Please refer to the Lesley University Archives Oral History Collection Finding Aid to learn more about the collection.
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Anne Larkin, Part 1
Alyssa Pacy
Anne Larkin discussed her tenure at Lesley University. She arrived at Lesley in 1966-67, in the process of completing her Doctorate. She elaborated on the courses she taught, working under multiple Deans, and acting as the Director of her own Educational program at the Harrington School.
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Anne Larkin, Part 2
Alyssa Pacy
Anne Larkin describes her experience with helping students with learning disabilities and working with then Dean Lenore Parker and Assistant Dean June Fox on a Graduate Program. Thoughts on other faculty, what she believes is "The Lesley Way" and sacrifices made on the job among other things can be found here.
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Anne Larkin, Part 3
Alyssa Pacy
Anne Larkin answers the remainder of the questions here. She elaborates on the Special Education department, her experience raising a child on the Autism spectrum, the merits of individualized child programs, regrets and other thoughts.
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Barbara Beatty, Part 1
Alyssa Pacy and Cindy Brown
Alyssa Pacy and Lesley Archivist Cindy Brown meet with Barbara Beatty to discuss her teaching tenure at Lesley University. She mentions her arrival at Lesley in 1973 and her experiences in early childhood classrooms.
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Barbara Beatty, Part 2
Alyssa Pacy and Cindy Brown
Barbara Beatty briefly continues on discussing her experience regarding interviewing President Don Orton on Edith Lesley.
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Barbara Stevens Clark '51
Alyssa Pacy and Jenny Gilbert
Barbara Stevens Clark shares some background information on herself and her time at Lesley. She also gets into her reasoning for choosing Lesley and her life and career after Lesley.
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Brenda Engel, Part 1
Alyssa Pacy
Brenda Engel discussed her tenure at Lesley University. She described her background, specifically her 1945 undergraduate degree in Fine Arts from Radcliffe College. She also elaborated on some of the courses that she taught at Lesley. Engel made a point to mention that she believed she was the only professor at Lesley without a graduate level degree nor courses under her belt at that time.
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Brenda Engel, Part 2
Alyssa Pacy
Engel followed up the previous interview by elaborating on the North Dakota study group, working to reform education in the state. She discussed her thoughts on standardized testing, the administrative shift to President Margaret McKenna, and her retirement from Lesley.
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Carol Anne Levine Pozefsky '56
Alyssa Pacy and Randy Stabile
Carol Anne Levine Pozefsky discussed her undergraduate experience at Lesley University. Carol mentioned the groups she was a part of and the professors that she connected with. Pozefsky also elaborated on her childhood in Hempstead NY and shared numerous anecdotes regarding her student life in Cambridge.
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Charles Gilroy, Part 1
Alyssa Pacy
Charles Gilroy discussed his tenure at Lesley University. He served as the CFO for the University starting in 1991. Gilroy described working with the department, and how Lesley's transitioning from College to University had affected the administrative and cultural environment.
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Charles Gilroy, Part 2
Alyssa Pacy
Charles Gilroy followed up the previous interview by elaborating on EDS and how the University's finances are generally organized. He continued on to discuss future plans for the Brattle campus and the funds the school received from the sale of the Doble Company.
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Debbie Sherman, Part 1
Alyssa Pacy
In her first interview Debbie Sherman discusses her education background and her tenure at Lesley University.
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Debbie Sherman, Part 2
Alyssa Pacy
Debbie Sherman continues to discuss her Tenure at Lesley University. Following up the previous interview with information about teaching in the first centralized school, she goes into detail about her arrival at Lesley.
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Diane Butterfield Borsnan '53, Part 1
Alyssa Pacy and Jenny Gilbert
First interview with Diane Butterfield Brosnan on Wednesday July 15, 2009. Alyssa Pacy and Jenny Gilbert of Lesley University speak with Brosnan, accompanied by Brosnan's daughter-in-law Yvonne Higgins at Brosnan's home in Plymouth MA. She discusses her undergraduate career at Lesley University, studying Elementary Education from 1949 to 1953.
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Diane Butterfield Brosnan '53, Part 2
Alyssa Pacy
Second Interview with Diane Butterfield Brosnan on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009. Alyssa Pacy speaks with her at Brosnan's home in Plymouth MA, continuing to discuss her undergraduate career at Lesley University. She mentions various teachers that made an impression on her, dorm life, etc.
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Diane Labell Feinzig '58
Alyssa Pacy and Jenny Gilbert
Diane Labell Feinzig discussed her undergraduate career at Lesley University, studying to become an elementary school teacher. She elaborated on her childhood experiences and how that influenced her aspirations. Fenizig also expanded on her time on campus, the specific courses she took, and her involvement with Lesley later in life.
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Ella Purington Curtis '35
Tricia Kramer
Ella Purington Curtis discusses her early life in Bowdoinham, ME where she still lived at the time of the interview. She began her academic career at Lesley in 1933. Some of the topics that are discussed in the interview are the professors that Ella had during her time at Lesley, her memories of Edith Lesley, traveling to Lesley by car and by train. Ella also describes Gertrude Malloch, playing competitive basketball at Lesley, and her teaching career at after her graduation from Lesley.
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Ella Riccioli Buzzotta '46
Alyssa Pacy and Jennifer Gilbert
Ella Riccioli Buzzotta is interviewed at her home in Burlington, MA. During the interview Ella discusses how she found her way to the School of Practical Art and her time enrolled at SPA. Ella also discusses what it was like to be in Boston during WWII.
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George Hein, Part 1
Alyssa Pacy
George Hein discusses his tenure at Lesley University. George talks in detail about his childhood growing up in Germany but having to move to Italy to escape the Nazi's. Then moving from Italy and finding his way to America. He also speaks on his educational background, and his arrival at Lesley.
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George Hein, Part 2
Alyssa Pacy
During the second interview some of the topics that are discussed are the open education movement, the North Dakota Study Group and George's focus on early education.
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George Hein, Part 3
Alyssa Pacy
During the third interview George talks about qualitative analysis, PERG, various positions he held at Lesley, classes he taught, the P.H.D program, and the transition to Margret McKenna.
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George Hein, Part 4
Alyssa Pacy
In the fourth and final interview George talks about the International studies in China, other programs at Lesley, his role as professor emeritus, and his role in Agassiz Neighborhood.
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Helen Briggs Miller '29
Alyssa Pacy
Alyssa Pacy interviews Helen Briggs Miller in her apartment in Needham, Massachusetts. Miller goes in-depth about her experiences as a student at Lesley University.
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Iris Fanger
Alyssa Pacy
Iris Fanger discussed her tenure at Lesley University. She mentioned her time as director of the Magic Circle Theater for Children while getting her PhD in theater studies. At Lesley, Fanger founded the Arts in Education Program and served as Harvard's Summer Dance Center Director. She also elaborated on her education beforehand, including her 1957 undergraduate degree, a 1963 Masters of Arts, and the aforementioned 1972 PhD at Tufts University.
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Itty Chan '61, Part 1
Alyssa Pacy
Itty Chan began to discuss her undergraduate career at Lesley University. Born in China and living in Bangkok Thailand, Chan described coming to America to get a college degree. Among other stories, her reasoning for coming to Lesley, Chan's exposure to American culture and her interactions with students were given mention.
