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Respondent | Date Recorded (Y/M) | Subjects | Dates Covered | Interviewer | Full Interview |
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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 |
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