In Your Own Words with Kyle Dudley

Originally a celebration of Black History Month, February 2018, Middlebury College's Davis Family Library initiated a series of oral interviews, "In Your Own Words." In them, Literatures & Cultures Librarian Katrina Spencer engages members of the community who trace their...

Sydney Burgess’s test interview for the great thanksgiving listen, 2021

In this test recording, Sydney Burgess, a student at Eastern Michigan University, in Ypsilanti, MI, records a practice audio file for the Great Thanksgiving Listen 2021. Sydney Burgess is a student in Dr. McCarroll’s class, Psychology of Adolescence

The Great Thanksgiving Listen: Oliver Wasson and Anja Wasson

For Thanksgiving 2022, Oliver Wasson (17) sits down with his mother Anja Wasson (57) to discuss the concept of family. Anja, who immigrated from Germany by herself, speaks making the transition between German and American traditions.

Great Thanksgiving Listen:Israel in the 1960s. Cousin Rami.

For my contribution to the Great Thanksgiving Listen, I interviewed my Dad's cousin, an Israeli immigrant whose childhood I never knew much about.

Border to border to boarding school

Traveling, boarding school, and even some crazy memories, the many things Jaqui Zerouni and Grace Telegdy discussed in November of 2017. As Grace and Jaqui went into depth about Jaqui’s childhood, as she explains all the amazing differences of living...

Great Thanksgiving Listen with Grandma

An interview with my Grandma about her childhood, immigration, and accomplishments.

Brooke Farmer and her Grandpa Mac Farmer discuss Vietnam war, college, & love pt.1

My Grandpa and I first started the interview talking about college but the interview stopped due to an interruption so I had to start over. I decided to do a part 1 and part 2 bc we were just getting...

A life built upon change

Renata Blahova was a strong individual women who believed in herself. Even though she is not the most open she still had to will to share stories about her life. As a young adult she learned many new things to...

An Amazing Interview With My Mom,Grandma and Aunt!

The interviewer, Autumn Pickarski(17). Interviews with their 3 family members. Joni Simon(Grandmother,65),Christy Hiatt(Aunt,39) and Elisa Hiatt(Mother,42). They discuss topics about how they grew up,what school was like for them,ancestry etc. They share their stories and thoughts throughout the interview.

Great thanksgiving listen pt2

Talking about my dad’s college experience and his professional development

thanksgiving interview

I chose my dad because he is a very important person t e. He is an awesome and generous person. All of the questions I picked are things I was interested to learn about my dad.

Marya McCarroll's test interview for the great thanksgiving listen, 2021

In this test recording, Dr. Marya McCarroll, an instructor at Eastern Michigan University, in Ypsilanti, MI, records a practice audio file for the Great Thanksgiving Listen 2021. Dr. McCarroll is an adjunct lecturer and is teaching Psychology of Women.