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WPSU’s Story Corps

WPSU's Story Corps, a local oral history project, records and shares the stories of central Pennsylvanians. WPSU is traveling to towns throughout the listening area to give you a chance to record your personal and family history with a friend or loved one.

Look for a visit to your town, and listen to excerpts of these interviews on WPSU-FM and here at WPSU.org.

StoryCorps
06-25-2012

StoryCorps Huntingdon: Carrie VanPelt Talks with her Friend Eda Case

WPSU is traveling to towns across central and northern Pennsylvania to collect oral history recordings. In March, we stopped in Huntingdon. Carrie VanPelt talks with her friend, Eda Case. After discovering that farm life in Penns Valley was not for her, VanPelt attended Penn State, and later the University of Pennsylvania, to become a nurse.

StoryCorps
06-20-2012

Gene Hoffman Talks with her Friend Bonnie Morningstar

WPSU is traveling to towns across central and northern Pennsylvania to collect oral history recordings. In March, we stopped in Huntingdon. Gene Hoffman talks with her friend, Bonnie Morningstar. They talk about Hoffman’s experiences growing up on a farm in Huntingdon.

StoryCorps
06-18-2012

StoryCorps Huntingdon: David Bowen Talks with his Wife, Rita

WPSU is traveling to towns across central and northern Pennsylvania to collect oral history recordings. In March, we stopped in Huntingdon. David Bowen talks with his wife, Reba. They talk about their work in prison ministry.

StoryCorps
06-13-2012

Greg Anderson Talks with his Co-worker Priscilla Gibboney

WPSU is traveling to towns across central and northern Pennsylvania to collect oral history recordings. In March, we stopped in Huntingdon. Greg Anderson talks with co-worker, Priscilla Gibboney. Anderson and his wife, Jessie, started a popular coffee shop in Huntingdon, called the Standing Stone Coffee Company, where Gibboney is now a barista.

StoryCorps
06-06-2012

StoryCorps Huntingdon: Andrew Murray Talks with Former Co-worker, Liz Widman

WPSU is traveling to towns across central and northern Pennsylvania to collect oral history recordings. In March, we stopped in Huntingdon. Andrew Murray talks with his former co-worker, Liz Widman. In 1985, Dr. Murray founded the Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Juniata College.

StoryCorps
06-04-2012

StoryCorps Huntingdon: Annie Wishard Talks with Julie Price

WPSU is traveling to towns across central and northern Pennsylvania to collect oral history recordings. In March, we stopped in Huntingdon. Annie Wishard talks with her employee, Julie Price. They talk about the Gage Mansion in Huntingdon. Wishard lives in the mansion and runs her business out of it. And she says it’s haunted.

StoryCorps
05-30-2012

StoryCorps Huntington: Mimi Isett, Charles Stewart, and Susan Cipar talk about their mother and uncle.

WPSU is traveling to towns across central and northern Pennsylvania to collect oral history recordings. In March, we stopped in Huntingdon. Siblings Mimi Isett, Charles Stewart and Susan Cipar talk about their mother who died recently at the age of 106 and their uncle who died a few years ago at 101. The three reminisce as…

StoryCorps
05-28-2012

StoryCorps Huntingdon: Mary Ann Buckley Talks with Dean and Betty Grove

WPSU is traveling to towns across central and northern Pennsylvania to collect oral history recordings. In March, we stopped in Huntingdon. Mary Ann Buckley talks with her uncle and aunt, Dean and Betty Grove. They talk about growing up in the Huntington area, and how they met in the local grange, which is an organization for…

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