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Interview with Doug Haller
Interview with Doug Haller, ex-Administrative Director of the Flurry Festival. Topics include the development of the festival and Doug's experiences organizing the Flurry.
Interview with Trish Miller
Trish Miller, dedicated Flurry participant and teacher of banjo at Skidmore College, describes her background in folk music and traditional dance and discusses her experiences with the annual Flurry Festival in Saratoga Springs.
Interview with John Guay
Oral History interview with John Guay, president, musician and dancer of the Flurry Festival. Guay talks about how the Festival has changed over the years and the problems they have today.
Interview with John Kirk
Oral History interview with John Kirk, musician and contra dance instructor for The Flurry Festival. Talks about the changes to the festival that have occurred over the years in terms of audience, music types and dance styles.
Interview with Paul Rosenberg
Interview with Paul Rosenberg, founder of the Flurry Festival and director of programs until 2005. Paul discusses the Festival's beginnings at an elementary school and the move to the City Center in Saratoga Springs.
Interview with Amejo Amyot
Her life, Beekman Street, Reasons she started the project, How the street has changed over the years, The impact of the recession.
Interview with M'elle Pirri-Lee
Oral history
Interview with David Plaskett
The overarching theme of the interview I conducted displays Mr. Plaskett's doubtful yet hopeful view for the future of the Lodge. He has been living in Saratoga and participating in the Lodge since 1998 - he has been an Elks member since his youth.…
Interview with Cecilia Frittelli
History of street, evolution, artists identities/roles, the future
Interview with Vonnie Estes
Interview with Vonnie Estes, musician, dancer, and volunteer at The Flurry Festival, a three-day music and dance festival in Saratoga Springs, NY. Estes speaks about growing up, her evolution as a piano player, the history of The Flurry Festival, and…
Interview with Peter Davis
An interview with Peter Davis, the program director of the Flurry Festival from 2006- present day. Peter discusses the nuts and bolts of creating the schedule and how it changed from Paul Rosenberg's direction to the current form.
Interview with George Demers
George Demers is a longtime Saratoga resident with a relationship that dates back to the origins of Beakman Street. George discusses a unique perspective on Saratoga's art culture, or the lack thereof.
Interview with Robert Boyers
Robert Boyers, came to Skidmore in 1969 as a professor of English and editor-in-chief of "Salmagundi Magazine," which has been housed at the College ever since. In this interview, Professor Boyers talks about the journal’s influence on campus and…
Interview with Chris McGill Joseph
Chris McGill-Joseph joined the Skidmore workforce in 1987. She has been a Skidmore wife, UWW student, Administrative Assistant, Skidmore parent, and Special Projects Manager, and she has long had a radio show on Sunday mornings on WSPN. In this…
Interview with Charles Joseph
Charles M. Joseph came to Skidmore in 1985 as a Professor of Music. During his years at the College, he served as Department Chair as well as Dean of the Faculty/Vice President of Academic Affairs. In this interview Joseph describes his work on…
Interview with Joanna Zangrando
During her years at the College (1976-2007), Joanna Zangrando was a central figure in Skidmore’s American Studies Department and a leading voice for incorporating interdisciplinarity and the study of diverse perspectives into the College curriculum.…
Interview with Susan Zappen
Susan Zappen came to Skidmore in 1995 as a head of Scribner Library technical services. She was named Associate College Librarian for Collections in 2001. Susan was active in the greater library community; she was president of ENY/ACRL, and named…
Interview with Leo Geoffrion
Leo Geoffrion joined Skidmore’s Information Technology staff in 1982 at a time when computer usage at the college was limited and its support staff quite small. Over the next 22 years Geoffrion oversaw the development of academic computing and…
Interview with Susan Kress
Susan Kress joined Skidmore’s English faculty in 1975 and retired in 2013. During her years at Skidmore she served as chair of the English Department, chair of 3 major college committees, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Acting President…
Interview with Juan Sanchez
Juan talked about what it was like to be a Latino male at Skidmore and Saratoga.
Interview with Manuel Francisco
Manuel (nickname Manny) taked about his life growing up in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. He is studying Game Design at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston. He shares his thoughts and experiences about being the son of two immigrants - his…
Interview with Margarita Florada
Margarita talked about her experience of moving from Puerto Rico to Boston and her identity as a Latina
Interview with Hillary Ramirez
Hilary speaks about what being a Dominican American, a black woman, and a Latinx woman means to her and the way her identities shape her experience.
Interview with Vilmary Fuertes
Vilmary discussed her experiences in moving from Puerto Rico to the U.S. for educational purposes, her development into becoming a physical therapist right out of college, and her assimilation into the U.S. and eventually Saratoga Springs.
Interview with Samuel Cruz
Samuel talked about how he grew up in the Dominican Republic while his mother and siblings lived in the United States, with the hopes of being prosperous. Once he was old enough and his mother was able to secure him citizenship, he moved to New York…
Interview with Lorenzo Q.
Lorenzo (name has been changed) talked about his experience coming from El Salvador to the U.S. at the age of 10.
Interview with Daniela Menchaca
Daniela talked about what it was like to live as a Mexican-American in the Texas, and her connection to her Mexican cultural heritage. She speaks on overcoming stereotypes and the issues she faced to come to college in New York._
Interview with Luisa Pina
Luisa expressed the impact and reasoning of her immigration_ from the Dominican Republic to the Washington Heights on her life, as well as briefly comments on Dominican and American politics.
Interview with Cinthia Duran
Cinthia talked about her hometown of Quito Ecuador, and her experiences both at home and abroad
Interview with Samantha Garcia
Samantha spoke to her experiences as a child of Dominican immigrants and what the challenges of college have been in distinguishing her identity as an individual from her home life in Brooklyn, NY.
Interview with Cristian Fernandez
Cristian talked about his experiecne growing up in a household with a woman as the breadwinner and about his racial and ethinic identity and how it intersects with gender.
Interview with Lauir Marques
Larry talked about how moving as a young boy affected how he views his own identity and others identity.
Interview with Elvira Ramirez
Elvira talked about her experience with racial and linguistic prejudice in Puerto Rico and in the United States.
Interview with Samantha Velez
Samantha shared her experiences, what she know of her parents' experiences, and the role that being Chicana has played in different parts of her life.
Interview with Arielmy Morel
Arielmy (Ariel) talked about moving from her home country of the Dominican Republic to the U.S. and life as an Afro-Latina in both the U.S. and D.R.
Interview with Esteban Acosta
Esteban discussed being the child of immigrants from the Dominican Republic in the United States
Interview with Yessica Alcantara
Yessica talked about moving to the United States from the Dominican Republic and it's impact on family dynamics, racial/ethnical self-identity, and future opportunities/dreams. _