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ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
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The ORAL HISTORY Project
​ AT WILL ROGERS

August 2, 2018
Today we are celebrating the 50th interview of the year! Our Oral History Project at Will Rogers has been such a success. We had the pleasure of interviewing Gloria Fletcher for our 50th interview, and got to hear about her childhood in Tupper Lake, her adult life in Lake Clear where she lead 4-H for 10 years, and her 35 years in Potsdam, where she enjoyed riding horses and camping with her husband Douglas. Thank you Will Rogers and thank you Gloria!
April 19, 2018
Historic Saranac Lake collaborates with Will Rogers to create the Oral History Project at Will Rogers. This project aims to document the lives and stories of the residents at Will Rogers. With three weekly interview sessions, each resident will have the opportunity to tell their story. These interviews will be archived with Historic Saranac Lake's oral history collection, and will be used to aid the Will Rogers biography project. 
March 4, 2018
The Oral History Project went to Will Rogers last week capture the voices of seven residents in individual interviews. Those interviewed were: Helen May, Natalie Leduc, Alton and Lucille Beideck, Joe Pete Wilson, Sidney Maxwell, and Ursula Trudeau. Click on the names to the right to listen to some of the stories these Saranac Lake residents told us. 
Ankudavich, Bill
Barner-Rasmussen, Susan
Beideck, Alton and Lucille
Beline, Christa
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Benderly, Charlotte
DiNicola, Lois
Dunn, Marcy
Duncan, Jim
Eddy, Verna
Fletcher, Gloria
Flynn, Michele
Glavin, James
​Granquist, Marilyn
Gregg, Louise
Guerrette, Maurice
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​Hart, Jeanne
Hazelden, Marilynn
​Henklein, Joyce
Hoffman, Howard and Bertha
Hoffman, Leslie
Johns, Bette
​Ketcham, Steve
Kite, Landon
​LaFountain, Louise
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Landolfe, Vincentia
Langelier, Hugh
LaPlante, Eileen
​Leavitt, Lenore
Leduc, Natalie
Leigh, Kay
Lemon, Rosine
Maxwell, Sidney
​May, Helen
Middleton, Geri
Mitchell, Dorothy
O'Hara, Carol
​Parr, Sandy and Bud
Peightal, Kitty
Potenza, Judy
Ralph, Gretchen
Riley, June
Ryan, Gail
​Sayles, Betty
​Schmidt, Louise
Setlock, Lois
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Sheppard, Jeannette
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Sunde, Elaine
Suplee, Mary
​​Sweeney, DA
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​Syphax, Richard
Trapp, Henrietta
Troise, Ray
Trudeau, Ursula
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Wagner, Bess
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Walker, Thelma
​Watson, Dick and Joan
Wilson, Joseph Peter
​Wrenn, Gail
Some interview pages are locked to protect the privacy of our interviewees. Contact kayt@historicsaranaclake.org for access to the interviews.

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89 Church Street Suite 2
Saranac Lake NY 12983
​mail@historicsaranaclake.org
518-891-4606
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