Interview with Della Herman
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- Date Range
- April 1996
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Della Herman (nee Carpenter), recorded by Carol Morgenthaler in April 1996 as part of a BVLD radio show. Includes raw and edited .WAV files and an .MP3 access file.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Carol Morgenthaler
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.45
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 144 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- April 1996
- History / Biographical
- Dulcina ‘Della’ Carpenter Herman (1915-2004) was born in Saskatchewan to Jack and Laura Carpenter; she moved to Smithers with her family in 1923. Della’s career as an educator spanned over four decades, beginning with a job in a one-room schoolhouse at Decker Lake in 1935. She taught at Smithers Elementary/Muheim Memorial School from 1939 to 1955, at which point she became principal until her retirement in 1981. She married Edwin Herman in 1942 and had one daughter, Dian Cromer.
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Della Herman (nee Carpenter), recorded by Carol Morgenthaler in April 1996 as part of a BVLD radio show. Includes raw and edited .WAV files and an .MP3 access file.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Della Herman - April 1996
Introduction of Della Herman, who began teaching at Decker Lake school in 1935 after having received teacher's training in Normal School.
Decker Lake; grades; Normal School
school; teaching
Brief discussion on the methods of teaching used at the time and how basic they were in comparison to modern practices; as well as how the role of a teacher included playground supervision and community involvement.
community involvement; extracurricular activities; MacLeod Method; penmanship; recess; subjects; supervision
responsibilities; teaching; teaching methods
After Decker Lake, Herman taught at the one-room schoolhouse in Glentanna before moving on to Smithers, where she eventually became principal of Muheim Memorial Elementary School until her retirement.
George Tugnum; Glentanna; Glentanna School; grades; Hans Tugnum; Johnny Lapadat; Lundstrom girls; Muheim Elementary School; principal; retirement; Smithers; teaching
teaching
Della Herman praises modern improvements in teaching, comparing them favourably to the
changes in teaching; computers; education process; improvements; programs; progress
education; teaching; teaching methods