Heather Higginbotham Johansen oral history recording · Washington County Heritage Online

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
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