On July 2nd, 2009, the StoryCorps Oral History project opened its mobile recording booth at Rundel Library, as part of the City of Rochester’s 175th Anniversary Celebration. For the next month, over two hundred Rochesterians recorded their sto

Anthony and Michael Venturo

Jun 17th, 2010 3m 30s

It’s Thursday, the day we hear stories that were recorded here in Rochester last summer by StoryCorps, the national oral history project. Today we hear from Anthony Venturo and his son Michael. Their visit to the mobile recording booth gave An

Lydia Timmons and Mary Graupman

Jun 10th, 2010 3m 30s

When she was just 15 years old, Lydia Timmons left school to go to work full time, because the economic downturn had severely affected her mother and 9 brothers. That was in 1941. read more

John Reid and his son Thomas

Jun 7th, 2010 3m 30s

John Reid was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, and has lived and worked all over the world. His son Thomas was born in Bangkok, and spent his early years in Bagladesh. Both men now live in New York State. When the StoryCorps Mobile Recording

Elizabeth Gocker and David Sliney

May 24th, 2010 3m 30s

Elizabeth Gocker moved to Rochester with her husband Paul in 1946. When the StoryCorps oral history project came to Rochester last summer, she talked with her friend David Sliney about the transition to living in the Flower City.

Betty Miller and Cheryl Smith

May 24th, 2010 3m 30s

Betty Miller just celebrated her one-hundred-first birthday at Valley Manor in Rochester. When the StoryCorps Mobile Recording Booth came to Rochester last summer, Betty shared some of her early memories with her friend Cheryl Smith.

William Molinere and Marjorie Torelli

May 24th, 2010 3m 30s

William Molinere was born and raised in Southern Louisiana, in a little town called Point Barry that has been washed away by hurricanes and floods. He now lives in Canandaigua with his wife Marjorie Torelli. read more

Emeterio Otero with his oldest son Christopher, and his two oldest grandsons Jeremiah and Noah

May 6th, 2010 3m 30s

Emeterio Otero is the Executive Dean at the Damon City Campus of Monroe Community College. read more

George Nadorff and Ann Betz

May 4th, 2010 3m 30s

It’s Thursday, the day we hear stories that were recorded here in Rochester last summer by StoryCorps, the national oral history project. Today we hear from George Nadorff (NAH-dorf), who talks with his wife Ann Betz about growing up with pare

Stanley Witmeyer and Beatrice Anderson

May 4th, 2010

Stanley Witmeyer began his professional life as a basketball player, after playing for the Rochester Institute of Technology, and retired as RIT’s Director of the School of Art and Design. He shared his story with his friend Beatrice Anderson,

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