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

Authors

Betty Callahan
Mae Doherty
Patricia Fee
Marcia Picard
Joan Smith

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Interview Date

10-25-2013

Description

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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Recommended Citation

Callahan, Betty; Doherty, Mae; Fee, Patricia; Picard, Marcia; and Smith, Joan (2013, October 25). Oral History Interview with Betty Sawin Callahan, Mae Ashenfelter Doherty, Pat Siekman Fee, Marcia Potter Picard, and Joan Hanley Smith. BSU Oral History Project. Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/oralhist/4

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