STORM-1986

Interview with Alvena Storm, 1986

 

1986-07-11

 

Interviewer: Olsson, Lyn

Alvena Storm was born on March 10, 1902, in Pendleton, Oregon, where she grew up on a wheat farm. Her parents were immigrants from northern Germany who shared maps with their children, fueling Storm's early interest in geography. She earned a bachelor's and master's degree in geography at UC Berkeley. Storm joined the SDSU faculty in 1926 and taught here for 40 years, coming to be known as an expert on the geography of California and the West.

The west wing of the social sciences building on campus was renamed Storm Hall in her honor in 1986. In 1996, Storm received an honorary doctoral degree from San Diego State University, one of only five professors at the time ever to be awarded that honor. Storm died on June 11, 2003, at the age of 101.

Interviews; Oral Histories; Eugene M. Storm; Carl O. Sauer; Alvena Suhl Storm; Lyn Olsson; San Diego State Teacher's College; Umatilla Indian Reservation; Roosevelt Junior High School (San Diego); Mission Palisades; Vinnie B. Clark; Dean Blake; Baylor Brooks; Great Depression; George Francis Carter; Donald D. Brand; Don Eidemiller; New Palace Hotel ( San Diego); Main Quad; Faculty/Staff Club; San Diego State College; Montezuma Mesa; Aztec Follies; Adobe Falls; Model A Ford cars; Open houses; David Graham Jessop Sr.; Founders Day; Robert Richardson; Lauren C. Post; Victor Whitaker Jr.; Inter-Sorority Council; Chuckwallas (geography students); Roadrunners (geography students); Dorothy Harvey; Field trips; Banner Grade; Percival "Percy" J. Benbough; Darrell P. Asquith; Banner Queen Mine; Russian Colony (California); Clarence and Andy Randeques; Roy B. Kaderli; Anthony's Fish Grotto (La Mesa); AAUP; American Association of University Professors; John R. Adams; Leslie Parker Brown

 

California - San Diego

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English

 

Audiotape

02:12:32

Yes

STORMTRANSCRIPT; de-geog-002; de-geog-001; de-geog-013

See STORMTRANSCRIPT in this database; "Randique" in the first full paragraph on page 36 should be "Randeques," the last name of Clarence and Andy mentioned there; more keywords: Elizabeth Brown; Charles B. Leonard; Social Committee; Edward Hardy; College teacher salaries; Jim Storm; Yosemite National Park; at the end of the transcript are notes and a list of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) dinner addresses for most years between 1955 and 1976.

 

Audio

MP3

121.30 MB