• Louise Swoyer, oral history audio, 10/12/2017

    Author(s):
    Evan Faulkenbury (see profile)
    Editor(s):
    Julie Becker, Tristan Luccari, Jasmine Sprauve
    Date:
    2019
    Group(s):
    SUNY Cortland Oral History Archive
    Subject(s):
    Oral history
    Item Type:
    Interview
    Tag(s):
    1890 House Museum, Wickwire, Cortland NY, SUNY Cortland
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/anm9-wd70
    Abstract:
    Interviewee: Louise Swoyer Interviewer: Tristan Luccari, Julie Becker, Jasmine Sprauve Date: October 12, 2017 Location: Old Main, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, New York Length: 1 audio file, 00:41:46 Louise Swoyer grew up in Cortland along with her parents and two brothers. She has traveled across the United States, visiting and living in different places. While growing up in Cortland, her father would take the family on road trips, through upstate New York and even up into New England. She remembers the great time she had in school with her teachers and friends, and at home with her family. She specifically remembered her grandfather, tending his garden. Her Grandfather John, J.W. Evans, used to work at the Wickwire Factory in Cortland, N.Y, but doesn’t recall him working while she was young. Louise attended Cayuga College, in New York, and after that traveled a bit, before finally settling down in Columbus, Ohio, where her husband had taught at Ohio State University. She eventually would go onto teach at the University as well, after introducing the ‘Adopt a School program’ in the city. The impact that Louise has not only had on the people she came in contact with, but even children that benefitted from the actions that she had taken to encourage a better education, is remarkable. Louise currently lives in Phoenix, A.Z, but has recently returned to visit Cortland a few years ago. She explained how it looked awfully different, other than Main Street, which continues to look very similar.
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