Capturing Stories of the Past… from Those Who Have the Most to Share

November 18, 2015 · by Crystal Klimavicz | in Beyond Books, Storytelling | tagged American Casualties WWII, American Soldiers in Belgium WWII, How To Start an Oral History Project, Library of Congress American Folklife Center, Oral History Association, oral history projects, Polio's Effects before the Vaccine, Profiles in Peace Oral Histories Project, The Days of Not So Long Ago, The Queen Mary as a Troop Transport Ship WWII, The Rockettes, Veterans History Project | 2 Comments

Throughout my adolescent years, I was ‘forced’ to make weekly trips to visit my grandparents just like so many other close-knit families of that day. The adults would talk, laugh and bicker, and then we would all eat dinner around the small kitchen table. As I grew older, and more insolent I’ll admit, I became […]

When a Wrong Turn Takes You to the Right Place

March 11, 2015 · by Crystal Klimavicz | in Field Trips, General, Storytelling, The Writing Life | tagged Blackbeard the pirate, Charleston and the American Revolution, Daniel island South Carolina, Dorothea Benton Frank, Edward Teach, Etiwan Indians in South Carolina, Low Country South Carolina, oral history projects, planned communities, Stede Bonnet, The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation | 6 Comments

Sometimes, taking a ‘wrong turn’ in life can actually lead you exactly where you want or need to be. In the case of my family, and the exciting change in our lives this past year, that is precisely what occurred… After growing up in a coastal town in Maine, my husband and I spent many […]