StoryCorps / The Conversation of a Lifetime
StoryCorps is coming to Bellefonte, August 5 - September 4.
This national oral history project gives you the chance to record stories of family and friends. A trained facilitator will guide you through the interview process, and with permission, your interview will become part of an archive at the Library of Congress. Selections will also air on WPSU and NPR.
Reservations open at 10am on August 6.
09-07-2010
The StoryCorps oral history project just finished a month of recording interviews in Bellefonte. Jessica Welch and her sister Jennifer Theiss came to StoryCorps to honor their father, Bill Welch, who was mayor of State College for 15 years. Jessica and Jennifer recorded this conversation just before the anniversary of their father’s death.
08-24-2010
The StoryCorps oral history project is recording interviews all this month in Bellefonte. Sylvia Feldman talks with her mother, Joanne Feldman, about her classical music career with her husband, who she met at Julliard.
08-17-2010
The StoryCorps oral history project is recording interviews all this month in Bellefonte. Mary Polak talks with her father, Stefan Polak, about his parents’ lives during the Holocaust.
08-11-2010
The StoryCorps oral history project is recording interviews all this month in Bellefonte. Elizabeth Gilliland talks with her grandfather Fred DelGrosso, a part of the Altoona family known for its pasta sauces and amusement Park. They talk about some illnesses DelGrosso has faced.
08-09-2010
The StoryCorps oral history project is recording interviews this month in Bellefonte. Sue Paterno, the wife of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, and her granddaughter Olivia Hort kicked off the project with the first interview. Olivia asked her grandmother about World War II, which started when Paterno and her brothers and sister were very young.
07-21-2010
In two weeks, a silver Airstream trailer will roll into downtown Bellefonte and park across from the courthouse for a month. No one will be living in the trailer…but it will get a lot of visitors. WPSU’s Emily Reddy reports.
11-27-2009
Last Fall WPSU radio reporters conducted StoryCorps-style interviews with friends and family. WPSU’s Patty Satalia talked with Donald Ford, a friend and neighbor for 25 years. He has been married to his wife, Carol, for 61 years. Carol was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease about eight years ago. When Carol has difficulty sleeping, Don reads…
11-26-2009
Last Fall WPSU radio reporters conducted StoryCorps-style interviews with friends and family. WPSU’s Emily Reddy talked with her friend, Destiny Aman. The two met in State College at a time Destiny was going through a time of transition.
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