Housatonic Valley Regional High School

Each year,  history professor Peter Vermilyea hosts an oral history festival.  Most years, we work with one intern from his class to create a podcast from that festival.  (See podcasts.)  Our work together was interrupted during Covid.  But..this year, Professor Vermilyea took advantage of a new service/product available to our Connecticut partners through the Connecticut Oral History Collaborative., Their Story, a platform specifically created for distance interviewing, record keeping, etc.   Pete was the first person to take advantage of this offering, a license given to our partners in NW Conn.  He was trained in its use by Fiona Vernal of UConn. Then, in May of 2024, his history students interviewed alumni/ae remotely.  We will learn more about their experience soon.