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Oral history interview with Alma I. Bingham [Transcript]
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- 1989-03-03 (Creation)
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Transcript; 31 pages
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Alma Irene Bingham was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1920. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1948. She then earned a master's degree in 1951 and a doctorate in 1957, both from Columbia University. She was a professor of education at Portland State University from 1955 until her retirement. She also taught summer courses at the University of Maine for many years. She died in 2016.
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Transcript. This oral history interview with Alma I. Bingham was conducted by David Havens Newhall on March 3, 1989, at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. The interview was conducted as part of the Portland State University Series, which was a series of oral history interviews with Portland State University faculty that were conducted by other PSU faculty. In this interview, Bingham discusses her family background and early life in Portland. She then talks about her education at both the University of California at Los Angeles and at Columbia University. She speaks at length about her work at Portland State University during its early years, including Willard Spalding's role at the PSU Department of Education, the campus facilities, and committee work. She also talks about student activities. She discusses the university's relationship with the state Legislature and other universities, teaching summer courses at the University of Maine, and the development of PSU's School of Education. She closes the interview by discussing her retirement activities.
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Copyright for this interview is held by the estate of Alma I. Bingham. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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- English
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- Newhall, David Havens, 1917-2002 (Contributor)