Heather Higginbotham Johansen oral history recording

Title

Heather Higginbotham Johansen oral history recording

Description

An audio recording of an oral history of Heather Higginbotham Johansen, Pacific University Class of 1974, recounting memories of her time at Pacific as a college student. Topics covered in the recording include: being an Elementary Education major in the early 1970s; meeting her husband at Pacific; strict rules for the women's dormitories; how her classes were fairly easy for the first two years of college; problems with how education was taught and current issues in elementary education in the 2020s; memories of Khiem (Tim) and Thuy (Cathy) Tran, two Vietnamese students for whom Pacific's Tran Library would later be named; and memories of the Vietnam War period at Pacific.

This is one of a group of recordings made during a reunion in October, 2024. The recording is accompanied by a transcript.

Identifier

PUA_OH_60

Creator

Johansen, Heather Higginbotham

Date

2024

Date Created

Oct. 2024

Extent

1 audio file (16 min.)

Spatial Coverage

Forest Grove, Oregon

Format

MP3

Contributor

Johnson-Riley, Jenny

Is Part Of

Pacific University Archives Memory Lab

Subject

Pacific University

Student activities

Source

Pacific University Archives

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/