Our oral history program has been running since the mid-1970s and has now amassed a collection of more than 100 interviews of members of the South Windsor community. Most of these interviews have been recorded by volunteer interviewers and most have been recorded since the year 2000. Through personal stories, local residents tell the story of South Windsor and its changing times.
Below is a list of interviewees (some with transcripts). Researchers are welcome to read transcripts at The Wood. Our oral history program is ongoing and we are always looking for new narrators, as well as new volunteer interviewers. Please contact us for more information.
Elizabeth Ann Risley Addington Oral History Interview
George Bancroft Oral History Interview
Arline Bidwell Oral History Interview
Blanche Bienkowski Oral History Interview
Carol Raymond Birden Oral History Interview
Ruth Bortolan Oral History Interview
Doris Pelton Burgdorf First Oral History Interview
Doris Pelton Burgdorf Second Oral History Interview
Doris Pelton Burgdorf Third Oral History Interview
Doris Pelton Burgdorf Fourth Oral History Interview
Doris Pelton Burgdorf Fifth Oral History Interview
Barbara Nevers Burnham Oral History Interview
Francis Peter “Butch” Carney Oral History Interview
Helen Carpy Oral History Interview
Mary Ann Cole Oral History Interview
David Collins Oral History Interview
Sherman and Charlotte Collins Oral History Interview
Elizabeth Abbe Dewey Oral History Interview
Arthur and Leona Dunham Oral History Interview
Fred Edlund Oral History Interview
Sally M. Edlund Oral History Interview
Terry Files Oral History Interview
Marianne Lassman Fisher Oral History Interview
Sally K. Goodwin Oral History Interview
Jane Wadach Gutt Oral History Interview
Ed Havens Oral History Interview
Lloyd N. Hevenor Oral History Interview
Ernest Hintz Oral History Interview
Rita Hyman Oral History Interview
Pauline Johnson Oral History Interview
C. Lorraine Jones Oral History Interview
Kathy Kelly Oral History Interview
Donald W. and Phyllis N. Kitchin Oral History Interview
Charlotte Marks Midford Oral History Interview
Barbara Murray Oral History Interview
Richard Nicholson First Oral History Interview
Richard Nicholson Second Oral History Interview
Charles Nielsen First Oral History
Charles Nielsen Second Oral History
Myrtle Odlum Oral History Interview
Judith Olsen Written Statement
Helen Risley Pelton Oral History Interview
Bertha M. Podann Oral History Interview
Cary Prague Oral History Interview
Edna Canham Priest Oral History Interview
Norman Priest Oral History Interview
Janet Prior Oral History Interview
Robert E. “Bob” Raymond First Oral History Interview
Robert E. “Bob” Raymond Second Oral History Interview
Matthew Reed Oral History Interview
Chevron Ricketts Oral History Interview
Romeo Richard Oral History Interview
Ruth Baker Risley First Oral History Interview
Ruth Baker Risley Second Oral History Interview
Charles Beach “Tim” Shepard Oral History Interview
Mary Elizabeth “Bunny” Shepard Oral History Interview
Robert S. Starr III Oral History Interview
James H. Throwe Oral History Interview
Edith Vibert Oral History Interview
Joseph W. Vibert Jr. First Oral History Interview
Joseph W. Vibert Second Oral History Interview
Joseph W. Vibert, Jr. Third Oral History
Joseph W. Vibert, Jr. Fourth Oral History Interview
Joseph W. Vibert, Jr. Fifth Oral History Interview
John Wadhams Oral History Interview
Cynthia Waldron and Pamela Bowen Oral History Interview
Henry and Shirley Wayner Oral History Interview
Richard A. and Virginia West Oral History Interview
John Carter Williams First Oral History Interview
John Carter Williams Second Oral History Interview
Joseph Wood Oral History Interview
World War II Veterans Oral History Interviews