Oral History Collection (1972-2002)

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Click HERE to explore cassette tape recordings that have been digitalized into an Oral History Collection, dating from 1972 to 2002.

Hallockville Museum Farm’s partnership with LILRC’s Accessing Archives Program in March and April of 2023 and NYU’s Regional Media Legacies Project in 2021 allowed these recording to be digitalized and shared.

This collection contains taped interviews of Suffolk County residents in 1972 to 2002. You can hear discussions of farm life, quilting, decoy carving, and life during the late 1800s to the mid 1900s. Learn more about the history of Hallockville directly from those who lived it.