Yaeger, Selma I., 1903 - 1993. Oral History Interview, 1980. SMHC Manuscript Collection 193. 1 folder and 2 audiocassette tapes.

Abstract:

The Selma I. Yaeger collection contains an audiocassette recording and a transcription of an interview conducted at Yaeger's home in 1980. The interview deals with Yaeger's recollections of her roles and responsibilities while working as a rural schoolteacher during the 1920s. Patrice L. Johnson conducted the interview.

Biographical Note:

Selma I. Yaeger attended rural school in Blue Earth County, Minnesota and graduated from Mankato High School in 1922. As a senior in high school, she earned her Rural Teacher Education certification. Yaeger taught school in Olmstead County from 1922 to 1927. Following her teaching experience, she entered Mankato State Teachers College for one year and studied urban teaching. Following this learning experience, Yaeger worked as an educator in an urban school before retiring to raise her family in 1930. Later in her like, she worked as a tutor and substitute teacher.

Scope and Content:

Tape 1	Teachers Institute
Family background	Pay scales
Educational background	Handicapped and gifted children
Practice teaching	Tape 2
First year of teaching in a rural school	Handicapped child (wheel chair)
Superintendent	Practice teaching for urban schools
School Board’s function	Handicapped child (deformed arms)
Teaching schedule	Comparison between rural schools and schools in ca. 1980
Parent-Teacher relations	Tape 3
Social statues and role of teacher	Materials and facilities
Accommodations and relations with boarding family	Limited curricula
Church	Classroom rewards
Extra curricular and community responsibilities of teacher	State Boards
Religion in school	Slow and gifted children
Report cards	Record keeping
Discipline in classroom	Learning to read in rural school versus urban school
Attendance	Motivation of children by encouragement
Homework	Follow-up questions

Restrictions:

There are no restrictions on use of this collection for research purposes. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property and libel laws as they apply.

Collection Citation:

Yaeger, Selma I., 1903 - 1993. Oral History Interview, 1980. SMHC Manuscript Collection 193, Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Acquisition:

Selma I. Yaeger donated this collection in August 1980.

Processed By:

Rick Smith processed this collection in May 1990. Jeff A. Jenson developed the finding aid in February 2002.

Related Collections:

It has been determined that there are no similar manuscript collections about Selma I. Yaeger available elsewhere.

LCSH Subject Headings:

Yaeger, Selma I., 1903 - 1993.
Rural schools--Minnesota--History.
Teachers--Minnesota.
Education, Rural--Minnesota.
Mankato State Teachers College--Alumni.
Handicapped children--Education--Minnesota--History.
Oral History.
Teachers--Minnesota.

SMHC Manuscript Collection 193	Box	Folder
Oral History Interview, Cassette I, 1980	Cassette
Oral History Interview, Cassette II, 1980	Cassette
Transcript, 1980	1	1