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Interview with Marvene Chambers
Donna Marie Hobbs and Marvene Teeters Chambers
An interview with Marvene Chambers regarding her experiences in a one-room school house.
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Oral History of Glenn Presley
Harold Hoffman and Jim Simpson
Written interview with Glenn Scott Presley, 1996 recipient of the Christa McAuliffe award.
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An Oral History of Kurt Dillon
Becky Holtwick and Mark Wolters
Written interview with Kurt Dillion, 1992 Agriscience Teacher of the Year, 1996 Young Vocational Teacher of the Year.
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Oral History of Bill Saunders
Heather Koehn and Julie Koerperich
Written interview with Bill Saunders, 1982 Kansas Master Teacher.
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Interview with Mary Wyatt
Robin Koonce and Mary Wyatt
An interview with Mary Wyatt regarding her experiences in a one-room school house.
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Sonya Roberts : Master Teacher
Junnae Kay Landry
Written interview of Sonya Roberts, recipient of KAVTA's New Vocational Teacher of the Year-1996 Award.
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Oral History of Gary Cornelsen
Jim Littell and David Wilbers
Written interview with Gary Cornelsen, 1997 Community Spirit Award recipient.
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An Oral History of a One-Room Schoolhouse Teacher, Junita Moore Skubal
Don Long
A written interview with Juanita Skubal, a one-room schoolhouse teacher.
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Master Teacher Interview with Julie Bliese
Rick Masters and Shaina Prough
Written interview with Julie Bliese, 1997 recipient of the National Presidential Award for Excellence in Elementary Science Instruction.
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Interview with Hilda Keller Yung
Mary Etta Parsons and Hilda Keller Yung
An interview with Hilda Yung regarding her experiences in a one-room school house.
This collection features oral history interviews focusing on one-room schoolhouses in rural Kansas. The last one-room schoolhouse teacher in Kansas, Selola Lewis, is included in this collection. She taught at the Dermot School in Morton county until the final one-room school closed in 1992. Students from the Fort Hays State University College of Education conducted the interviews of former students and teachers who attended and taught in one-room schoolhouses. Interviews were conducted as part of an effort to develop a significant collection of oral resources that would supplement other primary and secondary local history materials residing in the Plymouth Schoolhouse Archival Collection in Forsyth Library and the Plymouth Schoolhouse building located on the FHSU Campus. Interviews were originally recorded on cassette tapes and then transferred to digital media. The files have been edited to improve the user experience through enhanced sound quality and time management. No voice content has been removed or altered. Raw files of the original interviews along with supplemental materials like teacher biographies and district histories are available upon request.
The primary source materials contained in the Fort Hays State University Special Collections
and Archives have been placed there for research purposes, preservation of the historical
record, and as reflections of a past belonging to all members of society. Because this material
reflects the expressions of an ongoing culture, some items in the collections may be sensitive in
nature and may not represent the attitudes, beliefs, or ideas of their creators, persons named in
the collections, or the position of Fort Hays State University.
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