Ken Skipper oral history recording

Other Media

https://exhibits.lib.pacificu.edu/files/original/4699443e6f1bc6e0e0aa4a90d589d94a.mp3

Title

Ken Skipper oral history recording

Description

An audio recording of an oral history of Ken Skipper on Hillsboro during the Vietnam War. Ken Skipper came to Hillsboro in 1968 as a first year teacher at Poynter Jr. High. In 1969, Mr. Skipper was drafted and did basic training at Fort Lewis. Later he was transferred to Denver, Colorado to finish his master’s degree and became an occupational therapist for the army at a psychiatric hospital in Denver. Later he went on to work in counseling people with mental disorders and drug issues. Skipper describes how he returned to Hillsboro in the early 1970s as a counselor at Poynter Junior High, then transferred to Hillsboro High School where he taught for a long time.

Contributor

Elkins, Stacie

Newton, Erika

Creator

Skipper, Ken

Date

2001

Is Part Of

Century High School collection

Format

Audiocassettes

Language

English

Identifier

WCM_OH_461

Subject

Washington County (Or.) -- History

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American

Education

Rights

In Copyright

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

Extent

1 sound cassette (28 min.)

Spatial Coverage

Washington County (Or.)

Hillsboro (Or.)

Type

Sound

Source

Washington County Museum