Publication Date
3-4-2016
Abstract
Guess-Hanson recalls Myers attending campus and community events and comments on the effects such visibility had with him, and other presidents, on the community. She taught in the same school that Ellen Myers did and mentions seeing her in the years since the time of Myers' presidency. Guess-Hanson shares recollections of changes in campus over the years and notes the positive impact that being able to attend events in different campus venues had on the community. She composed a choral piece in memoriam to Myers and donated a copy it to the archives which is also linked below.
Duration
00:20:18
Keywords
community connections, personal characteristics, instruments, collecting techniques, intellectual curiosity, furniture, Portrait of a Collector, Alumni
Disciplines
United States History
Recommended Citation
Guess-Hanson, Suan and Miner, Meg, "Suan Guess-Hanson" (2016). All oral histories. 101.
https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/oral_hist/101
Comments
An abstract of this interview is available below. A transcript is linked above and to the right. An essay summarizing themes that emerged from interviews conducted about Myers in 2016 is available: Portrait of a Collector: Reflections on an Influential Bibliophile.
This interview subject is affiliated with IWU and/or President Myers in the following ways: Class of 1964; friend and teaching-colleague of Ellen Myers at ISU's Thomas Metcalf Laboratory School.