Ahrens discusses how the college changed from his early days when it was a small teachers college with 1,200 students and 80 faculty members. Topics include the physical makeup of the campus when he arrived, the curriculum of Art Department, and his close working relationship with Education Department. The interview also includes a long discussion of puppetry around the world, the broader changes that had occurred in art education, and his philosophy thereof. People mentioned include Gladys Andrews, Bob Burns, Chris Craig, Joe Demercy, Wendy Hutchinson, Mark Lehman, Ed Martin, Peter Nicholson, Marilyn Pavlosky, Dorothy Titus, Hida Wagner, and Roscoe L. West.

NJVID Commons Collection, TCNJ Library Collection

Ahrens, Henry W.--Interviews - personal, Trenton State College--Faculty--Interviews - corporate, Trenton State College--History - corporate, Art--Study and teaching (Higher)--New Jersey--History, Puppets, TCNJ oral history collection, Biography, Education, Art, Photography, Architecture

Ahrens, Henry W. (interviewee), Johnson, Ilse (interviewer), Richard P. Matthews Living History Collection (contributor)

00:52:54 (HH:MM:SS)

English

Name	The College of New Jersey
Role	archive or repository
Telephone	(609) 771-2311
Address	P.O. Box 7718, 2000 Pennington Rd., Ewing, NJ 08628

1985-01-01

This video is protected by copyright. You are free to view it but not download or remix it. Please contact the depositing institution for further information about how you may use this video.

https://54098.surd9.group/show.php?pid=njcore:31948

pid=njcore:31948

njcore:31948

View MARC Record | View Full Record | Download MARC XML