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 For access to unpublished materials, contact the Department of History at Cleveland State University or visit csudigitalhumanities.org for related news and additional information.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 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
Berj Shakarian interview, 2012
Betty Meyers Interview, 30 July 2012
Bill Mitchell Interview, 11 June 2012
Bob Rawson Interview, 21 June 2012
Brendan Ring Interview, 24 July 2012
Carl Casavecchia interview, 05 September 2012
Charlene Higgenbotham Interview, 27 June 2012
David and Francis Namkoong, 13 June 2012
Debra Shankland interview, 31 July 2012
Denise Kahwegi Interview, 2012
Dennis Coughlin Interview, 7 September 2012
Diana Wellman interview, 30 July 2012
Donalene Poduska Interview, 18 July 2012
Donita Anderson Interview, 16 July 2012
Doris Vargo Interview, 16 July 2012
Doug Kusak interview, 02 August 2012
Geoff Mearns Interview, 14 June 2012
George Cannon Interview, 26 July 2012
Gordon Fernegel Interview, 2012
Harvey Webster interview, 28 August 2012
James Toman Interview, 19 July 2012
Jan Devereaux Interview, 13 July 2012
Jean Clark interview, 03 October 2012
Jeanne Cutillo Interview, 21 June 2012
Jeff Campbell Interview, 29 June 2012
Jene Wilson Interview, 04 March 2012
Jennifer Greiser interview, 27 August 2012
Jennifer Hilmer, 22 August 2012
Jennifer Mearns Interview, 14 June 2012
Jim Neville Interview, 6 July 2012
Joann Kubicki interview, 02 August 2012
Joan Yarano Interview, 12 March 2012
Joe Hannibal interview, 28 August 2012
John Barr Interview, 3 August 2012
John C. Lentz Interview, 11 June 2012
John Kilgore interview, 27 August 2012
Judy Khoury Interview, 26 July 2012
Judy Rawson Interview, 21 June 2012
Kathleen Crowther Interview, 8 July 2012
Kathy Blackman Interview, 6 October 2012
Kelly McGinnis interview, 12 August 2012
Lisa Hunt Interview, 10 September 2012
Margaret Cannon Interview, 26 July 2012
Mariane Dyson Interview, 14 February 2012
Mary Ann Davis Interview, 2012
Mary Jane Schiros interview, 01 March 2012
Mary Webb Scibana, 26 June 2012
Michael Durkalec interview, 22 August 2012
Myra White Interview, 27 June 2012
Natalie Lanese interview, 09 June 2012
Norma Rogers Interview, 19 July 2012
Pat Hange and Mary Feik interview, 29 June 2012
Peggy Spaeth Interview, 21 June 2012
Pete Scriven Interview, 2 October 2012
Richard Calabrese Interview, 2012
Robert Rosenfeld Interview, 2012
Roseana Bass Interview, 30 April 2012
Ruth Kymon Interview, 22 June 2012
Sharon Hosko interview, 31 July 2012
Shelley Stokes Hammond, 6 June 2012
Sopheap Heng Interview, 11 July 2012
Suzanne DeGaetano Interview, 18 August 2012
Terry Leu Interview, 12 June 2012
Thelma Tucker Interview, 26 June 2012
Timothy Misny interview, 10 February 2012
Timothy White Interview, 4 February 2012
Tommy Fello Interview, 11 April 2012
Tonya McCarter Interview, 27 February 2012
Tony Pinzone Interview, 20 July 2012
Wendy Weirich interview, 08 August 2012
Submissions from 2011
AJ and Pamela Neitenbach Interview, 2011
Andrew Fedynsky interview, 08 March 2011
Ann Sindelar interview, 12 August 2011
Archie Garner interview, 28 June 2011
Barbara Koch Lindamood Interview, 20 September 2011
Bebe Chase interview, 02 November 2011
Bob Hook and Mary Kroemer Interview, 2011
Carole Close Interview, 18 June 2011
Carol Haramis Interview, 02 March 2011
Carol Jacobs interview, 15 June 2011
Catherine Peterson Interview, 2011
Charles Michael, Gloria Richardson, Sandra Haynes, and Maxine Brown Interview, 25 May 2011
Charles Schulman interview, 25 September 2011
Cindy Silver Interview, 18 June 2011
Clara Rankin Interview, 12 April 2011
Cris Takacs Interview, 25 January 2011
Daniel Greenfield Interview, 2011
Daniel Landau Interview, 18 June 2011
Daniel Schneider Interview, 2011
Dave Wingenfeld Interview, 2011
David and Lee Darst Interview, 2011
Dorothy Vani and Myron Marfut Interview, 06 April 2011
Edna Rudolph Paul Interview, 17 August 2011
Elizabeth Thalman Interview, 2011
Father Anaras Antal and Robert Purgert Interview, 2011
Father Andras Antar and Bob Pergert Interview, 2011
Father John McNulty Interview, 2011
Father John T. Lane Interview, 2011
Father Michael Franz and Lorraine Mielnik Interview, 2011
Frank Fiorilli and Richard Gallitto Interview, 2011
Frederick Simon and Millie Simon Interview, 2011
Gene Roy interview, 12 August 2011
George Fisher, Jr. Interview, 2011
George Fitzpatrick Interview, 18 June 2011
George Havens interview, 12 August 2011
Gerald and Marilyn Polcen Interview, 07 March 2011
Hazel Broughton Interview, 2011
Heather Walters Interview, 2011
Helyn Fiedler Toth Interview, 09 March 2011
Helyn Toth interview, 13 July 2011
Henry Fortlage Interview, 2011
Hope Murphy Interview, 20 July 2011
Irene Szalay Kusnyer Interview, 2011
James Schuerger interview, 25 September 2011
Jim Van Arsdale interview, 28 June 2011
Joe Hunter interview, 18 June 2011
John Richmond Interview, 18 June 2011
Jordan Perlman interview, 12 August 2011
Josephine Davis Interview, 2011
Joyce Mariani Interview, 14 February 2011
Karen Bauman Interview, 18 June 2011
Kathleen Shamp interview, 12 August 2011
Kathleen Varga Interview, 2011
Kay Laughlin interview, 19 May 2011
Larry Beam Interview, 18 June 2011
Lloyd (Sandy) H. Ellis Jr. Interview, 2011
Lois Aaron interview, 02 November 2011
Lorence Hyler Interview, 18 June 2011
Louise Carpenter interview, 12 August 2011
Marjorie Osborne Morgan Interview, 2011
Martha and Wayne Bifano Interview, 2011
Martin Friedman interview, 18 June 2011
Martin Johnson Interview, 04 April 2011
Marvin Rosenberg Interview, 18 June 2011
Michael Tevesz Interview, 2011
Murray Davidson interview, 12 August 2011
Nancy and Robert Klein interview, 02 November 2011
Nina Gibans interview, 02 November 2011
Noah Wingenfeld Interview, 2011
Oliver Seikel interview, 12 August 2011
Ott Wilson Interview, 02 May 2011
Ott Wilson Interview, 02 May 2011
Ott Wilson Interview, 20 July 2011
Pat Morse Interview, 29 June 2011
Pat Morse Interview, 30 March 2011
Phillip Mengert interview, 19 May 2011
Phillip Urbank Interview, 2011
Regis Garrity Interview, 18 June 2011
Reverend Doctor Remus Grama interview, 06 July 2011
Richard Bigelow Interview, 2011
Richard Turbow interview, 18 June 2011
RJ Fuller interview, 19 May 2011
Robert Brooks interview, 12 August 2011
Robert Leciejewski Interview, 18 April 2011
Rob Jagelewski Interview, 2011
Ronnie and Willis Meyer Interview, 2011
Steve H Taylor interview, 13 October 2011
Susan Prendergast interview, 18 June 2011
Taffy Epstein interview, 25 September 2011
Taras Szmagala interview, 03 March 2011
Tim Daley interview, 12 August 2011
Timothy Damon interview, 18 June 2011
Tom "Skip" Wilson Interview, 2011
Toni Mullee Interview, 24 January 2011
Toni Sabo and Joseph Dwyer Interview, 2011
Violet Frayne interview, 18 June 2011
Wayne Arneson and Gaile Schafer Interview, 2011
Submissions from 2010
Barbara Strauss interview, 14 April 2010
Bernice Thompson Lavendar Interview, 2010
Blanche Kirven Interview, 16 June 2010
Brenda Matthews and Leslie Witbeck Interview, 2010
Brenda Taylor Rosario Interview, 14 April 2010
Buck Harris Interview, 25 April 2010
Carolyn Walker Interview, 2010
Charles Blubaugh Interview, 19 April 2010
Christina Keegan Interview, 28 April 2010
Chris Trepal interview, 03 June 2010
Clifford Johnson Interview, 14 April 2010
Curtis Banks Interview, 12 April 2010
Darren & Johanna Hamm Interview, 26 May 2010
David Reuse Interview, 14 April 2010
Dawn Mulson Full Interview, 21 July 2010
Dyeatra Williams Interview, 2010
Fay Harris Interview, 26 April 2010
Gayle Gorman Freeman Interview, 2010
Gloria Ferris interview, 21 June 2010
Herb Arron Interview, 05 May 2010
Janet Cummings Interview, 03 May 2010
Janet Nevilles, Alice Dickson, and Sherrai Landrum Interview, 2010
Jay Gardner Interview, 17 June 2010
Jim Edwards Interview, 14 April 2010
Joe Lesko Interview, 21 April 2010
John Spirk, Evan Spirk, and Vickie Novak Interview, 2010
Joyce Pezak Interview, 14 August 2010
Justin Husher Interview, 02 June 2010
Karin Wishner interview, 02 July 2010
Karl Johnson interview, 09 August 2010
Lilah Zautner interview, 15 August 2010
Mansfield Frazier Interview, 07 April 2010
Mansfield Frazier Interview, 21 April 2010
Marlane Weslian Interview, 19 April 2010
Mary Anne Auner Interview, 2010
Mary Shilmiller Interview, 2010
Matthew Pietro interview, 03 May 2010
Matt Martin interview, 21 June 2010
Melissa Miller Interview, 21 April 2010
Michelle deBock Interview, 25 May 2010
Monserrat Marango-Ortega interview, 28 June 2010
Norma McLaughlin Nelson Interview, 2010
Rev. Charles Cotton and Jacquelin Jacobs Interview, 06 July 2010
Richard Schaffer Interview, 27 April 2010
Robert Hill Interview, 02 June 2010
Robin Kanscack Interview, 09 April 2010
Ronald F. Dodson Interview, 2010
Sandra Blakely Interview, 2010
Sarah Sampsell Interview, 03 May 2010
Tiffany Lane interview, 16 June 2010
Todd Alexander Interview, 03 May 2010
Submissions from 2009
Andrew Chakalis Interview, 20 February 2009
Anthony Mahone Interview, 13 January 2009
Charm Warren-Celestine Interview 2009
Chris Burgdorf Interview, 02 April 2009
David Weyrick Interview, 02 April 2009
George Hendricks Interview, 2009
Harry Davis Interview, 30 November 2009
Harvey Buchanan Interview, 2009
Jim Zampini Interview, 23 June 2009
Joan and James Orosz Interview, 2009
John L. Moore Interview, 13 January 2009
Kevin Everson Interview, 13 January 2009
Kevin Snipes Interview, 13 January 2009
Lel Somogyi Interview, 20 February 2009
Lynn Tolliver, Jr. Interview, 2009
Mark Cheimalecki Interview, 01 May 2009
Mary Hamlin Interview, 20 February 2009
Matthew Young Interview, 30 November 2009
Mike Olszewski Interview, 2009
Moe Brooker Interview, 13 January 2009
Olli Patrikainen Interview, 20 February 2009
Paula Fishman Interview, 30 November 2009
Paul Burik Interview, 20 February 2009
Raj Pillai Interview, 20 February 2009
R. James Schroeder Interview, 23 June 2009
Robert Allen Endebrock Interview, 23 June 2009
Roman Zorska Interview, 30 November 2009
Sheila Blecman Interview, 2009
Silvija Rutenbergs Interview, 30 November 2009
Submissions from 2008
Al Bright Interview, 28 October 2008
Allen Ford Interview, 31 March 2008
Angelica Pozo Interview, 29 October 2008
Anna Arnold Interview, 29 October 2008
Barbara Hermes Interview, 2008
Bert Saltzman interview, 15 July 2008
Billie Smith Interview, April 2008
Birdie Smith Interview, 24 June, 2008
Bob Reeves Interview, 18 March 2008
Bonnie Eggars and Susan Schwartz Interview, 30 June 2008
Bridget Garvin Interview, 24 June, 2008
Charles Germana Interview, 2008
Chris Martin and John Wheeler Interview, 25 June 2008
Christine Freitag Interview, 2008
Christopher Hubbert interview, 18 June 2008
Cushmere Bell Interview, 24 December 2008
Dave Vasarhelyi Interview, 17 June 2008
David Buttram Interview, 03 December 2008
David Goldberg interview, 01 August 2008
David Lincheck Interview, 2008
David Whited Interview, 24 June, 2008
Dean DePiero Interview, 24 June, 2008
Dean Perry Interview, 24 June, 2008
Dick Austin Interview, 9 July 2008
Donna Lee Pratt Interview, 23 April 2008
Dr Edward Jackson Interview, 01 July 2008
Elijah Ford and Patricia Eversole Interview, 08 July 2008
Emily Peck Interview, 2 April 2008
Eugene and Emma Ross Interview, 2008
Fred and Anna Marie Johnson Interview, 2008
Geoffrey Mearns interview, 16 June 2008
Harvey Webster interview, 13 June 2008
Herman Pirchner Jr. interview, 22 July 2008
Hope Adelstein and Stanley I. Adelstein Interview, April 2008
Irv and Dorothy Hazel Interview, 2008
Jacquelyn Bradshaw Interview, 01 July 2008
James P. Mancino Interview, 06 March 2008
Jim Kastelic Interview, 19 June 2008
Jim Kastelic Interview 2 of 2, June 2008
Joe Calabrese interview, 15 October 2008
Joel Testa Interview, 24 June, 2008
John and Diane Palivoda Interview, 19 June 2008
John Anthony Boyd Interview, 2008
John Debo interview, 23 June 2008
John Goddard Interview, 20 March 2008
John Grabowski interview, 23 July 2008
John Grabowski Interview, 28 April 2008
Johnny Coleman Interview, 29 October 2008
John Pavelich Interview, 19 March 2008
Juanita Ortiz interview, 09 August 2008
Kathy Fernandez Interview, 2008
Larry Rivers Interview, 04 March 2008
Lawrence Baker Interview, 03 December 2008
Leslie Cade interview, 17 September 2008
Malcolm Brown Interview, 28 October 2008
Mark Howard Interview, 28 October 2008
Mary Beth Gotti interview, 23 July 2008
Michaelangelo Lovelace Interview, 28 October 2008
Michael Owen Interview, 24 June, 2008
Mike Schipper interview, 16 October 2008
Miller Horns Interview, 28 October 2008
Mitchell Balk Interview, 02 July 2008
Nancy Phillips interview, 29 August 2008
Pat Holland Interview, 3 April 2008
Patty Schwalbach Interview, 2008
Pete and Connie Ramnytz Interview, 2008
Pete Henderson Interview, 24 June, 2008
Peter C. Kole interview, 09 August 2008
Randy Bergdorf Interview, 2008
Rhonda Russell Interview, 2008
Richard Baznik interview, 18 June 2008
Richard Brhel and Anthony Piazzo interview, 15 July 2008
Richard Leibold interview, 23 June 2008
Robert Banks, Jr. Interview, 03 December 2008
Robert Eckardt Interview, 2008
Robert Greytak Interview, 2008
Robert Sheridan interview, 12 June 2008
Robert Wheeler interview, 18 July 2008
Rose Mary Snell Interview, 2008
Ruth Dancyger and Sue Koletsky Interview, 02 July 2008
Sandra Brown Interview, 15 July 2008
Sharon McGraw interview, 11 June 2008
Sherlynn Allen-Harris Interview, 11 July 2008
Siegfried Buerling Interview, 2008
Stan Jaffe Interview, 03 March 2008
Stan Koehlinger Interview,2008
Stephen Harrison interview, 05 September 2008
Steve Dimotsis interview, 09 June 2008
Steve Tuckerman Interview, 2008
Sue Zurovchack Interview, 2008
Ted Sande Interview, 16 April 2008
Terry Stahurski Interview, 2008
Thomas Yablonsky Interview, 2008
Tom and Bertha Jones Interview, 24 June, 2008
Virgie Patton-Ezelle Interview, 28 October 2008
Virgil Brown Interview, 16 April 2008
Virginia B. Wanjo Forney Interview, 2008
Submissions from 2007
Barb Emery Interview, 24 July 2007
Barney Taxel Interview, 24 July 2007
Bernadette Rose interview, 09 June 2007
Beverly McClintok interview, 09 June 2007
Bruce Higley Interview, 24 July 2007
Chuck Hoven interview, 09 June 2007
Dan Sussen Interview, 8 August 2007
Derek Hess interview, 10 June 2007
Don Hisaka Interview, 15 May 2007
Frank Porter Jr. Interview, 9 August 2007
Fr. Phillip Bernier Interview, 9 August 2007
Gary Rand Interview, 24 July 2007
George Dixon III Interview, 24 July 2007
Gloria Aron interview, 09 June 2007
Gordon Priemer Interview, 24 July 2007
James Craciun interview, 09 June 2007
Janet Thomas interview, 27 March 2007
Jim Egan Interview, 24 July 2007
Karen Novak interview, 13 June 2007
Laura Hindulak Interview, 8 August 2007
Mark Kotora Interview, 8 August 2007
Mary Jane Yuhas interview, 2007
Mary Jo Mazzarella interview, 09 June 2007
Melvin Rose interview, 26 June 2007
Paul Volpe Interview, 24 June 2007
Phyliss Bambek interview, 09 June 2007
Rose Strauss Interview, 24 July 2007
Submissions from 2006
Albert Albano interview, 01 August 2006
Anne Forgas Interview, 25 Aug 2006
Ann Nelson interview, 07 July 2006
Anthony Anzalone interview, 09 February 2006
Barbara Morgan Interview, 30 June 2006
Bennie Jean Johnson interview, 10 November 2006
Beth Cagan Interview, 14 July 2006
Bob Lustig interview, 01 August 2006
Bruce Ferris interview, 18 April 2006
Buck Harris interview, 20 April 2006
Burt Saltzman Interview, 12 July 2006
Burt W. Griffin Interview, 30 October 2006
Carl Robson Interview, 12 July 2006
Carmel Whiting Interview, 2006
Carol Schultheis Interview, 06 April 2006
Celestine Beasley interview, 27 April 2006
