Sheehy, Mark
Date Created:
2008-02-26
Description:
In this interview, Claire Faust talks about the changes he observed at Wilson Campus School from 1962-1977, different students that went through Wilson, and what he did after his time at Wilson. This oral history interview was conducted as part of the Wilson Campus School Oral History Project conducted by the Southern Minnesota Historical Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Wilson Campus School was a lab school for the college.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

49. Interview with Gene Biewen, Wilson Campus School Oral History Project, Mankato, Minnesota

Creator:
Sheehy, Mark
Date Created:
2008-06-10
Description:
In this interview, Gene Biewen talks about coaching at Wilson Campus School, the changes that Don Glines implemented, and what he did after the school closed. This oral history interview was conducted as part of the Wilson Campus School Oral History Project conducted by the Southern Minnesota Historical Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Wilson Campus School was a lab school for the college.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

50. Interview with Gene Broughten, Wilson Campus School Oral History Project, Mankato, Minnesota

Creator:
Sheehy, Mark
Date Created:
2008-05-01
Description:
In this interview, Gene Broughten talks about his time at Wilson Campus School, the changes that happened in 1968, and what he did after Wilson closed. This oral history interview was conducted as part of the Wilson Campus School Oral History Project conducted by the Southern Minnesota Historical Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Wilson Campus School was a lab school for the college.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories
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