Coralville Oral History Vignettes
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Title
Coralville Oral History Vignettes
Description
The Coralville Oral History Project provides first-hand affective accounts of various individuals that have called Coralville their home. Whether they came here as recent immigrants, students, or have had family roots here for multiple generations, these stories reflect the growing diversity that exists here in Coralville. These vignettes provide short snippets of interviews that capture key themes from the longer interviews recorded. This is an ongoing collection with the hopes of getting more oral history narrators. No story is too big or too small for this collection!
Collection Items
Leah Scharlott Oral History Vignette
"As an adoptee, I feel like a lot of people will go through different periods of their life where they are very interested in their adoption, and then they're very like, "I don't want to ever think about this and think about why, and I don't want to…
Councilwoman Hai Huynh Oral History Vignette
Hai's commitment to community is obvious if you live in Coralville. Besides being a city council member, she works for the Coralville food pantry, has worked in the Iowa City school district, and can be found all over the city volunteering. This…
Omega Dancel Oral History Vignette
Omega tells us about how Asia Fest was ten years in the making. With a small group of moms that live in the Coralville area, they set out to create a festival to celebrate Asian culture and fight against the rise of anti-Asian racism.
Celine Fender Oral History Vignette
Celine's story most succinctly captured a theme I had noticed throughout many of my interviews. Celine told me how she grew up in North Liberty, she went to school in Iowa City, but she became an adult in Coralville. That element of becoming an adult…
Rehab Karar Oral History Vignette
Rehab tells a story about fighting employment discrimination at Wal-Mart. She convinced her local Wal-Mart to hire her despite their misconstrued belief of what she was and was not capable of as a Muslim woman. With the belief that she can fight for…
Qing Xu Oral History Vignette
In this vignette, I ask Qing about why and how she composed a piece about water. She tells me that the ocean was something she longed for as a kid. Armed with images of water from TV shows, movies, and books, she tried to compose a piece about the…
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