Oral History Project

One of the challenges in telling the history of a rural community is that materials that record local events and stories are relatively rare. To preserve the experiences of the century just ended and the stories passed on by earlier generations, the Fairwater Historical Society has made an oral history project one of its priorities.

The project seeks to tape early and long-time residents of the area. The recordings are being transcribed as part of the society's permanent collection, and the transcriptions will be collected and published as a Fairwater area history.

If you have knowledge of earlier recordings and film or of written recollections, please contact any of the Society's current officers or directors.

Interviews completed and acquired through the project are:

Carol Beier (FHS, 2000)
Erwin Beilke (FHS, 2001)
Gordon Berg, Hazel Miller (FHS, 2000)
Milton Born (FHS, 2000)
Elaine Briese (FHS, 2001)
Diane Klosterman Bliefnick (FHS, 2000)
Vida Bliefnick (FHS, 2000)
Ben Card (Damerau family, 1980s)
Ben Card (Florian Laper, 1970s)
Marie Hardesty (FHS, 2001)
Loma Klossner (FHS, 2000)
Iva Mielke Kono (FHS, 2000)
Winton Lenz (FHS, 2000)
Florence Schaefer (FHS, 2001)
Oliver and Frances Stelter (FHS, 2000)
Raymond Theune (FHS, 2000)
Mildruth Weinkauf (FHS, 2001)