MVLS I Spy Oral History Interviews

Read and listen to the memories of area residents as they discuss local historic sites. Listed below are links to transcripts of the interviews and short audio excerpts. Cassette tapes of the interviews will be available at the library. (If sound doesn't play, please install RealPlayer)

First Reformed Church
Transcript | Audio excerpt
Interview with: Joan Ipsen
Interviewed by: Emily Carbone on 5/22/01

Arthur's Market
Transcript | Audio excerpt
Interview with: Pete Polachek
Interviewed by: Josh Flacke and Nancy Gifford on 5/22/01

Proctor's Theatre
Transcript | Audio excerpt
Interview with: Gioia Ottaviano
Interviewed by: Josh Flagg, Anna Carbone, Emily Carbone & Nancy Gifford on 5/22/01

Riverside School
Transcript | Audio excerpt
Interview with: Gioia Ottaviano
Interviewed by: Josh Flagg, Anna Carbone, Emily Carbone & Nancy Gifford on 5/22/01

St. John The Evangelist Church
Transcript | Audio excerpt
Interview with: Wayne Harvey
Interviewed by: Emily Carbone & Nancy Gifford on 5/22/01

Nott Memorial
Transcript | Audio excerpt
Interview with: Wayne Harvey
Interviewed by: Emily Carbone & Nancy Gifford on 5/22/01

Schenectady County Historical Society
Transcript | Audio excerpt
Interview with: Wayne Harvey
Interviewed by: Emily Carbone & Nancy Gifford on 5/22/01

City Hall
Transcript | Audio excerpt
Interview with: Wayne Harvey
Interviewed by: Emily Carbone & Nancy Gifford on 5/22/01

The Stockade
Transcript | Audio excerpt
Interview with: Wayne Harvey
Interviewed by: Emily Carbone & Nancy Gifford on 5/22/01

Schenectady Ghost Stories
Transcript | Audio excerpt
Interview with: Wayne Harvey
Interviewed by: Emily Carbone & Nancy Gifford on 5/22/01

 

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