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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.
Doris Virginia Bond
In 1946 when Doris was eight years old her father had a travel trailer built and took the family on a six month journey from Canada, across the United States and back. Doris recalls the highlights.
Stephanie Jean Edwards
Stephanie Edwards felt Isolated and controlled while attending a minimally integrated school in Irvington. After leaving Indianapolis for college, she discovered a new view of the world and other African Americans who were active in the civil rights movement.
Robert Zalkin
Bob Zalkin graphs a path from school to the Pentagon, to the Synagogue, to the high seas. It is the course of a man who is always growing.
Letha &Tisha Pletcher
Letha Pletcher tells her granddaughter Tisha about living near the railroad in Pierceton, Indiana during the 1930’s; playing in grain elevators, air that smelled of peppermint, and feeding the hungry.
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.
Joseph McDonald
Joe McDonald talks about learning to ride a horse and eating most meals in the resort restaurant while living in Clifty Falls Park during his childhood in the 1940s.
Patricia Ann Payne
Patricia Ann Payne talks about the founding of and programs produced by the Indinapolis Public Schools Office of Multi-Cultural Education in 1987.
Dennis Ray Wheaton Sr
Dennis, a professional chef, talks about the recipe for pound cake he learned from his mother and how, through practice, he learned to measure by eye.