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  Oral History Interview with Betty Sawin Callahan, Mae Ashenfelter Doherty, Pat Siekman Fee, Marcia Potter Picard, and Joan Hanley Smith

  Betty Callahan, Mae Doherty, Patricia Fee, Marcia Picard, and Joan Smith

  Length of Recording: 1:37:56

  Interviewed by Ellen Dubinsky at the Maxwell Library, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts on Friday, October 25, 2013.

  The interview brings together five alumna from the Bridgewater State College class of 1963. The women discuss their experiences as students in the early 1960s at a small teachers college, recalling details about commuting to campus, living in the dorms, highlights of their college experience, extracurricular activities, and coursework. The conversation also touches on their experiences as student teachers and in their first teaching jobs after graduation.

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  Oral History Interview with Bill Clifford, Mike Hughes, Jim Tartari, and Charlie Worden

  Bill Clifford, Mike Hughes, Jim Tartari, and Charlie Worden

  Length of recording: 1:13:14

  Interviewed by Ellen Dubinsky at the John Joseph Moakley Center for Technological Applications, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts on Wednesday, May 30, 2012.

  The interview covers the early years of the varsity football program at Bridgewater State College in the mid- to late-1960s. The subjects detail their experiences as football players in those years, reminiscing about many of their fellow athletes, specific games played, their training and practice experiences, and the reception of the Bridgewater campus community to the football program. The interview includes discussion about the team’s first coach Edward Swenson and his successor Peter Mazzaferro. The subjects also relate some of their memorable experiences as Bridgewater State College students in the mid- to late-1960s, including a growing awareness of the Vietnam War and social movements of the time.

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  Oral History Interview with Paul Callahan, David Fee, Philip Curry, and David Morwick

  Paul Callahan, David Fee, Philip Curry, and David Morwick

  Length of recording: 1:14:19

  Interviewed by Ellen Dubinsky at the John Joseph Moakley Center for Technological Applications, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts on Friday, October 12, 2012.

  The interview covers the intercollegiate baseball program and college athletics at Bridgewater State College in the early 1960s. The BSC team, under Coach Harry Lehmann, played in the Southern New England Conference and in the New England State College Athletic Conference. The interviewees discuss their experiences under Coach Lehmann and relate memorable stories about team trips to Connecticut and New York. The former players also talk about their experiences playing in the summer Cape Cod Baseball League and in participating in other sport programs at the college.

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  Oral History Interview with Paul Callahan, Betty Sawin Callahan, David Fee, David Morwick, and Jim Tartari

  Paul Callahan, Betty Callahan, David Fee, David Morwick, and Jim Tartari

  Length of recording: 1:11:53

  Interviewed by Ellen Dubinsky at the John Joseph Moakley Center for Technological Applications, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts on Friday, October 21, 2011.

  The interview covers the beginnings of the varsity football program at Bridgewater State College in the fall of 1960 under the direction of Coach Edward Swenson. The subjects detail their experiences as football players in those first four seasons, reminiscing about many of their fellow athletes, specific games played, their training and practice experiences, the cheerleading squad, and the reception of the Bridgewater campus community to the football program. The subjects also relate some of their memorable experiences as Bridgewater State College students in the early 1960s.