Interview with Dian Cromer
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11892
- Date Range
- November 26 2020
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Dian Cromer (nee Herman), a Smithers teacher and the daughter of teacher and principal Della Carpenter Herman. Recorded November 26th 2020 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliograp…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.1
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.95 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- November 26 2020
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Dian Cromer (nee Herman), a Smithers teacher and the daughter of teacher and principal Della Carpenter Herman. Recorded November 26th 2020 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Dian Cromer - November 26, 2020
Interview with Dian Cromer - November 26, 2020
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.1_Cromer,%20Dian/Cromer,%20Dian%202020_11_26.ACCESS.mp3
Cromer gives her date and place of birth, then talks about how her family came to the Bulkley Valley. She also briefly discusses some of her parents professional and personal activities.
Duthie Mine; Fall Fair; horseback riding; trail riding; United Church
childhood
Cromer details the house she grew up in and the house her mother grew up in.
log home; log house
heritage properties
Japan; Japanese; pit house; Poland; Polish; telegraph line
childhood; games; immigrants; immigration
Cromer tells a story about her mother's terrible driving.
roads
police; vehicle
Cromer discusses her experiences in both elementary school and high school in Smithers. She also talks about what she did for fun and leisure as a teenager.
basketball; Bill Cromer; boy scouts; Canadian Girls in Training; CGIT; dance; elementary school; high school; Muheim Elementary School; seizure; skating; students; teacher; teen town; United Church
education; recreation; youth
Cromer discusses her experiences pursuing a teaching degree at UBC in Vancouver.
Bill Cromer; city; Della Herman; dormitories; Stanley Park; teacher's college; UBC
education; teacher
Cromer discusses her time teaching at the elementary school in Telkwa. She specifically tells a story about the principal trying to scare off a pack of dogs with a shotgun.
children; dogs; gun; party; principal; snowball; student discipline
Champ Royal Comission; education; elementary
Cromer discusses teaching in Rutland, just outside of Kelowna, BC.
cow; marriage; Rutland
education; elementary
Cromer discusses teaching Kitimat and tells stories about a student named
Alcan; Indigenous; snow; Southern European; winter
education; elementary
Cromer discusses the multiple teaching positions she held in Smithers. She also talks about how she adjusted to new teaching protocols.
alternate school; alternative education; bullying; homeschooling; Indigenous children; Lake Kathlyn; Lake Kathlyn Elementary; parenting; students
education; School District 54; Sullivan Royal Commission
Cromer discusses her two children Jamie and Michael, including how Michael passed away. She also talks about how being a parent changed her approach to teaching.
computer science; Della Herman; engineering; Jamie Cromer; Michael Cromer; physics; Tulsa, Oklahoma; UBC
parenting; teaching
Cromer talks about how schools, teachers, and students have changed since she started teaching.
education
Cromer discusses ethics violations she was charged with in 1983 by the BC Teacher's Federation, how she handled the case, and the results.
court; Della Herman; lawyer; parenting; principal; questionnaire; teaching certification; teaching ethics; union; Vancouver
BCTF; law; legal; sex education
Cromer discusses an Interior News article written about her son, Michael, shortly after his death.
death; Michael Cromer
obituary
Cromer discusses her mother, Della Herman, and the legacy she left behind in Smithers and School District 54.
Bulkley Valley School Stories; car; Della Herman Theatre; dogs; Driftwood; driving; Muheim Elementary; normal school; School District 54; teacher training; Telkwa; wig
teaching
Cromer talks about living in the Driftwood Area and what it has been like to live in Bulkley Valley.
bakery; business; children; Clarence Goodacre; farm; farmers; Fushimi family; Goodacre's; Leach Brothers; lesiure; Mary Berg; parenting; rural
Driftwood
Cromer describes her short experiences with the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority.
community organizations; sports; women's group
Beta Sigma Phi
Cromer discusses both how Smithers has changed and how it hasn't during her life.
change
Main Street