History
Larry Kramer – Tales of the Great Depression
Larry Kramer’s father told his about the Great Depression. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Orville Rogers – On 24/7 Call to Drop an Atomic Bomb in Moscow
As a Strategic Command pilot Orville’s assignment was to drop a nuclear bomb on Moscow if war broke out. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Peter Vogel – Judge Hughes
Peter Vogel’s mother was with Judge Hughes the morning before she would swear in Vice President Johnson after the assassination of President Kennedy. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Bill Krisher – Remembering the Assassination of JFK
Bill Krisher recalls the day President Kennedy was assassination. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Art Mueller – Integrated Circuit
Art Mueller roomed with Jack Kilby, the inventor of the integrated circuit. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Charlene Mallory Turner – Hangings in the 1930’s
Charlene describes what happened when she was forced to view hanging bodies in her town. Click HERE to watch Charlene’s Featured Short about what life was like when your mother owned a one woman school house in the 1930’s. Click HERE to watch Cherlene’s full Oral History
Robert “Bob” Applebaum – Holocaust Losses
Bob Applebaum lost most of his relatives in the Holocaust CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
George Paul Rollin – Meeting Martin Luther King Jr.
George Rollin met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Edna Purcell Bridges – Working for the first American Computer Inventor
Edna Purcell Bridges talks about working for the first American computer developer. CLICK HERE to see the full Oral History.
Mimi Aronoff – Jack Ruby
Mimi Arnoff saw Jack Ruby on the day that President Kennedy was shot. A couple of days later, Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
June Sachs – President Roosevelt
June Sachs’ father welcomed President Roosevelt to their hometown. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Cosette “Cosy” Parker – Tennessee Great Depression
Coey Parker recalls growing up during the Great Depression in Tennessee. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Seinwil “Ito” Perl – JFK Convoy
Ito Perl talks about how he saw JFK go by while he was at work before the President went to Dallas. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Byron Williams – Sharecropping and Integration
Byron Williams’ great grandparents were sharecroppers in East Texas; and his school was integrated in 1968. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
June Sachs – JFK Motorcade
June Sachs watched President Kennedy’s motorcade travel from the airport to downtown Dallas. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Wilson Canafax – First soldier in Buchenwald
Reverend Wilson Canafax was a chaplain with the US Army at the end of the war in Germany, and was the first US soldier to enter the Buchenwald Concentration Camp. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History.
Bob Northington – First TV
Bob Northington talks about what it was like to get his first TV. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Larry Kramer – JFK
Larry Kramer remembers the weekend President Kennedy was assassinated. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Melvin Waters – Bergen Belsen Liberator
Melvin Waters was one of the first liberators to arrive at the Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Mary Gene “Gigi” McWhirter – Corner Stores
Gigi McWhirter talks about the difference in prices during the Great Depression. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Julius “Red” Coleman – Many Presidents
Julius “Red” Coleman talks about the many Presidents that he knew. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Kimberly Archie – Differences in Perspectives
Kimberly Archie talks about some of the struggles her father faced while serving in the military CLICK HERE to see the full Oral History
Mitchell Jones – Nuclear Weapon Testing on Animals
Mitchell Jones witnessed the testing of nuclear weapons. While in the military he was tasked with recovering animals that were killed in the tests of the weapons. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Gerry Romanik – First TV
Gerry Romanik recalls the first television her family bought. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Rex Crowell – Banks of the Great Depression
Rex Crowell talks about what happened to the banks during the Great Depression and how they affected his father. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History