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MV Museum Oral History Channel
Registrace 11. 05. 2017
The Martha's Vineyard Museum promotes the preservation and collection of Vineyard history, past and present, through recorded oral history interviews and related materials. The oral history center was established at the Museum in 1993. It now contains over 1,700 interviews of Vineyard people conducted over the past forty years. The archive of tapes, transcripts, and photos is housed at the Museum.
Anne Cronig Father Coming to the Vineyard
“There were bad times going on and the Czar had to have a scapegoat. So who do they usually pick on? On the Jewish people; a minority.” Anne Cronig (1917-1999) tells the story of the harrowing journey her father Samuel Cronig took to come to America. Arriving on Martha’s Vineyard in 1904, Anne describes how - with his three brothers - in 1917 he started Cronig’s Market, which is still flourishing today. From a 1995 interview.
To learn more about the Jewish Community on Martha's Vineyard visit the MV Museum exhibit, They Planted the Seeds - Creating a Jewish Community on Martha's Vineyard There you can see and hear stories of the early days in the Jewish community on the Vineyard told by the children of the first wave of Jewish immigrants. In this clip from a 1995 interview Anne Cronig (1917-1999) tells the story of the harrowing journey her father Samuel Cronig took to come to America. Arriving on Martha’s Vineyard in 1904, Anne describes how - with his three brothers - in 1917 he started Cronig’s Market, which is still flourishing today.
For more information about the oral history collection at the Martha's Vineyard Museum visit mvmuseum.org
To learn more about the Jewish Community on Martha's Vineyard visit the MV Museum exhibit, They Planted the Seeds - Creating a Jewish Community on Martha's Vineyard There you can see and hear stories of the early days in the Jewish community on the Vineyard told by the children of the first wave of Jewish immigrants. In this clip from a 1995 interview Anne Cronig (1917-1999) tells the story of the harrowing journey her father Samuel Cronig took to come to America. Arriving on Martha’s Vineyard in 1904, Anne describes how - with his three brothers - in 1917 he started Cronig’s Market, which is still flourishing today.
For more information about the oral history collection at the Martha's Vineyard Museum visit mvmuseum.org
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Jane Slater The Chilmark Deaf
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When she was a child, Jane Slater spent much of her time in Chilmark’s combined post office and general store, recalling “there wasn’t much else to do except go to the store and talk to people.” Many of those people were a part of the town’s Deaf community, and she remembered how everyone - both Deaf and hearing - were a part of the group, “just sitting around and talking.” Jane Slater’s family...
Gale Huntington Our Neighbors in Chilmark
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For a few decades when he was first married, Gale Huntington (1902-1993) and his wife Mildred lived in Chilmark on Rumpus Ridge; an area where many of the Chilmark Deaf lived. They became well acquainted with their neighbors and in this clip from a 1982 interview with Linsey Lee, Gale speaks of his deaf neighbors and their work and personalities. Families that came from England to the Vineyard ...
Everett Poole Deaf Community
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Capt. Everett Poole (1930 -2022) fish dealer, selectman and town leader in Chilmark recalls fishing with his father and the convenience/necessity of using sign language to communicate with fishermen in other boats because of the noisy Lathrop engines. He looks back at his youth when most everyone in town could converse to some extent in sign language. As a teenager, taking it for granted, he wi...
Sydney Harris Chilmark Deaf Community
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Sydney Harris (1911 - 2002) was an engineer and farmer and spent part of his growing up years in Chilmark on the Brickyard property which was owned by his father. In this clip from a 1995 interview recalls his fellow classmates who grew up in the Deaf community. Families that came from England to the Vineyard in the late 17th century carried a recessive gene for deafness. Their descendants sett...
Willis Gifford They Used Signs
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Willis Gifford (1890 - 1987) teacher and West Tisbury resident, talks about the Chilmark Deaf community and the prevelance of communicating using unique Vineyard signs in an excerpt from a 1982 interview with Linsey Lee. Families that came from England to the Vineyard in the late 17th century carried a recessive gene for deafness. Their descendants settled in Chilmark, where isolation reinforce...
Marie Allen, Memories of Her Mother
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In this excerpt from early 2021 Zoom interview, Marie speaks with love and admiration about her mother, Mary Frances Redmond Bolling, who lived her life with focus and determination to maintain her independence and raise her three daughters on her own. That example of the value of hard work and giving to others, influenced Marie’s decisions about her own life path. She earned a Master’s degree ...
Jane Slater | Chilmark Camps and Controversy
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For more information about the oral history collection at the Martha's Vineyard Museum visit mvmuseum.org
Betty Honey | Pearl Harbor, Air Raid Warden and Some Privations
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Eighty-one years ago, on December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, precipitating World War II. The “Date that will live on in Infamy” caught many by surprise, as Betty Honey (1921 - 2010) relates in the excerpt from a 2003 interview with oral history curator Linsey Lee. Lives were changed in ways immense and minute, and the Vineyard and the world quickly mobilized to face the coming challe...
WWII Painter, Chandler Moore, Remembered by his Nephew Chris Moore
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Jane Slater | Childhood Memories of WWII
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Jane Slater (b. 1932) is from an old Vineyard family. Spending summers on the Vineyard until she was seven, in 1939 she came to the Island with her brother and mother to live year-round while her father was engaged in the War effort in the mid-West. She attended Island schools and graduated from Queens College in New York. She worked in the Personnel field in NYC for many years, never missing a...
Joseph Andrews | Drafted into the WWII Infantry
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Joseph Andrews (1910 - 2005) was with the 424th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army in the European theater from 1944 - 1945. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and served briefly with the Occupational Forces in Germany. In an excerpt of an interview from 2001 Joe speaks of training and of the privations and challenges of the battlefield. Returning to the Vineyard after the War he worked with ...
Hector Asselin Gunnery Training and Arrival to Martha's Vineyard
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David Flanders WWII Spies on The Vineyard
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David Flanders (1932 - 2008) real estate broker, farmer, stone mason and man of land, in a clip from a 2000 interview with Linsey Lee talks of up-Island on the Vineyard when he was a boy during WWII. He tells of spies, beachcombing for items that came off of torpedoed ships and his own encounter with a suspected spy and the follow up on that story many years later. For more information about th...
Tom Hale | Serving with the American Field Service in WWII
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Tom Hale (1924 - 2012) served with the AFS (American Field Service) as an ambulance driver with the British 8th Army in Africa, Italy and Germany. After the Was Tom returned to his sturdies at Harvard and then moved to Martha's Vineyard and established the Martha's Vineyard Shipyard and wrote numerous historical books on boats and navigation. This excerpt was a part of a sermon that he gave at ...
Ruthie Stiller Hebrew Center Cemetery Walk new July 2022
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Ruthie Stiller Hebrew Center Cemetery Walk new July 2022
Alice Issokson Shapiro, Parents Emigration from Russia and Founding a Successful Tailoring Business
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Alice Issokson Shapiro, Parents Emigration from Russia and Founding a Successful Tailoring Business
They Planted the Seeds Program June 22nd, 2022 with Linsey Lee Includes Excerpts from Oral Histories
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They Planted the Seeds Program June 22nd, 2022 with Linsey Lee Includes Excerpts from Oral Histories
Ruthie Stiller A Walk Through The Marth's Vineyard Hebrew Center Cemetery
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Ruthie Stiller A Walk Through The Marth's Vineyard Hebrew Center Cemetery
Ruthie Stiller | High Holy Days on Martha's Vineyard
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Ruthie Stiller | High Holy Days on Martha's Vineyard
Rabbi Broitman Torah and The Hebrew Language for Planting the Seeds Exhibit
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Rabbi Broitman Torah and The Hebrew Language for Planting the Seeds Exhibit
Ben Hall, Sr. | Hall Family From Russia to Martha's Vineyard
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Ben Hall, Sr. | Hall Family From Russia to Martha's Vineyard
Ruth Stiller and Anne Cronig, Mother Coming to Martha's Vineyard
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Ruth Stiller and Anne Cronig, Mother Coming to Martha's Vineyard
The Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center 75Th Anniversary
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The Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center 75Th Anniversary
Hebrew Center, Planting the Seeds Jewish Community on Martha’s Vineyard Audio Kiosk
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Hebrew Center, Planting the Seeds Jewish Community on Martha’s Vineyard Audio Kiosk
Day to Day, Planting the Seeds Jewish Community on Martha’s Vineyard Audio Kiosk
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Day to Day, Planting the Seeds Jewish Community on Martha’s Vineyard Audio Kiosk