The Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection is a product of the Center for Public History +Digital Humanities, cofounded by Mark Tebeau and Mark Souther. The collection consists of audio interviews collected since 2002. Students, faculty, public school teachers and researchers from throughout Northeast Ohio have contributed to the collection, which covers a breadth of topics in Cleveland and regional history.
Notable series in the collection include interviews on Shaker Heights, the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, the Cleveland Cultural Gardens, the City Club of Cleveland, Midtown Cleveland, University Circle Incorporated, Cleveland Artists Foundation, and the Cleveland chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Additional interviews cover a wide variety of topics in Cleveland history, including neighborhood and institutional history, and political, social, educational and environmental history.
More materials from the Cleveland Regional Oral History Project will be published in the near future. For access to unpublished materials, contact the Department of History at Cleveland State University or visit csudigitalhumanities.org for related news and additional information.
Content in this collection is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) license.
Cleveland Voices
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Submissions from 2024
Chuck E. Hoven interview, 12 July 2024
Duane Drotar interview, 17 July 2024
Gail Long interview, 09 August 2024
Gillian Prater-Lee interview, 13 July 2024
Jim LaRue interview, 02 July 2024
Jim Schlecht interview, 07 August 2024
Kathleen McDonnell interview, 19 June 2024
Kristina Walter interview, 11 July 2024
Line-Marie Eichhorst interview, 15 July 2024
Maria Smith interview, 12 August 2024
Mark Pestak interview, 13 June 2024
Mark Souther interview, 03 June 2024
Maryellen Eickman-Fiala interview, 25 June 2024
Megan Wilson-Reitz interview, 12 July 2024
Submissions from 2023
Brynna Fish Interview, 17 August 2023
Debra Hirshberg Interview, 11 July 2023
Devinity Interview, 25 July 2023
Ed Kowit Interview, 16 March 2023
Jacob Nash Interview, 04 August 2023
John Nosek and Leon Stevens Interview, 15 August 2023
Mike Brunstedt Interview, 12 July 2023
Monika Veliz Interview, 08 August 2023
Submissions from 2021
Anne de Coningh interview, 19 August 2021
Barbara Shockey interview, 13 July 2021
Bobbie Farrell interview, 30 June 2021
Brigitte Kiemschies interview, 01 June 2021
Dozie Herbruck interview, 25 August 2021
Elsa Arsic interview, 01 September 2021
Ema Fuchs interview, 13 September 2021
Emil Wagner interview, 04 March 2021
Erika Reale interview, 20 August 2021
Gretl May Rein and Leonhard May interview, 05 May 2021
Heike Haddenbrock interview, 18 November 2021
Helen Schreiber interview, 25 August 2021
Hertha Hetzel interview, 27 August 2021
Horst Hoyer interview, 29 September 2021
Kathleen Tripp interview, 19 August 2021
Krista Fuchs interview, 01 October 2021
Lorna Mierke interview, 28 July 2021
Luisa Owen-Lang interview, 08 April 2021
Maria Huppert interview, 18 September 2021
Michael Baumgartner interview, 23 October 2021
Submissions from 2020
Barbara Hermes and Erika Wagner interview, 02 December 2020
Barbara Hermes interview, 07 February 2020
Submissions from 2019
Ernest Biebel interview, 07 November 2019
Frank Awender interview, 18 March 2019
Helga Schlothauer interview, 24 June 2019
Isam al-Zaem interview, 04 April 2019
Katherine Malmquest interview, 15 January 2019
Submissions from 2018
Alan Rapoport interview, 14 August 2018
Anna Welker interview, 03 November 2018
Annette Fromm interview, 07 March 2018
Bob Kimmelfield interview, 21 November 2018
Bob McLaughlin interview, 06 June 2018
Bruce Hennes interview, 29 August 2018
Charlotte Morgan interview, 29 September 2018
Cynthia Harris Allen interview, 29 September 2018
Dave and Denise Tobiasz interview, 29 May 2018
David Woldman interview, 03 July 2018
Diane Kelley interview, 29 September 2018
Donna M. Whyte interview, 2018
Frank Gerlak interview, 17 August 2018
George Fitzpatrick interview, 15 August 2018
George Hornung interview, 01 August 2018
George Welker interview, 10 September 2018
Hilde Hornung interview, 01 August 2018
James Chin interview, 23 March 2018
Jeanne Henry interview, 24 January 2018
Jewel Murphy Kirkland interview, 28 February 2018
Kamilah Moore-El interview, 29 September 2018
Marcia Steffen interview, 24 March 2018
Marilyn and David Richards interview, 16 February 2018
Mary Ann and Robert Warner interview, 21 February 2018
Miriam Rosenberg interview, 28 February 2018
Norma Delp interview, 28 March 2018
Rebecca and Christina Attenson interview, 10 August 2018
Robert DiVincenzo interview, 01 July 2018
Rob Pryor interview, 22 August 2018
Ron Konieczynski interview, 08 February 2018
Sharon Horvath interview, 29 May 2018
Submissions from 2017
Albert Ratner interview, 03 July 2017
Allen Foster Sr. interview, 20 November 2017
Angela Stokes interview, 09 August 2017
Annie Byers interview, 18 May 2017
Art Ledger interview, 04 June 2017
Barb Appel interview, 09 November 2017
Ben Stefanski II interview, 24 February 2017
Bernadette Rose interview, 22 June 2017
Betty Pinkney interview, 28 April 2017
Bianca Butts interview, 18 May 2017
Blanche Vanis interview, 11 June 2017
Bob and Joyce Maruna interview, 09 August 2017
Bob Gardin interview, 07 August 2017
Brent Larkin interview, 02 June 2017
Carol and Fred Jarosz interview, 24 July 2017
Carole Hoover interview, 24 October 2017
Catherine Poulsen interview, 20 February 2017
Cecil Dobbins interview, 24 November 2017
Charles Lucas interview, 24 April 2017
Chris Rettig interview, 21 July 2017
Chuck Stokes interview, 19 September 2017
Clare Coulis interview, 18 April 2017
Cordell Stokes interview, 18 July 2017
David Stradling interview, 25 February 2017
Dean Van Farowe interview, 02 August 2017
Deborah Marcinski interview, 31 July 2012
Dee Perry interview, 12 September 2017
Demetrish Parham interview, 18 July 2017
Diana Cyganovich interview, 21 June 2017
Diane Soukup interview, 12 July 2017
Dick and Darlene Wiegandt interview, 24 August 2017
Don Hoffman interview, 29 June 2017
Dorothy Ipavec interview, 24 January 2017
Earl Waltz interview, 03 November 2017
Eloise and Cedric Plavney interview, 06 July 2017
Emmitt Theophilus Caviness interview, 16 February 2017
Fatemah Sammoor interview, 27 March 2017
Frank Jackson interview, 21 August 2017
Gail Broughton interview, 14 June 2017
Gayle Zipay interview, 11 April 2017
George L. Forbes interview, 2017 (1 of 2)
George L. Forbes interview, 2017 (2 of 2)
Gloria Aron interview, 14 July 2017
Gloria Ferris interview, 20 July 2017
Grover C. Gilmore interview, 14 August 2017
James Jones interview, 18 May 2017
Jane Campbell interview, 24 July 2017
Jane Hill interview, 14 July 2017
Jean and Paul Ruck interview, 24 April 2017
Jeanette DeSimone interview, 08 August 2017
Jeff Lennartz interview, 13 April 2017
Jeff Moreau interview, 09 August 2017
Jerry James interview, 13 July 2017
Jewell Gilbert interview, 23 August 2017
Jewel Murphy Kirkland interview, 2017
Jim Sprague interview, 13 April 2017
Joan Campbell interview, 12 January 2017
Joan Komic interview, 04 August 2017
John and Rita Gabrovsek interview, 10 November 2017
John Lonsak interview, 08 June 2017
Jose Feliciano and Sister Alicia Alvarado interview, 18 September 2017
Kathy Oberst Ledger interview, 10 July 2017
Kathy Wilmer interview, 07 July 2017
Ken Howard interview, 04 May 2017
LaVera Wingfield interview, 16 November 2017
Lee and Carol Schiemann interview, 20 August 2017
Lena Aburaad interview, 22 March 2017
Leon Bibb interview, 02 February 2017
Linda Heiden and John Heidenreich interview, 21 April 2017
Loretta Taggart interview, 07 November 2017
Lydia Crowder interview, 25 November 2017
Lyn Cooper Tomaszewski interview, 13 April 2017
Marcia L. Fudge interview, 20 April 2017
Maria Agosto interview, 31 July 2017
Marian Garth Saffold interview, 12 October 2017
Mary Baldwin interview, 11 June 2017
Mary Rose Oakar interview, 12 October 2017
Matilda Varga interview, 06 August 2017
Matt Zone interview, 02 August 2017
Megan Gurley interview, 18 May 2017
Michael R. White interview, 20 January 2017
Mila Mandic interview, 08 November 2017
Milton Maltz interview, 24 January 2017
Mohamadnur Hassan interview, 11 January 2017
Moneeke Davis interview, 21 July 2017
Norman Krumholz interview, 2017
Norm Plonski interview, 17 July 2017
Otis Moss interview, 06 January 2017
Pat and Jim Spoth interview, 28 September 2017
Patience Cameron Hoskins interview, 12 June 2017
Peggy Zone Fisher interview, 2017
Peter Geller interview, 13 August 2017
Pierre Bejjani interview, 02 June 2017
Rachel Abernethy interview, 17 April 2017
Rachel Groce interview, 18 May 2017
Rebecca Kempton interview, 07 July 2017
Richard Peery interview, 05 May 2017
Robert Gries interview, 09 January 2017
Robert Madison interview, 02 February 2017
Roy Kress interview, 24 November 2017
Ruth Crowl interview, 21 July 2017
Ruth Rubio-Pino interview, 11 August 2017
Ruth Skuly and Leo Deininger interview, 08 December 2017
Samuel Tidmore IV interview, 02 August 2017
Sandy Paliga interview, 07 August 2017
Sean Watterson interview, 10 August 2017
Sharon Curry interview, 30 November 2017
Shelley Stokes-Hammond interview, 15 September 2017
Shirley Pashall interview, 15 October 2017
Stan Kain and Steve Traina interview, 15 June 2017
Steve Bullock interview, 09 March 2017
Steve Minter interview interview, 12 December 2017
Sylvia Banks interview, 10 April 2017
Terry Metter interview, 07 August 2017
Timothy Hudak interview, 22 March 2017
Virgil Dominic interview, 14 June 2017
Walter Beach III interview, 16 August 2017
Walter Ratcliffe interview, 17 October 2017
Submissions from 2016
Abdullah Almualem interview, 28 May 2016
Abdullah Mina interview, 07 June 2016
Alexander B. Cook interview, 25 October 2016
Alice Palda interview, 27 October 2016
Allan Peskin interview, 25 October 2016
Allen Ford interview, 27 October 2016
Ann Fabens interview, 27 October 2016
Anthony Pilla interview, 04 August 2016
Beth Hoffman interview, 27 October 2016
Bob Begin interview, 21 July 2016
Carolyn N. Peskin interview, 25 October 2016
Chris Branche interview, 27 October 2016
Christine Rody interview, 30 July 2016
Daniel Brustein interview, 29 July 2016
David Goldberg interview, 13 July 2016
David Goldberg interview, 15 June 2016
David Goldberg interview, 29 June 2016
Diane Therese Pinchot interview, 09 August 2016
Douglas Koesel interview, 18 July 2016
Eugenia Vainberg interview, 25 October 2016
Fadi Karim interview, 07 August 2016
George Havens interview, 27 October 2016
George M. Rose interview, 25 October 2016
Irene and Michel Farah interview, 12 November 2016
Irene Burkheart interview, 27 October 2016
Jenifer B. Garfield interview, 25 October 2016
John Bourne interview, 27 October 2016
Karen Ault interview, 13 October 2016
Mary Harami interview, 02 July 2016
Mary Rose Oakar interview, 30 August 2016
Maurice Abood interview, 01 April 2016
Robert Arnold interview, 25 October 2016
Rob Reidy interview, 27 July 2016
Ruth V. Thompson interview, 25 October 2016
Sabra Scott interview, 01 December 2016
Sayyid Sadiq interview, 13 August 2016
Sheila Marie Tobbe interview, 09 August 2016
Submissions from 2015
Barb Rogers interview, 12 August 2015
Bonnie Flinner interview, 17 October 2015
Bonnie Sonich interview, 17 October 2015
Brooke Nieves interview, 17 October 2015
Christian Webb and Susan Durishin interview, 17 October 2015
Christopher Roy interview, 18 March 2015
Diana Woodbridge interview, 15 July 2013
Donna Ciborowski interview, 06 October 2015
Erich Hooper interview, 17 October 2015
Frank Azman interview, 07 July 2015
Gary Horvath interview, 10 December 2015
Greg and Jacquie Dembowski interview, 17 October 2015
James Duncan interview, 17 October 2015
Jean Brandt interview, 17 October 2015
Jeff Gotschall interview, 15 July 2015
Jessica Mester and Justin Hansen interview, 17 October 2015
Joe Isabella interview, 01 August 2015
John Porter interview, 17 October 2015
Patti Choby interview, 17 October 2015
Richard and Theresa Dembowski interview, 17 October 2015
Rita Golubski interview, 04 November 2015
Submissions from 2014
Alice R. McKinley Interview, 18 March 2014
Andrew Gross Interview, 24 June 2014
Anne J. Cook Interview, 21 March 2014
Annette Bailey Interview, 3 July 2014
Annette Fedor Interview, 20 September 2014
Anthony Szpak Interview, 20 September 2014
Betty Woods Interview, 13 June 2014
Bill Napier Interview, 10 October 2014
Bobette Smiley Ousley interview, 11 February 2014
Bruce Melville Interview, 18 November 2014
Candace Woods-Evans Interview, 9 June 2014
Cathy Thomas Interview, 3 July 2014
Chris Kulcsar Interview, 28 July 2014
Chris Ronayne Interview, 31 July 2014
Clara Nelson interview, 27 February 2014
Constance Zachery Interview, 9 July 2014
Curtis L. Drake Interview, 30 July 2014
David Mack Interview, 31 July 2014
Debbie Lowe Interview, 20 September 2014
Debra Martin interview, 30 April 2014
Dennis Woods Interview, 21 July 2014
Diann G. Scaravilli Interview, 8 August 2014
Dionne Thomas Carmichael Interview, 25 June 2014
Donald Kuhn Interview, 25 March 2014
Doris Walter Interview, 1 July 2014
Dorothy Kuhn Interview, 25 March 2014
Dorothy Randle interview, 30 July 2014
Doug Patterson interview, 11 March 2014
Ed Ferenc Interview, 06 August 2014
Edward G. Thomas Interview, 3 July 2014
Elaine Turner Interview, 16 July 2014
Elizabeth (Betty) Zavada Interview, 05 September 2014
Elizabeth Bohn Interview, 25 March 2014
Elizabeth Breckenridge Interview, 21 March 2014
Eric Leissa Interview, 20 September 2014
Esther Kinds Interview, 8 July 2014
Evan Morse Interview, 23 September 2014
Florence Spurney Interview, 18 March 2014
Frank G. Jackson Interview, 11 August 2014
Gayle Ivory Interview June 3, 2014
Geoffrey Mearns Interview, 26 July 2014
Geraldine Evans Interview, 6 August 2014
Geral Fuerst Interview, 11 July 2014
Gladys Martinez interview, 16 January 2014
Grace Lee Mims Interview, 18 July 2014
Greg Roberts Interview, 7 July 2014
Gretchen Larson Interview, 25 March 2014
Harriet Young Interview, 18 June 2014
Helen M. Moise Interview, 18 March 2014
Hilton Smith Interview, 8 July 2014
Howard Bush Interview, 20 July 2014
Ivan L. Otto Interview, 18 March 2014
Jack A. Bialosky Interview, 21 March 2014
James Hardiman Interview, 10 July 2014
James Lanese and Delia Lanese Interview, 18 August 2014
James Semsak Interview, 23 July 2014
Jearl Walker Interview, 01 October 2014
Jerry Suhar interview, 11 March 2014
Joan Southgate interview, 25 March 2014
John J. Boyle, III Interview, 3 July 2014
Judy Leissa Interview, 20 September 2014
Kathy Lampley Interview, 20 September 2014
Kelly Falcone-Hall Interview, 30 September 2014
Kenneth H. Cooley Interview, 21 March 2014
Kerstin E. Trawick Interview, 21 March 2014
Lawrence Daniel Caswell Interview, 31 July 2014
Leo Martin interview, 13 March 2014
Leonard M. Trawick Interview, 21 March 2014
Lesley McCune Interview, 20 September 2014
Lilian Pyles interview, 16 April 2014
Louis Brownlowe Interview, 6 August 2014
Louise Vincent Interview, 29 July 2014
Louis Stokes Interview, 17 December 2014
Marguerite Jost-Hrabak Interview, 07 August 2014
Marguerite Jost Hrabak Interview, 7 August 2014
Maria Agosto Interview, 20 September 2014
Marilyn B. Bialosky Interview, 21 March 2014
Marjorie M. Lamport Interview, 21 March 2014
Marjorie Pyles-Hearst interview, 13 March 2014
Matt Ghaffari Interview, 28 August 2014
Michael DeAloia interview, 28 April 2014
Michael R. White interview, 23 July 2014
Michael Schwartz Interview, 11 July 2014
Monte Ahuja, Interview, 04 August 2014
Morton L. Mandel Interview, 10 August 2014
Morton Q. Levin Interview, 31 October 2014
Nancy A. Somnitz Interview, 20 September 2014
Patricia Kilpatrick Interview, 18 March 2014
Patrick Sweeney Interview, 1 July 2014
Paul Lewis Interview, 28 July 2014
Peter and India Lee Interview, 11 July 2014
Peter Bode Interview, 30 July 2014
Peter Lawson Jones interview, 25 July 2014
Renee Howard Bonner Interview, 6 August 2014
Rev. Kenneth Rogers Interview, 9 August 2014
Rev. Stephen Rowan Interview, 24 July 2014
Roberta Steinbacher Interview, 25 September 2014
Robert Banks Sr. Interview, 30 July 2014
Robert H. Arnold Interview, 25 March 2014
Robert P. Madison Interview, 21 August 2014
Rosemarie Dadante interview, 28 January 2014
Sally D. Florkiewicz Interview, 19 August 2014
Samuel H. Miller Interview, 16 October 2014
Sandra Walker interview, 15 February 2014
Sonja F. Unger Interview, 24 February 2014
Stanley Miller Interview, 7 July 2014
Terrence Spivy Interview, 26 June 2014
Terry Pluto Interview, 21 August 2014
Theresa Bumpers Interview, 8 July 2014
Thomas Flewellyn Interview, 8 July 2014
Timothy Cosgrove Interview, 21 July 2014
Tom Hopkins Interview, 12 August 2014
Tommie Bryant Interview, 1 July 2014
Ursula Korniechouk Interview, 28 March 2014
Velma Carson Interview, 16 July 2014
Vida B. Lock Interview, 28 July 2014
Wilburn Baker Interview, 15 July 2014
Willa Morgan interview, 18 June 2014
William Becker Interview, 15 October 2014
William C. Barrow interview, 22 October 2014
William E. Wilson Interview, 24 July 2014
William G. Batchelder III interview, 25 July 2014
William H. Collins Interview, 18 March 2014
William R. Bennett Interview, 16 July 2014
William Shepard interview, 22 August 2014
Submissions from 2013
Alan Dean Buchanan interview, 24 June 2013
Amy Isaacs Interview, 27 June 2013
Arthur V. Brooks Interview, 11 June 2013
Carlyle Garner Interview, 30 April 2013
Carol Malone Interview, 25 February 2013
Carol Malone Interview, 6 February 2013
Christine Branche Interview, 31 July 2013
Christine Branche Interview, 5 August 2013
Christopher Kuhar interview, 02 July 2013
David Jolley Interview, 2 April 2013
Derek Hess Interview, 8 May 2013
Derwood Tatum Interview, 23 May 2013
Dianne R. McIntyre Interview, 31 May 2013
Donald Ramos Interview, 24 June 2013
Donalene Poduska Interview, 24 June 2013
Donna McIntyre Whyte Interview, 24 May 2013
Donna McIntyre Whyte Interview, 30 May 2013
Doris Allen Interview, 4 August 2013
Dorothy Layne McIntyre Interview, 31 May 2013
Dorothy Silver Interview, 26 July 2013
E. Christine Morris Interview, 02 June 2013
E. Christine Morris Interview, 04 June 2013
Eleanor Cannaday Interview, 14 July 2013
Elizabeth Billingsly interview, 16 September 2013
Elizabeth Gaetjens Interview, 6 June 2013
Elizabeth Twaddell Interview, 9 July 2013
Ellen Gerber Interview, 27 September 2013
Eric Gibson Interview, 18 June 2013
Francis W. Chiappa Interview, 2 July 2013
Frank Kidd Jr. Interview, 25 February 2013
Gene Roy Interview, 8 August 2013
George Hendricks Interview, 24 October 2013
Gerald Hughes Interview, 17 July 2013
Gerald Hughes Interview, 21 June 2013
Gilbert Frey Interview, 20 September 2013
Hilton Murray Interview, 21 June 2013
Isaac Haggins Sr. Interview, 6 August 2013
Jacqueline Gillon Interview, 12 July 2013
James Lanese Interview, 25 February 2013
James L. Jones Interview, 18 June 2013
Jesse Johnson Interview, 6 August 2013
Joanne Lewis interview, 26 June 2013
John A. Lunkins Interview, 1 July 2013
John J. Boyle III Interview, 28 June 2013
John Lentz Interview, 12 June 2013
Juanita Storey Interview, 14 April 2013
Judith VanKleef Interview, 23 May 2013
Kermit J. Lind Interview, 10 June 2013
Lana Cowell Interview, 5 August 2013
Leroy Brown Interview, 14 July 2013
Leroy Cowans Interview, 25 March 2013
Leslie A. Jones Interview, 06 June 2013
Louis Gleason Interview, 25 February 2013
Lucille Jackson Interview, 10 June 2013
Margaret Peacock Interview, 7 August 2013
Marian Morton interview, 01 July 2013
Martha Hickox Interview, 31 July 2013
Mary Kay Howard Interview, 21 August 2013
Mary Susan Davis Interview, 8 November 2013
Melvin Blackwell Interview, 18 September 2013
Melvin Walker Interview, 25 February 2013
Michelle Day Interview, 22 August 2013
Nicholas Mazzone interview, 24 July 2013
Ora Sims Interview, 11 July 2013
Pamela Ashley Interview, 11 July 2013
Paul Goldman Interview, 20 September 2013
Paul Mueller Interview, 27 June 2013
Philmore J. Hart Interview, 03 June 2013
Reid Isaac Interview, 7 August 2013
Renee Harrison Interview, 20 June 2013
Robert Brooks Interview, 13 August 2013
Robert L. Oldenburg Interview, 8 November 2013
Robert O'Neal Interview, 27 June 2013
Robert P. Madison Interview, 11 June 2013
Russell Baron Interview, 28 June 2013
Russell J. Toppin Sr. Interview, 19 June 2013
Sara Caruloff Interview, 8 August 2013
Sarah Taylor Interview, 3 July 2013
Steve Delano Bullock Interview, 26 July 2013
Sura Sevastopoulos Interview, 30 May 2013
Susan C. Kaeser Interview, 22 May 2013
Susanna Niermann O'Neil Interview, 25 June 2013
Thomas Sherman interview, 10 June 2013
Thomas Sherman interview, 12 June 2013
Submissions from 2012
Andy Gathy Interview, 9 May 2012
Annabelle Weiss Interview, 12 June 2012
Annette Tucker Sutherland, 12 June 2012
Barbara Gray Interview, 28 June 2012
Barbara Wherley Interview, 6 October 2012
Barb Holtz interview, 31 July 2012