Oral History Commons^™

Oral History Interview With Chelsea Mawugbe, Mona Ramonetti, Victoria Pilato

Racial Unrest of 2020: Experiences from the Stony Brook University Community

Chelsea Mawugbe was a Stony Brook University senior student majoring in respiratory care, worked in the Libraries' Dean's office, and was the President of the Cadence Step Team at the time of their interview.

Id129 Oral History, Uniting Cultures

Uniting Cultures: Who We Are, How We Got Here: Collecting Stories Oral History Collection

Woman born in the early 40s. She is from Tamaulipas, Mexico. She got her name from her grandfather. She came to the United States in 1994 with her passport to come live with her son, however her husband stayed in Mexico. She likes St. James.

Id103 Oral History, Uniting Cultures

Uniting Cultures: Who We Are, How We Got Here: Collecting Stories Oral History Collection

Female born in the mid 30s. She was born in Laredo, Texas. Her family would go back and forth between Minnesota and Texas for jobs, until they decided to stay in St. James because her daughter lives there. She still lives in Saint James with daughters and grandchildren.

Id130 Oral History, Uniting Cultures

Uniting Cultures: Who We Are, How We Got Here: Collecting Stories Oral History Collection

Woman born in the early 80’s from Mexico. She has 6 siblings. When they were growing up her father lived in the United States to be able to provide for their family. When she was 17, they decided to join her dad and one of her brothers in St. James. She is still in St. James. She is now married to a man who is from El Salvador and they have children in college.

Id109 Oral History, Uniting Cultures

Uniting Cultures: Who We Are, How We Got Here: Collecting Stories Oral History Collection

Woman born in Mexico in 1954. One of 11 children and married at age 12 in Mexico, she came to St James in the 1970s after living briefly in California and Omaha. She came to St. James to reunite with her mother, who has since passed away. She raised her children in St. James, and describes her experience as a positive one.

Oral History Interview With Joseph Pierce, Mona Ramonetti, Victoria Pilato

Racial Unrest of 2020: Experiences from the Stony Brook University Community

Joseph Pierce is an Associate Professor in the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature, the Director of Undergraduate Studies, and the Diversity Officer for the Stony Brook chapter of United University Professions. The narrator's affiliation with Stony Brook University was true at the time of their interview.

Nelson, Linda, Morgan Lindenschmidt

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Linda explored many topics in this interview, primarily focusing on her political activism rooted in radical lesbian seperatist feminist ideology. She grew up playing sports in Connecticut. She has been involved in a myriad of political movements, ranging from founding a Gay-Straight Alliance at her college in the 70s to being involved in the Anti-War Movement. She has extensive experience also in anti-racist and climate-related activism. She describes herself as a working-class butch woman with an interest in intersectional community organizing.

She also discusses studying in Maine before living in New York City for 16 years, where she worked at …

Oral History Interview With Tiffany Friedman, Mona Ramonetti, Victoria Pilato

Racial Unrest of 2020: Experiences from the Stony Brook University Community

Tiffany Friedman is a Senior Academic Advisor and counselor in the Educational Opportunity Program. The narrator's affiliation with Stony Brook University was true at the time of their interview.

Oral History Interview With Stefan Judex, Mona Ramonetti, Victoria Pilato

Racial Unrest of 2020: Experiences from the Stony Brook University Community

Stefan Judex is a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Judex came to Stony Brook University in 1999 starting as a Post-Doctorate after receiving their PhD at the University of Calgary. The narrator's affiliation with Stony Brook University was true at the time of their interview.

Id127 Oral History, Uniting Cultures

Uniting Cultures: Who We Are, How We Got Here: Collecting Stories Oral History Collection

Man born in the late 1990s in Guatemala. The youngest son of seven children and has only been living in the U.S. for two years at the time of the interview. Some family members came before him to the U.S. He continues to live and work in St. James.

Oral History Interview With Lynn Toscano, Mona Ramonetti, Victoria Pilato

Racial Unrest of 2020: Experiences from the Stony Brook University Community

Lynn Toscano is the Assistant Head of Special Collections and University Archives. Lynn started in the Stony Brook University Libraries Cataloging Department in 1987 and in 2011 started working in Special Collections. The narrator's affiliation with Stony Brook University was true at the time of their interview.

Oral History Interview With Inel Lewis, Mona Ramonetti, Victoria Pilato

Racial Unrest of 2020: Experiences from the Stony Brook University Community

Inel Lewis is the Director of Diversity Initiatives for the School of Medicine. The narrator's affiliation with Stony Brook University was true at the time of their interview.

Oral History Interview With Elena Davidiak, Mona Ramonetti, Victoria Pilato

Racial Unrest of 2020: Experiences from the Stony Brook University Community

Elena Davidiak has been a full-time, non-contingent faculty for about 13 years in the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature. The narrator's affiliation with Stony Brook University was true at the time of their interview.

Oral History Interview With Nancee Moes, Mona Ramonetti, Victoria Pilato

Racial Unrest of 2020: Experiences from the Stony Brook University Community

Nancee Moes is a Professor of Practice Lecturer at the School of Communication in Journalism. The narrator's affiliation with Stony Brook University was true at the time of their interview.

Oral History Interview With Mei Lin (Ete) Chan, Mona Ramonetti, Victoria Pilato

Racial Unrest of 2020: Experiences from the Stony Brook University Community

Mei Lin (Ete) Chan teaches in the Biomedical Engineering Department. Chan has been part of the Stony Brook University community for over 20 years having received a post-doctoral degree there. The narrator's affiliation with Stony Brook University was true at the time of their interview.

Id110 Oral History, Uniting Cultures

Uniting Cultures: Who We Are, How We Got Here: Collecting Stories Oral History Collection

Guatemalan woman who speaks K’iche as well as Spanish. She came to the U.S. in 2015 with her 9 year old child. She now has children born in the US and children who live in Guatemala. Her sister lived in St. James and she joined her sister there after briefly returning to Guatemala. She’s happy that she can send money to support her family members in Guatemala and works hard to provide for her transnational family.

Id119 Oral History, Uniting Cultures

Uniting Cultures: Who We Are, How We Got Here: Collecting Stories Oral History Collection

Man born in the mid 60s. He is from a big city in Mexico. His mother was born in Minnesota but lost her papers when returning back to Mexico. She wasn’t able to come back to the U.S. until she was in her 80s. He and his wife came to the U.S. because their friends invited them. He planned on only staying for 6 months and he’s now lived in St. James for 29 years.

Id111 Oral History, Uniting Cultures

Uniting Cultures: Who We Are, How We Got Here: Collecting Stories Oral History Collection

Elderly Salvadoran man born in the late 1930s who had a challenging childhood. He was orphaned young and raised by siblings and an aunt. He started working from a young age in agriculture and coffee cultivation. He came in 1980 to the US.

Id100 Oral History, Uniting Cultures

Uniting Cultures: Who We Are, How We Got Here: Collecting Stories Oral History Collection

Female born in early 1940s. Completed 2nd grade. Is the third of 8 siblings. Lived in the US for 39 years at the time of the interview. Her daughter came first and lived in Texas, then sent her money to come by train through Mexico. Regularized her US status in 1986. Worked in the US for 25 years in Texas and Minnesota. Came to St. James in 1989.

Id112 Oral History, Uniting Cultures

Uniting Cultures: Who We Are, How We Got Here: Collecting Stories Oral History Collection

Salvadoran man born in the early 60s and came to California in the 1990s. Got a college education and was a teacher and entrepreneur in El Salvador. Work in clothing design and printing in California and bought a house. Pushed by economic precarity around 2008 to move to St. James where he already had family members and a real estate investment. One of his children was in college in Mankato at the time of the interview.

Id118 Oral History, Uniting Cultures

Uniting Cultures: Who We Are, How We Got Here: Collecting Stories Oral History Collection

Woman born in the mid 70s from Michoacán, Mexico. She immigrated to the U.S. when she was 18 with her husband at the time and others that they knew. They arrived and worked in Florida for many years. She and her kids later moved to St. James.

Id121 Oral History, Uniting Cultures

Uniting Cultures: Who We Are, How We Got Here: Collecting Stories Oral History Collection

Woman from Honduras, born in 1992. Survived Hurricane Mitch and a difficult youth in an urban center. Came to the US during the Covid pandemic to reunite with a son and the father of her children who was already in Minnesota. She highlights her love for her children, her work ethic, and her faith as helping her survive a variety of challenges in life.

Id104 Oral History, Uniting Cultures

Uniting Cultures: Who We Are, How We Got Here: Collecting Stories Oral History Collection

A male born in the early 1990s in Mexico. He is the oldest of four children and has only been living in the U.S. for the last two years. He came to the United States with a TN visa. He lived with his cousin before coming to St. James and sends money to his family back in Mexico. Currently, he lives and works in St. James.

Oral History Interview With Aaron Das, Mona Ramonetti, Victoria Pilato

Racial Unrest of 2020: Experiences from the Stony Brook University Community

Aaron Das was a sophomore student at Stony Brook University with jobs on campus in the Libraries Dean's office and the Intro to Bio labs at the time of their interview.

Id123 Oral History, Uniting Cultures

Uniting Cultures: Who We Are, How We Got Here: Collecting Stories Oral History Collection

Female born in the late 80s. Is the third oldest of twelve children. She is from Guatemala and came to the U.S. around 2005 with a couple of her brothers. When they first arrived in the U.S. they were in Houston Texas and traveled to Saint James. She still lives in Saint James and is married, and they have children.

A Little Way Down The Road: Stories From Prince Edward County, Virginia, Moton Museum, Longwood University

Prince Edward Histories

Volume 5, Ed. 2

The Ridges Oral History, Mary Cochran, Charles Cook

Spring 2022 Oral Histories: Athens Farmers Market and The Ridges

Mary was interviewed about her experience as a volunteer at The Ridges in the 1990's. At this time it was still a functioning state mental hospital.

Archives And Literary History: English House, Christina Rose Walcott, Justin Shaw

English

This presentation is part of a Directed Study project and was given at Clark FEST 2022. It is also associated with the longer paper, "The Malleability of Home: A Genealogy of Clark University's English House," composed collaboratively by the authors. It is about the history of Clark's English Department and, particularly, about the House it occupies. This presentation was presented orally by Christina Rose Walcott for a public audience as a culminating project in the Directed Study, and includes visual and interactive educational components. It also utilizes and showcases the project's extensive use of Open Access Resources from various digital …

2nd Place Contest Entry: Student Governance During The Free Speech Movement, Philip Goodrich

Kevin and Tam Ross Undergraduate Research Prize

This is Philip Goodrich's submission for the 2022 Kevin and Tam Ross Undergraduate Research Prize, which won second place. It contains their essay on using library resources, their bibliography, and a summary of their research project on student governance during the free speech movement.

Philip is a fourth-year student at Chapman University, majoring in History and Political Science. Their faculty mentor is Dr. Alexander Bay.

Oral History: A Tool For The Elementary And Middle Classroom, Jessica Keiser

Senior Honors Theses

Modern historical instruction requires educators to cover broad expanses of history and prepare students for standardized testing. In the push to meet state standards and cover the vast curriculum in short periods of time, many educators have begun to teach to the textbook. Much to the detriment of students, this educational practice has favored periodization and content quantity over the development of crucial historical skills. Rather than adhering to popular education trends, teachers can consider implementing oral history projects within their elementary and middle school classrooms. Oral history is a methodology that employs first-hand accounts to teach about key historical …