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Kathleen Ann Diehl
Kathleen Diehl, in her life story about her career as a public librarian, describes the expanding role of libraries and literacy.
Beverly Martin
As a young person, Beverly Martin applied degrees in Sociology and Library Science along with her parent’s sense of adventure to her work in the VISTA program near Laredo,Texas.
Lee Parsons
As a young man in the early 1960’s, Lee Parsons became an advocate for new environmental concerns that were affecting his family’s beloved farm near Avon, Indiana.
Michael Lee Hall
HIS STORY: One day Michael Hall walked to his local vintage store to buy a jean jacket and while there he found a woman who would say “I do!”. He explains. Heather Irene Hall tells her story about meeting Michael during her Life Stories Project interview.
Lea Jean Kellison
Retired Nurse Lea Jean Kellison, in part of a longer family wedding story, talks about her son Lee who proved himself to be self-reliant and creative as a middle child.
Georgeanna Marie Tryban
Georgeanna Tryban tells about being a young American exchange student in Osaka, Japan with Youth For Awareness in the 1960’s. A fearless, eager student, she attended traditional Japanese cultural training along with her Japanese host family sisters.
John William Sauffer
Born in the 1930’s, John Sauffer reflects on growing up in Richmond, Indiana and coming to the big city of Indianapolis. He describes simpler times when more was left to your imagination.
Crystal V. Rhodes
A successful writer and producer of plays and television programs, Crystal Rhodes offers advice to those who have “The call of the dream!”
Kathryn Morgan Cimera
Kathryn Cimera tells about making one of the best decisions in her early life: participating in the Peace Corps in Thailand.