A Sense of Place: Stories from the Housatonic Heritage Oral History Center at Berkshire Community College

Great Mountain Forest (GMF) is an over 6,000-acre working forest straddling Norfolk and Falls Village, CT. Its roots date back to the early 1900s on land where trees were clear-cut to produce charcoal for the iron ore industry in the 1800s. The Forest has a long history of work—both on the part of humans and the natural processes of the plant, animal, and insect species that occupy it. This GMF-ce...

Great Mountain Forest (GMF) is an over 6,000-acre working forest straddling Norfolk and Falls Village, CT. Its roots date back to the early 1900s on land where trees were clear-cut to produce charcoal for the iron ore industry in the 1800s. The Forest has a long history of work—both on the part of humans and the natural processes of the plant, animal, and insect species that occupy it. This GMF-ce...

Great Mountain Forest (GMF) is an over 6,000-acre working forest straddling Norfolk and Falls Village, CT. Its roots date back to the early 1900s on land where trees were clear-cut to produce charcoal for the iron ore industry in the 1800s. The Forest has a long history of work—both on the part of humans and the natural processes of the plant, animal, and insect species that occupy it. This GMF-ce...

Great Mountain Forest (GMF) is an over 6,000-acre working forest straddling Norfolk and Falls Village, CT. Its roots date back to the early 1900s on land where trees were clear-cut to produce charcoal for the iron ore industry in the 1800s. The Forest has a long history of work—both on the part of humans and the natural processes of the plant, animal, and insect species that occupy it. This GMF-ce...

Great Mountain Forest (GMF) is an over 6,000-acre working forest straddling Norfolk and Falls Village, CT. Its roots date back to the early 1900s on land where trees were clear-cut to produce charcoal for the iron ore industry in the 1800s. The Forest has a long history of work—both on the part of humans and the natural processes of the plant, animal, and insect species that occupy it. This GMF-ce...

Four team members and their coach talk about their experiences at a regional tournament.  What is a team?  How does it feel to work together?  What does basketball mean to these young men?

This is the entire oral history interview.

This is an unedited oral history interview. 

This is the entire oral history interview.

Full Oral History Interview, as part of NAACP Berkshire Oral History Project.

This is an entire interview with Will Singleton for the NAACP Oral History Project.

This is an entire interview with Mabel Hamilton for the NAACP Oral History Project.

From an oral history interview with Kit Dobelle,  via zoom.

Shirley Edgerton talks about starting Rites of Passage and Empowerment Program for Girls.  Part of the NAACP Oral History Project, with the NAACP Berkshire Chapter, The Housatonic Heritage Oral History Center at Berkshire Community College. This podcast was created from the longer oral history interview.

This is a short podcast based on a complete oral history interview conducted as part of the NAACP Berkshire Chapter Oral History Project.  

This is a series of clips from the full interview of Dennis Powell, which can be found at www.theoralhistorycenter.org

This podcast is part of the Voices from the Northwest Corner series. Interviews were recorded over Zoom on June 30, 2020. In this podcast, participants of Housatonic Valley Regional High School's oral history internship discuss the relevance, relation to youth, and internship potential of oral history.

This podcast is part of the Voices from the Northwest Corner series. Interviews were recorded at Housatonic Valley Regional High School’s 2019 Oral History Festival. The podcast is comprised of local residents’ accounts of Northwest Connecticut’s Region 1 school district during the 1970s.

We have interviewed several Essential Workers on the front lines of caring for and feeding us during this phase of the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19. Paul Tawczynski tells us what its like to be a farmer, market owner, and chef at Taft Farms during this time.

We have interviewed several Essential Workers on the front lines of caring for and feeding us during this phase of the coronavirus pandemic and COVID 19.  Dr. Jennifer  Nykiel tells us what its like to be a doctor in the ER of a small hospital in Massachusetts during this time.

We have interviewed several Essential Workers on the front lines of caring for and feeding us during this phase of the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19. Noreen Forfa tells us what its like to be postmaster of the Lee Post Office during this time.

We have interviewed several Essential Workers on the front lines of caring for and feeding us during this phase of the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19. Jennifer Charboneau tells us what its like to be a registered nurse at Berkshire Medical Center in Massachusetts and a clinical adjunct faculty at Berkshire Community College during this time.

This podcast is part of the Voices from the Northwest Corner series. Interviews were recorded at Housatonic Valley Regional High School’s 2017 Oral History Festival. The podcast is comprised of local residents’ accounts of Northwest Connecticut’s Region 1 school district during the 1950s.