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Annalou Christensen, Clip 5: Becoming a teacher

Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Annalou Christensen
Date: Time Period: 1920 - 2010; 2010-06-22; Interview recorded: June 22 2010 Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity. Dimension: Total running time: 0:02:26
Creator: Annalou Christensen interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt Identifier: aql:20538 christensen_annalou_clip5

Description: Annalou Christensen attended City College, CUNY to get her masters degree in special education after having seven children. She initially taught high school English, but decided to get a degree in special education since she wanted to help her daughter Martha who had special needs. Christensen became a pioneer in developing special education curriculum that is the basis for programs today.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20659

Creator : Annalou Christensen interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt

Date : Time Period: 1920 - 2010; 2010-06-22; Interview recorded: June 22 2010

Summary/Description : Annalou Christensen attended City College, CUNY to get her masters degree in special education after having seven children. She initially taught high school English, but decided to get a degree in special education since she wanted to help her daughter Martha who had special needs. Christensen became a pioneer in developing special education curriculum that is the basis for programs today.

Subject : Special education educators; Degrees, Academic; Children with disabilities; Family histories

Rights : This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: Waldheim, Flushing, Queens, NY Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity.; Total running time: 0:02:26

Identifier : aql:20538 christensen_annalou_clip5

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Special education educators; Degrees, Academic; Children with disabilities; Family histories

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This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.


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