Oral History interviews were conducted by several groups
using tape recorders from 1967 to 1992 and digital recorders
starting in 2009, and all have been converted to digital .MP3 format.
Click on the Date to see a photo of the speaker where available.
Click on the Speaker's name to listen to the streaming audio file.
Click in the General Subject column to read a content outline where available.
| Date |
Speaker |
General Subject |
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| Dec 15, 1967 |
Ed Russell and William Fulton *1 |
Content Outline Billy Fletcher House |
0:31 |
| Dec 17, 1967 |
Alice Stearns *1 |
Content Outline Purple Beech Tree |
0:20 |
| Mar 31, 1970 |
Vincent Kehoe and Arthur Parker *1 |
Content Outline Minutemen |
0:20 |
| Aug, 1970 |
Grace Mansfield Harris *1 |
Content Outline Purple Beech Tree |
0:02 |
| 1972 |
Margaret Mills *1 |
Content Outline Middlesex Canal |
0:05 |
| Mar 13, 1972 |
Margaret Mills *2 |
Content Outline Historic Homes |
1:25 |
| Feb 31, 1973 |
William Fulton *2 |
Content Outline 1 Academy Street |
0:30 |
| July 5, 1974 |
Jard Davis and George Parkhurst |
Award and Revolutionary War History |
1:03 |
| Aug 29, 1974 |
Robert Picken *2 |
Content Outline North Chelmsford |
0:55 |
| 1975 |
Bradford Emerson *3 |
Content Outline Auctioneering |
0:16 |
| 1975 |
Charles Hyde *3 |
Content Outline Lowell Canal System |
1:01 |
| 1975 |
Esther Woodward *3 |
Content Outline Girl Scouts |
0:35 |
| 1975 |
Ethel Booth *3 |
Content Outline North Chelmsford Mills |
1:05 |
| 1975 |
Henry Eriksen *3 |
Content Outline Grocery Stores |
1:18 |
| 1975 |
Historical Reading (compilation) *3 |
Chelmsford at the turn of the century (1900) |
0:40 |
| 1975 |
Rachel McHugh *3 |
Content Outline The Depression and Schools |
0:17 |
| 1975 |
William Tobin *3 |
Content Outline Working for Mills, Railroad |
1:28 |
| Feb 24, 1975 |
Elizabeth Holt Spiller *3 |
Content Outline Jobs, Entertainment |
1:17 |
| Feb 24, 1975 |
Ruby Emery *3 |
Content Outline Businesses, Entertainment |
1:27 |
| Feb 27, 1975 |
Phyllis Huff *3 |
Content Outline Town Gov't, Conservation |
1:28 |
| Mar, 1975 |
Mrs. Cole *3 |
Teaching, East Chelmsford |
0:28 |
| Mar 3, 1975 |
Eliza J. and Leslie Hannaford *3 |
Content Outline Town Farm |
1:45 |
| Mar 3, 1975 |
Raymond Caunter *3 |
Content Outline Sports |
1:12 |
| Mar 5, 1975 |
Arnaud Blackadar *3 |
Content Outline Chelmsford Center businesses |
1:20 |
| Mar 6, 1975 |
Edith Pickles *3 |
Content Outline Library |
0:56 |
| Mar 7, 1975 |
Adelaide and Lester Ball *3 |
Content Outline Navy, Historical Society, VIA |
1:33 |
| Mar 11, 1975 |
Viola Byam Nickerson *3 |
Content Outline School, South Chelmsford |
1:14 |
| Mar 12, 1975 |
Minnie Penniman Brown *3 |
Content Outline Chelmsford life in earlier times |
0:31 |
| Mar 19, 1975 |
Fred and Mildred Griffen *3 |
Content Outline South Chelmsford, transport |
1:13 |
| Mar 24, 1975 |
Mrs. Jesse Stuart *3 |
Content Outline Farming, school, businesses |
0:54 |
| Mar 25, 1975 |
Florence Crosby *3 |
Content Outline Leisure, stores in Lowell |
0:38 |
| Apr 10, 1975 |
Eleanor Parkhurst *3 |
Content Outline Woman's Advancement |
1:03 |
| Nov 6, 1979 |
Professor Koposinski |
Lowell Canals |
0:55 |
| Feb 27, 1982 |
Walter "Sam" Fletcher |
Content Outline Chelmsford Center |
1:23 |
| Mar 20, 1982 |
Henry Eriksen and Walter Fletcher |
Chelmsford Center |
1:32 |
| 1983 |
John Perry Richardson |
Chelmsford Glass |
0.31 |
| 1983 |
John P. Richardson with Students |
Chelmsford Glass |
0:41 |
| 1992 |
Bradford Emerson *4 |
Farming |
0:28 |
| 1992 |
Frederick Burne *4 |
Roby Sword |
0:49 |
| 1992 |
Walter Lewis *4 |
Farming |
1:15 |
| Nov 27, 2006 |
Jane Drury *6 |
Eleanor Parkhurst and Girl Scouts |
0:10 |
| Jan 13, 2010 |
John Alden *5 |
Bicentennial celebrations |
1:58 |
| Jan 21, 2010 |
Bob Greenwood *5 |
Center homes and Conservation Commission |
2:04 |
| Jan 28, 2010 |
Mary St. Hilaire and Judy Olsson *5 |
Westlands |
1:40 |
| Feb 4, 2010 |
Richard O. Lahue, Sr. *5 |
Barrett-Byam House |
2:05 |
| Feb 18, 2010 |
Francis Miskell (part 1) *5 |
Working in G.C. Moore Mill |
1:54 |
| Feb 24, 2010 |
George Merrill *5 |
North Chelmsford |
1:52 |
| Feb 25, 2010 |
Francis Miskell (part 2) *5 |
Vinal Square |
1:00 |
| Mar 4, 2010 |
Paul McGovern *5 |
North Chelmsford |
2:08 |
| Mar 18, 2010 |
Walter Hedlund *5 |
Celebrations and Emergency Management |
1:59 |
| Apr 22, 2010 |
Dennis Ready *5 |
Chelmsford politics and projects |
2:11 |
| May 7, 2010 |
John Harrington *5 |
Center businesses and Water Department |
1:56 |
| May 13, 2010 |
Gus Fallgren *5 |
Life on Byam Road and hobbies |
1:35 |
| Sep 14, 2010 |
Fred Jamros *7 |
Mill work in North Chelmsford, Jewelry Store |
0:24 |
| Jan 6, 2011 |
Peter Vennard and Peter Picken *5 |
North and West Chelmsford, printing |
2:05 |
| Aug 4, 2011 |
Brad Emerson *5 |
Chelmsford Center, family, politics, homes |
1:32 |
| Sep 16, 2011 |
Nancy Clark *5 |
Perham Cider, Rt.495, Westford Street |
1:43 |
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*1 Interviewed by Margaret Mills for the Historical Commission |
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*2 Interviewed by Jane Drury for the Historical Commission |
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*3 Interviewed by Gail Thomas for the Library and Bicentennial Celebrations Committee |
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*4 Interviewed by Bernie Ready for the Historical Society |
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*5 Interviewed by Fred Merriam for the Historical Society |
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*6 Interviewed by Michelle Lee for the Girl Scouts |
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*7 Interviewed by Bonnie Rankin for North Chelmsford |
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