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Heard at the Old State House in Hartford, CT

Photo: Rita Mitrani

Hartford, CT :
Rita Mitrani of Bloomfield, CT, remembers her fathers death.



Rita Mitrani talks about her love for pistachio nuts, with her daughter and son-in-law Ida and Michael Schnipper.

Hartford, CT:
Kylee Moreland Fenton and her best friend Star Liebert Cookman talk about their blood sister ceremony.



Kylee Moreland Fenton talks to Star Liebert Cookman about their unique friendship.
Hartford, CT:
Karen Smith interviews her daughters birth mother, Stacy Cooper.
Bachman Sugarman
Hartford, CT:
Karen Bachman interviews her father-in-law Edward
Bachman about his work and the two greatest loves in his life: his wife and fishing.
Hartford, CT:
Richard Sugarman talking to his wife Doris about the time he spent in a military school when he was 6.
Hartford, CT:
Lynn Everette and Joanne Krekian interview their mother, Maureen, about the 1944 Circus fire in Hartford.
Ramos-Moquete Cornelio
Hartford, CT:
 Ziomara Ramos-Moquete talks about her sons' battle with Sickle Cell Disease.

Hartford, CT:
Pamela Wagner interviews her best friend, Joe Cornelio, who has Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Hartford, CT:
Mark Sullivan talks about his days working in the tobacco fields.
Barber Barber
Hartford, CT:
Cynthia Matthews talks to her daughter Denise about being the first woman Mayor in Wethersfield, CT.		 Hartford, CT:
Joe and Tim Barber interview their father Joseph about living in Winsted during the Connecticut flood of 1955.		 Hartford, CT:
Lillie Eva Singer talks to her daughter Nickie Braxton about her experience as a Jewish Girl in Nazi Germany.

We'll be posting more local recordings as soon as we collect them!

In the meantime, here are some samples from interviews recorded around the country...
New York, NY:
Priya Morganstern and Bhavani Jaroff interview their father, Ken Morganstern, who has Alzheimer’s disease.		 Washington, D.C.:
Ezra Awumey to his grandfather, Sam Harmon. 		New York, NY:
Debbie Fisher remembers her father, an Auschwitz survivor.

Memphis, TN:
Retired Memphis sanitation worker Taylor Rogers and his wife, Bessie, remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s final speech. 		New York, NY: Competitive eater Don “Moses” Lerman remembers winning his first contest. Kansas City, MO:
15-year-old Mary Warm, who has Down syndrome, to her father, David.

More recordings can be found by clicking here.
Coming to Hartford


Dates: April 5-28, 2007
Times*: The booth is open from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on weekdays, and from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on weekends, except for a one-hour lunch break in the middle of each day.

*Closed Mondays and Tuesdays

Location (directions)
Old State House
800 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
Phone: 860.522.6766


Summary

Independent producer Dave Isay turns the microphones over to the masses with StoryCorps, a national initiative to reach and inspire Americans from all walks of life to record meaningful oral histories with family members and friends.