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Lucía Robelo Oral History Interview
In the interview, Lucia Robelo discusses her early childhood living in Nicaragua. She recounts what it was like being the youngest child of seven children, and the daughter of a widower. She describes her experiences with school during the Somoza…
Megan McClelland Oral History Interview
In this interview, Megan McClelland discusses her life and accomplishments thus far, as well as how her life has been impacted by the current COVID-19 pandemic. McClelland begins by recounting the details of being born and raised in Maui, Hawaii and…
Kassena Hillman Oral History Interview
Hillman recounts what it was like growing up in New Jersey, particularly her relationship with the outdoors and her relationship with her sister. She describes her childhood self as a “tomboy”, as she was a girl who preferred running around in…
Kryn Freehling-Burton Oral History Interview
In the interview, Kryn Freehling-Burton describes the various important details of her childhood and her upbringing, namely the many poignant experiences that really drove her passion towards theater, feminism and education. Freehling-Burton also…
Marisa Chappell Oral History Interview
In the interview, Chappell discusses her experience as the child of a military officer and how she chose a university to attend. She continues to describe her undergraduate studies, a stint as an actress on an internship, and how she chose her…
Jean Rothacher Oral History Interview
Jean Rothacher (Jack Rothacher’s widow) and Ted Dyrness (a family friend and co-worker with Jack in the Pacific Northwest Research Station of the US Forest Service) carried out this oral history with Max Geier on Aug 29, 1997. Dyrness participated…
Richard Iverson Oral History Interview
Richard (Dick) Iverson, a landslide specialist with the US Geological Survey based at the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, spent more than 30 years as the creator, manager, and leader of research at the large debris flow…
Terry Cryer Oral History Interview
Terry Cryer was the Trades Maintenance worker at the Andrews Experimental forest for many years and in this role he led construction of many of the buildings, field research facilities, kept the large, complex infrastructure functioning, and added…
Sam Stern Oral History Interview
In this interview, former OSU professor and Dean of the College of Education, Sam Stern, provides a brief historical overview of his family heritage, tracing his roots back to Poland and Russia. He then moves on to his childhood in both Detroit and…
Cliff Trow Oral History Interview
In this interview, Cliff Trow begins by discussing his upbringing in Kansas, and his educational pathway in Kansas, Colorado, and lastly at Oregon State University. He weighs the pros and cons of being a high school history teacher, especially one at…