Oral Histories
The Westport Historical Society has an extensive collection of oral history interviews.
There are three distinct collections:
Interviews dating from 2004 to the present day, available on DVD, copies are at the library and at the Westport Historical Society. You can view a selection of interviews HERE. Click here for a complete list.
Browse our oral history interviews below
WESTPORT MATTERS cable TV shows 1993 to mid – 2004 created by Claude Ledoux. A selection of videos can be viewed HERE. 300 have been archived. The archived material (computer discs and a 2TB hard drive) is available for historical information, or research, at the Westport Historical Society and Westport Public Library. All episodes are DVD Format. A complete list is available HERE.
Interviews dating from 1975 – 1976. Transcripts available here. Many of these interviews are stored on cassette tapes at the Westport Public Library and at the Westport Historical Society.
Roger and Dorothy Acheson, interviewed by Mary Giles, 1976
William Almy, jr., interviewed by Mary Giles, October 25, 1976
Ann Baker, interviewed by Mary Giles, November 15, 1976
Benjamin Baker, interviewed by Mary Giles, December 6, 1976
William H. Barker, interviewed by Mary Giles, 1976
Alice Blossom, interviewed by Dorothy Gifford, 1976
Alton and Isabel Boan, interviewed by Mary Giles, November 4, 1976
Milton Borden, interviewed by Anne Kennison, June 1976
Mary Hix Brown and Durant Brown, interviewed by Mary Giles, August 18, 1975
Albert Cambra, Fred Hart, Mabel Crosby
Everett Coggeshall, interviewed by Mary Giles, November 10, 1976
Charles Costa, interviewed by Mary Giles, November 21, 1976
Mabel Ball Crosby, interviewed by Mary Giles, 1976
Mabel Crosby and Etta Allen Palmer, interviewed by Mary Giles, 1976
Alford Dyson, interviewed by Mary Giles, November 14, 1976
Richard Earle, interviewed by Mary Giles, December 11, 1975
Helen Ellis and Rosamond Peirce, interviewed by Mary Giles, September 15, 1975
Eugene Feio, interviewed by Mary Giles, November 19, 1976
Janice Lawton Field, interviewed by Mary Giles, October 4, 1976
Arlene Gifford, interviewed by Mary Giles, fall 1976
Dorothy Gifford, interviewed by Mary Giles, September 21, 1976
Herbert G. Hadfield, interviewed by Mary Giles, March 21, 1977
Rev. Basil Hall, interviewed by Mary Giles, August 19, 1975
Emma Hart, interviewed by Mary Giles, fall 1976
John Hart, interviewed by Mary Giles, 1976
Mae Magee Holmes, interviewed by Mary Giles, November 8, 1976
Hartley Howe, interviewed by Mary Giles, August 6, 1975
Albert Lees, jr., interviewed by Mary Giles, August 14, 1975
Carlton and Elizabeth Lees, interviewed by Mary Giles, November 12, 1976.
Theodore P. Mead, interviewed by Mary Giles, November 16, 1976
Daniel Meader, interviewed by Mary Giles, October 29, 1975
George Medeiros, interviewed by Mary Giles, November 20, 1976
Gerald E. Miller, interviewed by Mary Giles, 1976
Etta Allen Palmer, interviewed by Mary Giles, November 4, 1975
Richard Paull, interviewed by Mary Giles, October 14, 1976
Jim Pierce interviewed by Mary Giles
William Pierce, interviewed by Mary Giles, September 29, 1976
George Raposa, interviewed by Mary Giles, May 14, 1976
Marion Reed, interviewed by Mary Giles, November 11, 1976
David and Rita Rozinha, interviewed by Anne Kennison, May 14, 1976.
Henry Sampson, interviewed by Mary Giles, January 24, 1976
Norman Sasseville, interviewed by Mary Giles, 1976
Jones Shannon, interviewed by Mary Giles, December 2, 1976
Eleanor Simmons, interviewed by Mary Giles, November 29, 1976
Julius T. Smith, interviewed by Mary Giles, December 3, 1975
Mary A. W. Sowle, interviewed by Mary Giles, December 4, 1975
John Swartz, interviewed by Mary Giles, September 19, 1976
Allen G. Tripp, interviewed by Mary Giles, October 12, 1976
Audrey Tripp, interviewed by Mary Giles, 1976
Archer and Della Tripp, interviewed by Mary Giles, October 5, 1976
Borden R. Tripp, interviewed by Mary Giles, October 7, 1976.
Eleanor Tripp, interviewed by Mary Giles, October 13, 1976
Lincoln Tripp, interviewed by Mary Giles, November 21, 1976
James Vaughan, interviewed by Eleanor Tripp, 1975
Harold Wood, interviewed by Mary Giles, November 17, 1976
Edward Yeomans, interviewed by Mary Giles on November 13, 1976
Marjorie Robb, survivor of the Titanic disaster