Fields, Margaret
Margaret Fields
Biography
Margaret Fields (1917–2000) was born and raised in New Braunfels, Texas. She attended Southwest Texas State Teachers College, graduating with an English degree in 1944. She taught elementary and high school throughout her career, with a brief stint working for the state vocational rehabilitation department and other companies across the state. Fields was awarded the Chair of the Board Award, given by the New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce, in 1984.
Part of the Texas 150 Oral History Project
Margaret Fields talks about her early life in New Braunfels and life during the Great Depression. She describes the university campus and the schooling she received at Southwest Texas State Teachers College in the 1930s and 1940s. She mentions places like Old Main; people such as C.E. Evans, Mary Brogdon, Leland Derrick, and John Flowers; and her experiences living off-campus. She discusses the various teaching jobs she took in Comal County and Medina County, as well as her work with the state vocational rehabilitation department in Austin and other companies in Houston. She outlines how it all led her to her current job at the Sophienburg Museum in New Braunfels.
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