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Wooster Stories

If you would like to interview someone or would like to have your class get involved in the gathering of our history, please contact Librarian, Nancy Woodward and we’ll see what can be done!

Remember this is a work-in-progress.  You may have to click on the bar at the top of your screen to allow the recording devise to play.  Then double click on the box or the arrow. 

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Gary Taylor

Gary Taylor sat down recently with librarian, Nancy Woodward, to reminisce about his 17 years at Wooster School. He has often been a "guinea pig" for library programs, so he stepped right up to launch Wooster Stories Project, a collection of oral histories gathered for all to enjoy!

March '08

Korb Eynon

I interviewed Korb Eynon on April Fool's Day, but he didn't trick me with his story. Instead, he talked about his very first day a Wooster in the summer of 1958.

April '08

Carol Hackett

 

Carol Hackett has been at Wooster since 1973 and has many stories to share. She joined the Wooster Stories Project to tell a few tales from her early days.

April '08

 

Josette Eynon

 

Josette Eynon joined Wooster's faculty in 1966 as its first full-time female member. She went on to chair the Foreign Language Department and establish Wooster's Year Abroad program.

May '08

Maggie Jones

Maggie Jones, Wooster's Nurse for 37 years, remembers how she first came to work for Wooster School.

June '08

Joan Tait

Joan Tait, John D. Verdery's Assistant, started to work at Wooster in the Fall of1970. She is also the mother of two alums, Kim '72 and Alison '74 and the grandmother Chelsea '07 and Evan '11!

Summer 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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