Ken Skipper oral history recording
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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.
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Extent
1 sound cassette (28 min.)
Language
English
Identifier
WCM_OH_461
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In Copyright
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Source
Contributor
Elkins, Stacie
Newton, Erika
Format
Audiocassettes
Type
Sound