Sue Manlove and Lorraine Scurti
Recorded
September 30, 2008
01:15:55
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Id:
DDC000338
Description
Sue Manlove, 61, and her coworker and friend Lorriane Scurti, 52, talk about their experiences as secretaries at Northern Illinois University and about dealing with the aftermath of the February 14th shooting.Subject Log / Time Code
- SM talks about how the shooting affected her in the following days — very scary, very sad — she’s not religious, but watched religious TV, watched the news
- LS remembers worrying about her niece who was around the front of Cole Hall — they talk about being protective of students, as secretaries
- SM expresses worries about her grandchildren now — “Nothing ever happened at NIU!”
- Coming back to work — meetings, seeing Cole Hall, memories of the shooting, dealing with distraught parents and feeling unprepared — “faculty came to us, we didn’t go to faculty... we are the glue.”
- How they first met, first impressions of one another
Participants
- Sue Manlove
- Lorraine Scurti
Venue / Recording Kit
Tier
Partnership
Partnership Type
Fee for ServiceKeywords
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- cohorts (groups of friends)
- college
- craft, skills, and procedures
- dogs
- family naming and nicknames
- historical events/people
- Influential People
- Memorial Services
- Memorials
- memories of former times
- Money
- personal experiences
- political beliefs and practices
- social beliefs and practices
- street patterns
Subjects
- Best Friends
- Bosses
- Childcare
- Children
- Community Businesses
- Community History
- Community Organizations
- Coworkers
- Customers and Clients
- Death
- Discrimination
- Extended Family
- Fear
- First Meetings
- Funerals
- Identity
- Job Satisfaction
- Neighborhood Life
- Occupational Traditions
- Schools (Types)
- Students
- Teachers
- Town Life
- Traumatic Memories
- Urban Life
- Workday Life
- Workplace Characters