Samples of Projects with Written Material
Please note that these are unedited transcripts, any misspellings or "mistakes" are those of the author. Also keep in mind that spelling, meanings and nuances of some words change with time and location.
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Travel Diaries This is a sample from a series of travel diaries of a couple in and about Europe from the 1980s to 2004.
Love Letters Who doesn't enjoy a good love letter every now and then? This is a sample of a love story from 1909–1913. While we don't have the responses to these letters you can easily see the love, passion and broken hearts through this series.
World War II Travel Diary This World War II medical officer kept a journal during many of his trips. Through this journal you are able to see World War II through the eyes of this Hospital Ship Platoon Medical Officer during a 3 year period.
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Samples of Projects with Taped Interviews
Please keep in mind these are transcripts, thus are written the way they were said. There is no editing in these samples. An interview transcript is typically reviewed, edited and written as part of a "story."
Tofias Interview This is part of a series of interviews done with a Massachusetts businessman.
Fafunwa Interview This is part of a series of interviews with a New England-born woman who married a man from Nigeria. They have lived in Nigeria for many years now, though come back to New England often to visit with friends and family.
Note that both of these interviews were conducted by Kitty Axelson-Berry of Modern Memoirs.

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