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Paul Young Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Paul Young, Judy Leasure

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Judy Leasure interviewed Paul Young about his work with the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. There are two transcripts to cover the full interview. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Cynthia Foster Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Cynthia Foster, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Cynthia Foster on July 15, 2003 about her work with the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Bob O'Callahan Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Bob O'Callahan, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Bob O'Callahan on July 15, 2003 about his work with the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Betty Weatherly Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Betty Weatherly, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Betty Weatherly on July 15, 2003 about her life and her experiences with her disability. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Mary Beth Mitchell Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Mary Beth Mitchell, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Mary Beth Mitchell on July 15, 2003 about her work in Hope Homes group home and her interaction with the residents. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Ray Thomas Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Ray Thomas, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Ray Thomas on July 15, 2003 about his work with the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Jean Tydings Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Jean Tydings, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Jean Tydings on July 15, 2003 about her work with the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

John Gill Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, John Gill, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed John Gill on July 14, 2003 about his life and his experiences with mental illness. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Terry Alexander Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Terry Alexander, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Terry Alexander on July 15, 2003 about her work in Hope Homes group home and her interaction with the residents. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Jack Carroll Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Jack Carroll, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Jack Carroll on July 14, 2003 about his life and his experiences with his developmental disability. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Marcia Dufore Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Marcia Dufore, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Marcia Dufore on July 14, 2003 about her brother Jack's life and about the families experiences with his disabilities. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Wayne Alexander Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Wayne Alexander, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Wayne Alexander on July 14, 2003 about his work with the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Judy Walker Cunningham Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Judy Walker Cunningham, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Judy Walker Cunningham on July 14, 2003 about her work with the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Barbara Jones Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Barbara Jones, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Barbara Jones on July 14, 2003 about her work with the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Jim And Carol Osburn Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Jim Osburn, Carol Osburn, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Jim and Carol Osburn about their life together and their experiences with Dan's developmental disability. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities. There are two transcripts to cover the full interview.

Mellie Dunham: A Remembrance Norway Maine Summer Festival, July 2003, David Sanderson

Maine History Documents

The story of Mellie Dunham continues to fascinate, even some seventy-five years after the events. The tale of the 72-year-old country fiddler invited to play for Henry Ford, made famous by the media, then hugely successful as a vaudeville performer, seems almost too perfect to be true. But it all happened, and it was Mellie’s own grace and lack of pretense, a genuineness that inspired the public’s affection for him, that was as much as anything else responsible for the events of 1925 and 1926.

This booklet was created to mark Mellie’s 150th birthday, July 29, 2003. We call it …

Ms. Joanna Boley-Lee On Leisure, Maureen Elgersman Lee

We Exist Series 4: Quotes

Interviewer: Maureen Elgersman Lee.

Interviewee: Ms. Joanna Boley-Lee (age 66; born 1937 in Newark, New Jersey; lived in Maine for 8 ½ years)

“I think my closing reflections would be that when I came to Lewiston I remember walking across the bridge that goes across the Androscoggin, the extension of Main Street, just sort of looking out, and there was a black man with a camera and I thought, good, there's a black person. So I went up to him and I introduced myself, told him I was new in the area and he tells me he was visiting. I …

Mrs. Rose Jackson On Employment, Hamida Suja

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Mrs. Rose Jackson Full Interview

Rose Jackson was born in Louisville, Mississippi, to Willie O Clayton Hathorne and Bertha Ophelia (Young) Hathorne; she had three sisters and three brothers. She left school at fifteen to marry her first husband, with whom she had five children; after his death, she married John Jackson, with whom she had another daughter. She worked as a cleaner and hairdresser, and received her diploma from Portland High night school. At the time of this interview, she had been living in Maine 40 years; her family moved here because she had a brother-in-law who had been …

Brenda Whitney Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Brenda Whitney, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Brenda Whitney on May 23, 2003 about her work with the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

James Tuck Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, James Tuck, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed James Tuck on May 23, 2003 about his life and his experiences with mental illness. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Tom Weaver Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Tom Weaver, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Tom Weaver on May 23, 2003 about his work with the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Elgertha Hall Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Elgertha Hall, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Elgertha Hall on May 23, 2003 about her life and her experiences with mental illness. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Dan Powell Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Dan Powell, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Dan Powell on May 23, 2003 about his life and his experiences with mental illness. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Connie Mack Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Connie Mack, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Connie Mack about his work with the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Elvia Thomas Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Elvia Thomas, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Elvia Thomas about her work with the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Jeff Moyer Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Jeff Moyer, Mark Lyons

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Mark Lyons interviewed Jeff Moyer on May 22, 2003 about his brother Mark's life and about the families experiences with his disabilities. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Jeff Moyer Short Interview For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

This is the second video of Jeff Moyer on May 22, 2003, recalling details about the poor quality of care his brother Mark received. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Robert Olinger Interview And David Johnson For The Lest We Forget Collection Of Oral Histories, Robert Johnson, Robert Olinger, Jeff Moyer

Lest We Forget (MS-396)

Jeff Moyer interviewed Robert Olinger and David Johnson on May 22, 2003 about their life and their experiences with their disabilities. The interview was part of the Lest We Forget Collection of oral histories that was created to capture the stories of those involved with mental health and those with developmental disabilities. The project focused on stories and experiences of people from Ohio that lived at, worked in, or dealt with large institutions and the modern movement to smaller home settings and modern treatment of mental illness and developmental disabilities.

Reverend Albert Jackson And Mrs. Clemmie Jackson On Leisure, Maureen Elgersman Lee

We Exist Series 4: Quotes

Interviewer: Maureen Elgersman Lee

Interviewees: Reverend Albert Jackson (born in Slabfork, Virginia; age 61; lived in Maine for 43 years) and Mrs. Clemmie Jackson (born March 1948 in Marengo County, Alabama; age 55; lived in Maine for 3.5 years)

“Well I like it. You know, I describe it as, ah, a place where you can shop. I notice when it rain, a lot of people go out to eat. They like to eat here in Maine. And I've noticed -- I've (inaudible) –but this is a good area to live in.”

Interviewer: “Are there any events in Lewiston and Auburn's …

Reverend Albert Jackson And Mrs. Clemmie Jackson On Employment, Maureen Elgersman-Lee

Quotes

Reverend Albert Jackson and Mrs. Clemmie Jackson Full Interview

(Clemmie not pictured)

Rev. Albert Jackson was born in Slabfork, West Virginia, in 1942. At the time of this interview, he had been living in the Lewiston Auburn area for around forty three years. Clemmie Jackson, Rev. Jackson’s wife, was born in Marengo County, Alabama, in 1948; at the time of this interview, she had been living in Lewiston Auburn for around three years. The couple had three sons. Rev. Jackson graduated from high school in Lewiston Auburn; Mrs. Jackson graduated high school in Alabama, and received a degree in …