Three Village Oral Histories
Christian Avenue sits at the heart of the Three Village area on the North Shore of Long Island. Surrounded by Old Field, Setauket, and Stony Brook it has long been […]
Tag: Oral History
Why Oral History? With Erica Fugger
Are you curious about the past and love talking to people? Do you have a keen eye for detail and a persistent yet welcoming demeanor? Then oral history may just […]
Robert Anen and Long Beach Oral Histories
We continue our tour of Long Island-based oral history collections. This time out, Robert Anen (LILRC Project Archivist) and I sat down with the Long Beach Historical & Preservation Society. […]
Robert Anen and Manhasset Oral Histories
The voices of the past are all around us, if you know how to listen. And sometimes those voices are trapped on small thin strips of tape wrapped in cheap […]
The Fate of the Long Island Mill in North Carolina
From time to time on the podcast we like to explore the histories of other Long Islands, those far from New York. Today we focus on the story of Long […]
Agent Orange on Long Island
We finish out our special three-part series on Long Island’s Vietnam veterans by looking at a second battle they faced in the years after the war: the effects of Agent […]
Joe Giannini and the Vietnam War
Jack Parente and the Vietnam War
Born and raised in Oyster Bay, Jack Parente found himself drafted into the Army in 1967 and served in Vietnam from 1968-1970 as a member of a reconnaissance unit of […]