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Respondent	Date Recorded (Y/M)	Subjects	Dates Covered	Interviewer
Allen, Edward	1975-06	Local History - Hazardville, CT ; Hazardville Institute	1860-1996	Burnell, Sylvia
Babyak, Paul	1975-03	Work - Civil Service ; Prohibition ; Teapot Dome	1920-1929	Malanowski, Charlene
Bagg, Edward III	1978-02	Work-Conditions ; Labor Unions ; Great Depression ; Immigration	1930-1939	Garcelon, Elizabeth
Bartley, David	1974-09	Business - Professional Associations ; Education - Higher	1950-1969	Belsky, Ted
Baylor, Beatrice	1973-04	Community ; Personal Reflections ; Family Life	1900-1930	Goldstein, Peter '73
Bazin, Dr. Roland	1978-05	Health - Chiropratics	1962-1978	Drewniak, George '79
Bedard, Richard	1993-12	Title IX of 1972 ; Government & Politics - Laws	1970-1979	Lenz, Sandra
Berard, Wilfred	1974-07	Immigration - French Canadian ; Family life ; Work ; WWI ; Entertainment (Circus, Wild West Shows, Mountain Park)	1900-1939	Taylor, Dianne '96
Bessette, Rhea	1975-04	Health - Medical Personnel ; Health - Illness ; Social Mobility ; Family Life	1920-1929	Patryn, Celeste
Bidwell, Col. Paul	1977-01	Holyoke -Industry ; Education - Williston ; Holyoke - Perkins Mech. Co.	1890-1930	Belsky, Ted
Bliss, Dudley E. Sr.	1973-04	Family Life ; Education - Secondary ; Associations - Religious, Fraternal - Masons	1910-1939	Jackson, Judith
Bliss, Frederick	1978-03	Business - Commercial ; Work - Conditions ; Transportation	1914-1970	Lambert, Mary Rose
Bodurtha, Dwight	1973-04	Education -Private ; Work -Mills ; Recreation - Dances	1900-1930	Jackson, Judith
Boland, Eva	1975-03	Work - Women ; Education - Public -Elementary & Secondary ; Transportation - Trolley & Railroad	1920-1929	Ames, Kevin
Boudreau, George	1975-03	Gov't & Pol - civic service, business, ethnicity - attitudes - religious conflict	1920-1929	Bacis, Diane
Bray, Adelaide	1974-11	Great Depression ; Social Life ; Entertainment	1900-1930	Young, Carmen
Brisson, Barbara	1974-12	Personal Reflections -Childhood & Social Life	1930-1950	Brisson, Cathy
Bruneau, Georgiana	1974-05	Immigration ; Family ; Economic Conditions	1900 -	MoQuin, Leonard
Burleigh, W.E. (Edward)	December 1973; January 1974	Great Depression ; Work Conditions ; Recreation ; Religion	1920-1939	Joy, William Jr.
Callahan, Mabel	1973-04	Family Life ; Education - Private -Secondary ; Sesqicentennial Celebration	1900-1919	Moos, Esther
Campbell, Stephen	1993-12	Springfield History - Music - Blues		Bach, Jason '94
Carrier, Alfred & Marie	1974-11	Great Depression-WPA (Works Progress Administration) & CCC (Civil Conservation Corps) ; Work-Wages ; Recreation	1900-1939	Beaulieu, Joseph
Carrigan, Lionel	1975-04	Work - Mills ; Health - Illness ; Prohibition ; Pres. Taft ; Pres. Wilson	1920-1929	Carrigan, Cecile
Cauley, Anthony	1974-11	Great Depression ; Work Conditions ; Recreation	1920-1929	Tylek, Helen
Chamberlain, Paul	1978-03	Depression, Work Conditions, Unions, Immigration, Industry	1925-1940	Garcelon, Elizabeth
Clarfield, Gloria	1973-11	Recreation - Movies ; Education - Higher ; Family Life	1920-1929	Kopel, Larry
Connors, Earl A.	1978-03	Work - Business, Conditions ; Transportation - Car & Bike	1930-1959	Lambert, Mary Rose
Crivelli, Dr. A.G.	1978-04	Health - Chiropractics	1963-1978	Drewniak, George '79
Crocker, Irene		Great Depression ; Work - Conditions ; Prohibition	1920-1929	Young, Carmen
Czerwouko, Walter	1974-12	Great Depression ; Education - Public ; Recreation	1920-1939	Doherty, Daniel
Daly, Eleanor	1973-04	Family Life ; Education ; Personal Reflections ; History of Springfield, AIC Campus (1a)	1900-1929	Goldstein, Peter '73
Daly, Helen		Irish Community ; Springfield - North End ; Work - Women & Telephone Co. ; Religion - Roman Catholic (Sacred Heart Parish)	1900-1919	Lynch, Daniel '68
Davenport, Russell	Spring-73	Education -Higher - Law School ; Judicial System	1900-1919	Aubrey, Barbara
Davis, Phyllis	1996-06	Local History - Hazardville	1860-1996	Burnell, Sylvia
Dayton, Florence	1973-11	Family Life ; Rural Community	1914-1939	Taft, Patricia
Demers, Laura	1974-04	French-Canadian Community ; Religion - Catholic		MoQuin, Leonard
Desroches, Mr. & Mrs. Theodore	1973-06	Natural Disasters - Flood of 1922, Flood of 1936 ; Family Life ; Social Life	1900-1930	Fontaine, Shirley
DeVito, Michael	1974-05	Natural Disasters - Flood of 1927, Flood of 1936, Hurricane of 1938	1920-1959	Kahoun, Barbara
Dineen, Paul	1984-12	Government & Politics	1970-1980	Barry, Judith
Doherty, Stella	Spring-73	Recreation, ; Education - Elementary & Secondary ; Family Life	1900-1919	Midura, Paul
Dowd, Edward	1975-01	Business - Rolls Royce Plant ; Work - Labor ; Transportation	1920-1929	Belsky, Ted
Drewniak, Dr. Daniel	1978-05	Health - Chiropratics	1970-1978	Drewniak, George '79
Eaton, Dwight	1973-05	Education - Public, Library ; Personal Reflections ; Libraries - Gaylord Library & S. Hadley Public Library	1890-1915	Hawley, Ann
Ellington, Oliver W.	1995-12	Military Experience - Vietnam ; Personal Reflections ; Racism	1950-1979	Izzo, Darryn '96
Engel, Ann	1974-11	Great Depression ; Recreation	1930-1939	Cote, Dar
Ernest, Raymond	1973-04	Business - Local ; Family Life ; Recreation	1900-1915	Moos, Esther
Evans, Agnes	1974-05	Discrimination - Attitudes ; Racism ; Family Life ; Education - Elementary, Secondary, & Higher	1920-1939	Dicarlo, Ella
Evans, Ethel		Recreation ; Family Life	1914-1939	Taft, Patricia
Fey, George	1973-11	Great Depression ; Work ; Business - Agriculture	1920-1939	Taft, Patricia
Finik, Frank	1973-10	Transportation - Car & Railroad ; Religion - Catholic ; Work - Farming	1920-1929	Haas, Mike
Fisher, Mr. (Roy) & Mrs. (Sally)	1975-03	Work ; Family Life ; Teapot Dome	1920-1929	Ames, Kevin
Fitzgerald, Agnes	1974-11	Great Depression ; Work - Conditions ; Banking	1920-1929	Brisson, Cathy
Fleming, Florence	1973-04	Family Life ; Religion - Catholic ; Social Life ; Education - Private - Elementary & Secondary	1900-1919	Moos, Esther
Freeman, Marion & Lee, Lillian	1980-11	Education - Public ; Family Life ; Personal Reflections	pre1900-1929	Belsky, Ted
Frey, Florence	1973-04	Religion -Methodist ; Social Activities ; Family Life ; Women's Relief Corps	1900-1919	Moos, Esther
Frost, George	1974-07	Education - Holyoke Junior College, History of Junior Colleges	1940-1959, 1946-1962	Palmer, Frederick '59
Galbraith, Virginia	1975-04	Racism ; KKK ; Crash of 1929 ; Religion - Agnosticism -Church Influence	1920-1929	Hodges, Ron
Gallup, Jean	1990-05	Great Depression ; Work - Teaching ; Education	1920-1939	Snyder, Sydney '92
Garvin, Fred	1978-03	Work- Conditions - Unions ; Great Depression ; Immigration ; Industry	1920-1939	Garcelon, Elizabeth
Geary, Alice		Springfield - Personal Reflections ; Work - Teaching ; Education	1900-1939	Lynd, Daniel
Geigel, Joseph	1973-04	Family Life ; Work ; Immigration - Puerto Rico	1900-1929	Geigel, Gretchen
Gilbert, Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred	1973-03	Work-Conditions ; Recreation ; Social Life ; Immigration - Canada	1900-1919	Fontaine, Shirley
Gingras, Agnes	1978-03	Family Life ; WWII ; Work	1900-1980	Haven, Robert '80
Gingras, Arthur Edmund	1978-03	Family Life ; Work ; Transportation - Car	1900-1980	Haven, Robert '80
Gingras, Arthur Edward	1978-03	Family Life ; Work - Conditions	1930-1980	Haven, Robert '80
Gingras, Holly Sue	1978-03	Family Life ; Education	1950-1978	Self-Interview
Goddu, Jean	1974-05	Personal Reflections ; Business - Insurance ; Ethnicity - Attitudes	1914-1949	MoQuin, Leonard
Gosselin, Margaret	1975-03	Recreation ; Government & Politics - Campaigns ; Prohibition ; Education - Discipline ; Transportation - Trolley	1920-1929	Sakiewicz, Carol
Griffin, Mrs.	1975-03	Family Life - Roles ; Recreation ; Religion - Catholic	1920-1929	O'Connor, Mary '94
Haggerty, Hazel	1973-10	Education - Public ; Religion - Protestant ; Recreation ; Family Life	1890-1920	Kuenzel, Ken
Harper, Wyatt	1974-07	Dynamiters Club ; Unions - Radical Leadership	1914-1929	Cummings, Cynthia
Harrington, William	1974-05	Work - Farm - Tobacco ; Business - Agriculture ; Personal Reflections	1900-1930	Soutra, M. '71
Harris, Jeanette	1980-10	Family Life ; Education - Higher ; Work - Teaching ; Business - Professional Associations	1940-1979	Belsky, Ted
Hayes, Mrs. Albert	1973-12	Great Depression ; Family Life	1930-1939	Jordan, Cynthia
Herkert, Ella	1990-04	Immigration ; Great Depression ; WWII	1920-1949	Snyder, Sydney '92
Hitchcock, Myron	1973-11	Natural Disaster - Hurricane of 1938 ; Family Life ; Social Life	1914-1939	Schoolcraft, Laurie
Hoffman, Charles	1975-03	Natural Disaster - Flood of 1927 ; Ethnicity - Attitudes ; Health - Medical personnel ; Health - Illness - Treatments	1920-1929	Bacis, Diane
Holly, Doris	Spring-73	Family Life ; Recreation ; Social Life ; Religion ; Values and Attitudes	1900-1919	Aubrey, Barbara
Holman, Nat	1988-07	Work - Professional Basketball ; Recreation ; CUNY	1910-1949	Healy, Jerry
Howard, Patrick	1973-05	Family Life ; Immigration ; Work - Farming	1900-1959	Goldstein, Peter '73
Hughes, Ellen	1973-04	Family Life ; Work	1900-1929	Geigel, Gretchen
Hunter, Bill	1978-03	Great Depression ; Immigration ; Industry ; Social Life ; Work - Conditions - Unions	1920-1939	Garcelon, Elizabeth
Jennings, Alma & George	1974-04	Racism ; Discrimination - Attitudes ; Family Life ; Associations - Fraternal - Elks	1920-1929	Dicarlo, Ella
Judd, Hazel M.	1973-04	Education -Secondary ; Work - Farming ; Transportation -Horse & Buggy	1900-1919	Ruth Mitrolka
Judd, Lucy	1975-03	Business - Local ; Health - Medical Personnel ; Health - Illness, Government & Politics -Scandals ; Scopes Trial	1920-1929	Pat Cronin
Keyes, George	1973-11	Great Depression ; Recreation ; Work - Conditions	1930-1939	Taft, Patricia
King, Clifton	1973-12	Great Depression ; Recreation ; Transportation	1920-1940	Jordan, Cynthia
Krajewski, Frederick & Josephine	1974-11	Great Depression ; Work - Conditions ; Welfare	1920-1930	Brisson, Cathy
Labonte, Lillian	1975-04	Work - Industry, Technological Innovations ; Recreation	1920-1929	St. John, Susan
Ladd, Alfred & Ruth	1975-03	Family Life - Food ; Technological Innovations ; Transportation - Car	1920-1929	O'Connor, Mary '94
Larose, Victor	1974-04	Work - Conditions ; Work - Unions ; Family Life ; Great Depression	1900-1939	MoQuin, Leonard
Laughran, Regina	1989-08	Work - Conditions (Silk Mill) ; Ethnicity - French Canadian ; Family Life - Marriage ; Great Depression	1920-1939	Plourde, Emelie
Leonard, David	1973-03	Great Depression ; Transportation - Car & Trolley ; Local History - S. Hadley	1900-1929	Grzelak, Charles
Libby, Nancy	1973-05	Family Life - Parental Roles ; Social Life ; Religion	1910-1979	Jackson, Judith
Little, Robert	1974-04	Discrimination - Attitudes ; Racism ; Family Life ; Recreation ; Pres. Calvin Coolidge	1920-1939	Dicarlo, Ella
Loiselle, Osia	1975-04	Work ; Family Life ; Transportation - Trolley	1920-1929	Susan St. John
Mapp, Alexander	1980-10	Associations - Professional ; Work - Integration	1920-1949	Belsky, Ted
Marchetti, Carlo	1990-08	Associations - Professional ; Springfield Revitalization	1960-1970	Sullivan, Patricia '87
McCray, William David	1973-05	Education - Secondary ; Family Life ; Recreation		Jackson, Judith
McGee, Alan	1975-03	Titanic ; Lusitania ; WWI ; Charles Lindberg ; 1929 Crash ; Recreation ; Technological Innovations	1920-1929	Mary O'Connor
McKeon, Father Henry	1975-03	Religion-Catholic, Education-Private-Religious	1920-1929	C. Patryn
Merriman, Alice & Ralph	1974-04	National Disasters - Flood of 1927, 1936, 1938 & 1955 ; Hurricane of 1938	1920-1960	Barbara Kahoun '78
Meunier, Dr.	1973-12	Health - Medical Personnel ; Health - Medical Facilities ; Health - Treatments	1910-1950	Talbot, Annette
Mihalek, Mike	1993-11	National Disasters - Flood of 1955	1955	Hagopian, Alice
Moos, George	1973-04	Transportation-Trolley ; Social Life ; Recreation	1900-1919	Moos, Esther
Mulnite, Emil	1974-08	Business - Farm - Tobacco ; Personal Reflections - Childhood ; Immigration	1914-1930	Soutra, M. '71
Mulvaney, Leo	1976-03	Great Depression-WPA (Works Progress Administration) & CCC (Civil Conservation Corps) ; Recreation ; Work - Unions ; Work - Unemployment	1930-1940	Young, Carmen
Murphy, Howard E.	1982-03	WWII ; Family Life	1940-1949	Murphy, James '94
O'Connor, John	1974-12	Great Depression-WPA (Works Progress Administration) & CCC (Civil Conservation Corps) ; Family Life	1930-1940	Shea, Timothy and Walpurgis, Sondra
Palmer, Frederick		Great Depression ; Education - Higher	1930-1939	Becker, Susan '87
Paquette, Jean Baptiste	1978-03	Great Depression ; Immigration ; Social Life ; Work - Labor Unions	1920-1939	Garcelon, Elizabeth
Pease, Edna	1973-04	Social Life ; Work - Commercial & Industrial	1920-1940	Geigel, Gretchen
Pelletier, Rene	1973-04	Business - Public Utilities, Ethnicity ; Social Life ; Associations - German Club	1900-1920	Fontaine, Shirley
Peters, Ellen Ash	1995-11	Immigration ; Education - Higher - Law ; Politics - CT		Chagnon, Robert '97
Peterson, Russell		Personal Reflections ; Work - Coaching ; AIC History		Belsky, Ted
Phelon, Russell	1980-06	Education - Public & Higher ; Family Life ; Recreation - Safari	1940-1959	Belsky, Ted
Plancon, E. (Eugene)	1973-11	Great Depression ; WWII ; Social Life	1920-1949	Talbot, Annette
Popp, Charles	1973-04	Government - Civil Service ; Work - Police ; Social Life ; Family Life - Marriage	1900-1919	Aubrey, Barbara
Quill, John	1993-11	Natural Disasters - Flood of 1955 ; Weather Reporting	1955	Hagopian, Alice
Ralph, Mike	1995-11	Government - MA ; Politics - MA	1950-1989	Ruck, William '96
Rell, Jodi	1995-11	Government - CT ; Politics - CT ; Womens Issues ; JFK	1960-1995	Chagnon, Robert '97
Roy, Lionel	1973-04	Immigration ; Family Life ; Work - Conditions	1900-1929	Fontaine, Shirley
Ryan, Mrs. Arthur	1973-09	Transportation - Railroad ; Transportation -Trolley ; Education - Higher ; Social Life	1900-1919	Kuenzel, Ken
Ryer, Eurenia	1973-04	Family Life ; Transportation - Trolleys ; Recreation - Outdoor	1900-1919	Aubrey, Barbara
Sarmiento, Johnny	1990-04	Navajo Indian Tribe ; Personal Reflections ; Great Depression	1920-1939	Snyder, Sydney '92
Schmidt, Eleanor	1982-04	Business - Farm ; Social Life ; Quabbin Reservoir - Creation of ; Family Life ; Work - Conditions	pre1900-1939	Bresnahan, Shaun '83
Scott, Maggie	1973-03	Work - Factory ; Transportation - Trolley ; Transportation - Bike ; Immigration	1900-1920	Mitrolka, Ruth
Sheedy, Michael	1974-05	Work - Labor Unions ; Great Depression	1920-1940	Cummings, Cynthia
Sheldon, Mary	1973-11	Work ; Great Depression ; Family Life	1920-1939	Schoolcraft, Laurie
Short, Dr. Edmund	1974-11	Great Depression - CCC (Civil Conservation Corps) ; Natural Disasters - Flood of 1936	1930-1940	Beaulieu, Joseph
Sirios, Lee	1994-03	Education - Regionalization	1950-1959	Sirios, Michael '94
Skinner, Elizabeth	1976-02	Associations - Professional ; Family Life, ; Work	1920-1949	Clancey, Gwen
Stolle, Edwin	1974-05	Work - Tobacco Farm ; Personal Reflections	1900-1930	Soutra, M. '71
Stoughton, L.E. (Ellsworth)	1974-08	Work - Farm ; Connecticut Valley - History	1900-1940	Soutra, M. '71
Sullivan, Mrs. John (Beatrice)	1974-04	Personal Reflections - Family History ; Ethnicity - French Canadian ; Immigration	1900-	MoQuin, Leonard
Swiatlowski, Stanley	1973-08	Work ; Family Life ; Personal Reflections - Childhood	1900-1930	Fontaine, Shirley
Talbot, William	1973-12	Great Depression ; Health - Treatments ; Family Life	1920-1940	Talbot, Annette
Tanquay, Euclide	1973-08	Work -Conditions ; Social Life ; Recreation - Outdoor ; Family Life	1913-1930	Fontaine, Shirley
Taylor, George	1979-08	Associations - Professional ; Education - Public ; Work - Teaching	1920-1939	Belsky, Ted
Walpurgis, Henry	1974-12	Great Depression-WPA (Works Progress Administration) & CCC (Civil Conservation Corps) ; Crash of 1929 ; Business - Commercial	1930-1940	Walpurgis, Sondra
Warne, Colston	1979-08	Associations - Professional ; Education - Higher ; Work	Pre 1900 -1939	Belsky, Ted
Warner, L.H.	1975-03	Health - Illness ; Health - Treatments ; Medical Personnel & Facilities ; Education - Higher ; Women's Issues	1920-1929	Finik, Michelle
Wasley, Stephen	1975-03	Social Life ; Work ; Transportation - Trolley, Car, & Airplane ; Religion	1920-1929	Hagberg, Robert
Watkins, Mr. & Mrs. Stephen	1974-05	Social Life ; Work - Conditions ; Recreation - Black Baseball Teams ; Segregation	1920-1940	Dicarlo, Ella
Watson, Alice	1974-06	Work - Boarding House ; Family Life	1900-1919	Caldwell, Betty
Watson, Sam	1975-03	WWI ; Sacco & Vanzetti ; Work -Women ; Social Life ; Recreation	1920-1929	Hodges, Ron
Westall, Hazel	1973-12	Great Depression ; Work - Conditions	1930-1939	Taft, Patty
Williams, Darnell	1993-12	Education - Higher ; Black Experience	1970-1979	Osbourne, A. '94
Winkler, Dr. Allyn	1978-04	Health - Chiropratics	1923-1978	Drewniak, George '79
X (Vernon), Johnnie	1995-12-01	Million Man March	1995	Glasgow, Aeryel