StoryCorps in Kansas
In 2007, the national oral history project StoryCorps Door-to-Door traveled to Medicine Lodge, Wichita, Newton, Topeka, Baldwin City, and Shawnee as part of the Kansas Humanities Council’s Kansans Tell Their Stories project.
StoryCorps is a national oral history project to instruct and inspire people to record each other's stories in sound. The interviews are archived at the American Folklore Center at the Library of Congress, and excerpts are broadcast on NPR's Morning Edition each Friday. For more information about StoryCorps, visit www.storycorps.org
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Bob & Shirley Miller
Bob Miller talks with his wife about his
involvment with the civil rights
movement.
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Robin Dunn & Elaine VanDeventer
Robin Dunn and Elaine VanDeventer
talk about Robin's struggle's to be
accepted as a female farmer.
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Star Novak
Star Novak talks about her love
of flying as well as her wedding on a
Lockheed Constellation.
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Leonard Ortiz
Leonard Ortiz talks about growing
up as a Latino in California and his road to
getting an education and becoming a teacher.
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June Jewett & Peggy Baker
June Jewett talks with her friend Peggy
Baker about life during the Great
Depression. June also discusses
the strength and inspiration she drew
from her mother.
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Marc Carter & Joanne Tolkoff
Marc Carter speaks about his Jesuit
education and his decision not to be a
Jesuit priest. He is accompanied
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Ray Wilber & Cathy Dwigans
Cathy Dwigans interviews her husband
Ray Wilber about his career as
a stonemason and historic
preservationist.
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Mary Swan & Bonnie Butell-Huntoon
Bonnie Butell-Huntoon interviews her
grandmother Mary Swan about the
proposals she received during World
War II, and about Swan's
sweetheart Tom. |
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Jan Schroeder & Edrie Swanson
Jan and Edrie share stories about Jan's life: her marriage, her ties to the University of Kansas, and
why Phog Allen was such a terrible driver. |
Chris, Glenn, and Gary Underwood
Glenn Underwood is interviewed
by his son, Gary and Gary's wife, Chris. We learn about Glenn's early schooling and some of his business ventures. |
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Norma & Marvin Jardon
The Jardons tell stories about their respective grandparents. Marvin's family has a connection
with Quantrill's raid. Norma remembers her grandmother as an avid quilter, and how that's carried over into her own life.
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Walter Bailey & Tony Brown
Walter Bailey talks about his friend
and collegue, Tony Brown, about
growing up in Kansas. Walt was
involved in farming and showed
livestock at regional fairs.
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Listen to StoryCorps interviews as they were originally broadcast on Kansas Public Radio.
StoryCorps in Kansas was made possible by:
