Capturing Delaware County Stories

There are numerous institutions, settings, and events which were not been written into history and will fade from memory unless we record and archive them through oral history interviews. We have acquired dozens of interviews that were recorded years ago by Brent Carson, local historian, and by students from Ohio Wesleyan. The topics range widely: recollections of the 1913 Flood, changes in transportation, elementary school experiences, the village of Stratford, OH, and the last remaining dairy farms in the county. We anticipating widening further the topics we focus upon and making new oral and video recordings. The mission of any oral history project is to capture stories before the storytellers are gone.