Please refer to the Lesley University Archives Oral History Collection Finding Aid to learn more about the collection.
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Paul Crowley, Part 3
Alyssa Pacy
In the final interview Paul Crowley talks about the process of becoming a professor, goes into more detail about his retirement, and wraps up by answering some random questions.
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Roberta Sibor Bradley, '49
Alyssa Pacy and Jenny Gilbert
Roberta Sibor Bradley discusses some early experiences during her undergrad time at Lesley. She also discusses her teaching life after Lesley and how the fundamentals of teaching that she acquired at Lesley helped her teach special education and the developmentally disabled.
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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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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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Rhoda Mann '58 ME
Alyssa Pacy
Rhoda Freed Mann discussed her experience within the Graduate School. As one of the earlier graduates of the Masters of Education program, she offered insight regarding her choosing of Lesley, the interview and acceptance process.
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Paul Crowley, Part 2
Alyssa Pacy
Continuing on from the previous interview, Paul start out by discussing the open and caring atmosphere at Lesley, Likening it to the strong female presence on the campus, he preferred it to other universities he taught at. Other topics mentioned were his various positions, the classroom environment, what the students were like and his retirement.
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Nancy Langstaff, Pt. 1
Alyssa Pacy
Nancy Langstaff discussed starting the Arts in Education graduate school program at Lesley.
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Sondra Langer, Part 2
Alyssa Pacy
In the second Interview Sondra talks about the transition to Margret McKenna, Retirement from Lesley, her role as professor emeritus.
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Roberta Pelley di Gonzzaldi, '48
Alyssa Pacy
In the interview Roberta Pelley di Gonzzaldi answers some background questions, talks about her time at Lesley, and academics. The academics portion of the interview covers what classes she took, her professors, favorite and least favorite classes. Roberta also speaks about dorm life, student activities, her social life, Lesley traditions and her life and career after Lesley
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Norma Canner, Part 1
Alyssa Pacy
Norma Canner discusses her early career as an actress turned dancer, as she worked with various productions on Broadway. Her work with children and later arrival at Lesley University as a dance therapist is also mentioned.
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Paul Crowley
Alyssa Pacy
Paul Crowley discusses his background in eduction. He describes his experience as a founding faculty member of Lesley's Counseling Sociology department graduate program. Paul talks about what classes were offered in the early days of the program, as well as the many different internship placements. He also mentions the different location that the department has occupied from Winter Hill to 7 Melon St.
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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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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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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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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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Sondra Langer, Part 1
Alyssa Pacy
Sondra discusses her background, education, and arrival at Lesley. She also goes into detail about her various positions held at Lesley, the classroom environment, what the students were like and what classes she taught.
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Norma Canner, Part 2
Alyssa Pacy
Norma Canner follows up the first interview by describing her psychological techniques she used for psychotherapy, the effect of Freudian thinking on her work, and advice on helping students deal with their work. She describes the work that she did with students at the time, remarking on the classroom environment and other experiences in her classes at Lesley.
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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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Barbara Beatty, Part One
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 Two
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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Charles Gilroy, Pt. 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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Charles Gilroy
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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Virginia Chau '08, Interview 2, Part 1
Alyssa Pacy
Continuing on from the previous interview, Chau discussed Lesley's co-ed transition and offered an estimate of how many interning students withdrew. She further elaborated on the classes she took and TA'ed for, the then new Honors program, dorm life, Lesley's waning traditions and her interactions with students. She offered her impressions of President's Margaret McKenna and Joseph Moore. She also mentioned an internship with Leo Rice in Lesley's marketing department.
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Virginia Chau '08, Interview 2, Part 2
Alyssa Pacy
An addendum to the previously wrapped up interview. Chau discussed being a Representative to the Board of Trustees via her role as the Student Association Government's President. She mentioned sitting in on both the Board of Trustee and some of the Committee meetings, having a small yet notable voice.
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Mark Montgomery, '08
Alyssa Pacy
Mark Montgomery discussed his undergraduate career at Lesley University. Coming from Bunker Hill as a History major, he described his experiences regarding classes, extracurricular activities and leadership opportunities.
