The Whole World Was Watching, An Oral History of 1968
University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632
email: archives@etal.uri.edu
Published in 2008
Collection Overview
| Title: |
The Whole World Was Watching, An Oral History of 1968 |
| Date range: |
1998 |
| Creator: |
Wood, Linda P. |
| Extent: |
6.5 box(es)
(3.25 linear feet)
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| Abstract: |
The collection consists of the interviews conducted by English Honors students at South Kingstown High School with Rhode Island residents regarding their experiences and recollections of the year 1968. |
| Language of materials: |
English |
| Repository: |
University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
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| Collection number: |
Mss. Gr. 143 |
Scope & content
The records include twenty-three audio cassette recordings and one videotape of the interviews, transcripts of the interviews, signed release forms, "information forms" completed by each of the interviewees, photographs of them, and unedited versions of the essays done by the students. To these latter have been added final edited versions of the essays which were printed from the online version of the project.
Arrangement
After processing, the collection was arranged in four series as follows:
- 1. Original Tapes
- 2. Original Transcripts/Releases/Information Forms
- 3. Student Essays
- 4. Duplicate Copies of Transcripts/Releases/Information Forms
Historical Information
"Capturing these moments of history in the making through tape recorded interviews is the purpose of oral history."
Thus does Linda Wood, librarian at the South Kingston (RI) High School describe the essential value of oral history in making the recent past meaningful in her introduction to the published version of
The Whole World Was Watching: an Oral history of 1968. Wood was the coordinator of the oral history project, The Whole World Was Watching.
The interviews for the project were conducted in 1998 by twenty members of a tenth grade English class from South Kingston High School who interviewed thirty-one Rhode Island residents who related their recollections of 1968 and the impact that the events of that year had on their lives. The interviewees were asked to focus on such issues as the Vietnam War, the Democratic Party Convention in Chicago, the Civil Rights struggle, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, and to relate personal reminiscences of the era. Based on the interviews they conducted, the students wrote essays in which they summarized the content of the interviews and placed the comments of the interviewees in the context of the events of 1968.
The Whole World Was Watching was a joint project between South Kingstown High School and Brown University's Scholarly Technology Group. The project was funded by the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities and NetTech: the Northeast Regional Technology in Education Consortium. The students worked under the supervision of South Kingstown High School librarian Linda Wood and South Kingstown High School English teacher Sharon Schmid. They also received assistance and support from humanities scholars, Professor Sharon Strom of the University of Rhode Island and Professor Kate Dunnigan of the Community College of Rhode Island.
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: |
Open for research. |
| Use of the materials: |
Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication. |
| Preferred citation: |
The Whole World Was Watching, An Oral History of 1968, Mss. Gr. 143, University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections. |
| Contact information: |
University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632
email: archives@etal.uri.edu
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Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION |
| Acquisition: |
The collection was donated in 1999 by project coordinator Linda Wood |
| Custodial history: |
The custodial history is unknown. |
| Processing information: |
The collection was processed by Kevin J. Logan in 1999.
Research copies of the transcripts, releases, and information forms were made by Special Collections staff during processing and were added to the collection. |
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| ABOUT THE FINDING AID |
| Author: |
Finding aid prepared by Kevin J. Logan. |
| Encoding: |
Finding aid encoded by Nicholas Albaugh on
2008 May 23, updated by Hailie D. Posey on 2009 October 2, updated by Mark Dionne on 2020 May 13. |
| Descriptive rules: |
Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
| Related material: |
In addition to the oral history tapes, transcripts, and student essays generated by this project, there is also a website which includes photos of the interviewees, edited versions of the student essays, transcripts of the interviews, and real-time audio recordings of the interviews, as well as such background material as a complete description of the project, a 1968 timeline, and essays by the project coordinators and humanities scholars. The Web Site was edited by David Reville of Brown University's Scholarly Technology Group, a co-sponsor of the project.
There is also a publication entitled 1968:The Whole World Was Watching(Providence, RI: s.n., 1998). This seventy page illustrated magazine format publication contains edited versions of the student essays, as well as essays by project coordinators Linda Wood and Sharon Schmid and humanities scholars Sharon Strom and Kate Dunnigan.
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Inventory
Inventory
Series 1. Original Tapes, 1998
2 box(es)
(1 linear feet)
This series contains audio cassette tapes of twenty-two of the thirty-one people interviewed for the project. Audio cassettes of the interviews are not available for the following nine people: Agnes Doody, Maj Dutilly, Edmund Fetter, E. Gordon Gee, Cleveland Kurtz, Hoang Nguyen, John O'Malley, Rick Wilson, and Ed Wood. These interviews can be heard in real-time audio on the project web site. There is also a videotape of one subject, William Babcock.
Subjects discussed in the interviews include the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights struggle, the Democratic Party's 1968 national convention, politics of the era in general, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, and the impact of those events and issues on their lives.
Arrangement:
The tapes are arranged alphabetically by the names of the interviewees.
| Box 1 , Folder 1 |
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Aaronson, Marsha; Almond, Lincoln; Babcock, William
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1998 |
| Box 1 , Folder 2 |
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Brayton, Deborah; Costigliola, Frank; Craig, Naomi
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|
1998 |
| Box 1 , Folder 3 |
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Doody; Agnes; Dutilly, Marj; Fetter, Edmund
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|
1998 |
| Box 1 , Folder 4 |
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Garrahy, J. Joseph; Gatchel, Theodore; Gee, E. Gordon
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|
1998 |
| Box 1 , Folder 5 |
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Gifford, Seth; Halyburton, Marty; Halyburton, Porter
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|
1998 |
| Box 2 , Folder 6 |
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Jones, Rhett; Kaprielian, Michael; Kerr, Bob
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|
1998 |
| Box 2 , Folder 7 |
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Kurtz, Cleveland; Laffey, Joseph; Leyden, John
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|
1998 |
| Box 2 , Folder 8 |
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Nguyen, Hoang; O'Malley, John; Prentiss, Daniel
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|
1998 |
| Box 2 , Folder 9 |
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Ramos, Isidore; Ramos Tony; Rolofson, Glen
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|
1998 |
| Box 2 , Folder 10 |
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Spoehr, Kathryn; Williamson, Frederick
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|
1998 |
| Box 2 , Folder 11 |
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Wilson, Rick; Wood, Ed
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|
1998 |
Series 2. Original Transcripts/Releases/Information Forms , 1998
1.5 box(es)
(.75 linear feet)
This series contains the printed transcripts of the interviews, as well as information forms and release forms signed by the interviewees. Release forms are lacking for E. Gordon Gee and Nguyen Hoang. Transcripts are also available on the project web site.
Arrangement:
The transcripts and related materials are arranged alphabetically by the name of the interviewee.
| Box 3 , Folder 1 |
|
Aaronson, Marsha
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 2 |
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Almond, Lincoln
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 3 |
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Babcock, William
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 4 |
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Brayton, Deborah
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 5 |
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Costigliola, Frank
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 6 |
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Craig, Naomi
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 7 |
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Doody, Agnes
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 8 |
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Dutilly, Marj
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 9 |
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Fetter, Edmund
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 10 |
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Garrahy, J. Joseph
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 11 |
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Gatchel, Theodore
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 12 |
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Gee, E. Gordon
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 13 |
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Gifford, Seth
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 14 |
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Halyburton, Marty
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 15 |
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Halyburton., Porter
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 16 |
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Jones, Rhett
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 17 |
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Kaprielian, Michael
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 18 |
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Kerr, Bob
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 19 |
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Kurtz, Cleveland
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|
1998 |
| Box 3 , Folder 20 |
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Laffey, Joseph
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|
1998 |
| Box 4 , Folder 21 |
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Leyden, John
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|
1998 |
| Box 4 , Folder 22 |
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Nguyen, Hoang
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|
1998 |
| Box 4 , Folder 23 |
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O'Malley, John
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|
1998 |
| Box 4 , Folder 24 |
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Prentiss, Daniel
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|
1998 |
| Box 4 , Folder 25 |
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Ramos, Isidore
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|
1998 |
| Box 4 , Folder 26 |
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Ramos, Tony
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|
1998 |
| Box 4 , Folder 27 |
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Rolofson, Glen
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|
1998 |
| Box 4 , Folder 28 |
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Spoehr, Kathryn
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|
1998 |
| Box 4 , Folder 29 |
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Williamson, Frederick
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|
1998 |
| Box 4 , Folder 30 |
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Wilson, Rick
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|
1998 |
| Box 4 , Folder 31 |
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Wood, Ed
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|
1998 |
Series 3. Student Essays , 1998
1.5 box(es)
(.75 linear feet)
This series contains essays written by twenty South Kingstown High School tenth grade students about the people they interviewed for the project. The students received training in oral history interviewing techniques, viewed period films, listened to guest lecturers, and read about the era in which they were to become immersed.
Based on the interviews they conducted and their background research, the students wrote essays about the people they interviewed. The essays are a combination summary of the interview and a biographical sketch of the interviewee. The series contains both the students' unedited drafts of the essays and the final edited versions which appear on the project web site. Photographs of the interviewees taken to accompany the online versions are also included in this series. The essays also appear in a publication entitled 1968:The Whole World Was Watching. A copy of that publication has been placed at the end of the series.
Arrangement:
The essays and photographs are arranged alphabetically by the name of the interviewee.
| Box 5 , Folder 1 |
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Aaronson, Marsha by Erin Barry
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1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 2 |
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Almond, Lincoln by Kyle Connelly and Pat McGrath
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|
1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 3 |
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Babcock, William by Stefanie Wyss
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|
1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 4 |
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Brayton, Deborah by Michaela Bell
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|
1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 5 |
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Costigliola, Frank by Christopher Chapin
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|
1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 6 |
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Craig, Naomi by Ashley Johnson and Kyle Connelly
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|
1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 7 |
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Doody, Agnes by Christopher Chapin
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|
1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 8 |
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Dutilly, Marj by Pat McGrath
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|
1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 9 |
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Fetter, Edmund by Ashley Johnson
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1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 10 |
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Garrahy, J. Joseph by Brian Fish
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1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 11 |
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Gatchel, Theodore by Carly Long
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1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 12 |
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Gee, E. Gordon by Carly Long and Michaela Bell
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|
1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 13 |
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Gifford, Seth by James Gorman
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1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 14 |
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Halyburton, Marty by Emily Caldarelli and Matt Olivier
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1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 15 |
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Halyburton., Porter by Aaron Keegan
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1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 16 |
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Jones, Rhett by Becky Dangelo
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1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 17 |
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Kaprielian, Michael by Brian Fish and Sheila Nippo
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1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 18 |
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Kerr, Bob by Danielle Savastano
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1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 19 |
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Kurtz, Cleveland by Daniel Paster
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1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 20 |
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Laffey, Joseph by Cacye Kenny
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1998 |
| Box 5 , Folder 21 |
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Leyden, John by Becky Dangelo and Keith Traver
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|
1998 |
| Box 6 , Folder 22 |
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Nguyen, Hoang by Daniel Paster
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1998 |
| Box 6 , Folder 23 |
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O'Malley, John by Emily Caldarelli
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1998 |
| Box 6 , Folder 24 |
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Prentiss, Daniel by Matt Olivier
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1998 |
| Box 6 , Folder 25 |
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Ramos, Isidore by Cayce Kenny and Will Thomas
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|
1998 |
| Box 6 , Folder 26 |
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Ramos, Tony by Stefanie Wyss
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1998 |
| Box 6 , Folder 27 |
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Rolofson, Glen by Will Thomas
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1998 |
| Box 6 , Folder 28 |
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Spoehr, Kathryn by Danielle Savastano and Stefanie Wyss
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|
1998 |
| Box 6 , Folder 29 |
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Williamson, Frederick by Sheila Nippo
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1998 |
| Box 6 , Folder 30 |
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Wilson, Rick by Keith Traver
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1998 |
| Box 6 , Folder 31 |
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Wood, Ed by Aaron Keegan
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1998 |
Series 4. Duplicate Copies of Transcripts/Releases/Information Forms, 1998
1.5 box(es)
(.75 linear feet)
This series contains duplicate copies of the printed transcripts, releases, and information forms contained in Series II.
Arrangement:
The transcripts and related materials are arranged alphabetically by the name of the interviewee.
| Box 7 , Folder 1 |
|
Aaronson, Marsha
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|
1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 2 |
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Almond, Lincoln
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|
1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 3 |
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Babcock, William
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|
1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 4 |
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Brayton, Deborah
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|
1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 5 |
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Costigliola, Frank
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|
1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 6 |
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Craig, Naomi
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1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 7 |
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Doody, Agnes
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1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 8 |
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Dutilly, Marj
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|
1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 9 |
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Fetter, Edmund
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|
1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 10 |
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Garrahy, J. Joseph
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|
1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 11 |
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Gatchel, Theodore
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|
1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 12 |
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Gee, E. Gordon
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|
1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 13 |
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Gifford, Seth
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1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 14 |
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Halyburton, Marty
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|
1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 15 |
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Halyburton., Porter
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|
1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 16 |
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Jones, Rhett
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1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 17 |
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Kaprielian, Michael
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|
1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 18 |
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Kerr, Bob
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|
1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 19 |
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Kurtz, Cleveland
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|
1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 20 |
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Laffey, Joseph
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|
1998 |
| Box 7 , Folder 21 |
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Leyden, John
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|
1998 |
| Box 8 , Folder 22 |
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Nguyen, Hoang
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|
1998 |
| Box 8 , Folder 23 |
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O'Malley, John
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|
1998 |
| Box 8 , Folder 24 |
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Prentiss, Daniel
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|
1998 |
| Box 8 , Folder 25 |
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Ramos, Isidore
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1998 |
| Box 8 , Folder 26 |
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Ramos, Tony
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|
1998 |
| Box 8 , Folder 27 |
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Rolofson, Glen
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|
1998 |
| Box 8 , Folder 28 |
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Spoehr, Kathryn
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|
1998 |
| Box 8 , Folder 29 |
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Williamson, Frederick
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|
1998 |
| Box 8 , Folder 30 |
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Wilson, Rick
|
|
1998 |
| Box 8 , Folder 31 |
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Wood, Ed
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|
1998 |