Series 24: Upper School History Club COVID-19 oral histories, 2020-
Extent
Scope and Contents
This series contains thirty-two oral histories conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic by members of Packer's Upper School History Club with Packer staff, teachers, and students. The oral history interviews focus on narrators' experiences staying-at-home, or leaving Brooklyn, during the pandemic and how the pandemic impacted their lives. The first group of interviews were conducted from May 13, 2020 to June 1, 2020. The second group of interviews were conducted with twenty-one of the initial narrators six months after the first interviews from October 22, 2020 to December 3, 2020.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by narrator's last name.
Oral history interviews with Jim Anderson, April 12, 2020, November 20, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interview, Jim Anderson discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his life as the chief technology officer at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_13_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/2014.019_0183_33_a
Oral history interviews with Lynnette Arthur, May 17, 2020, November 23, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Lynnette Arthur discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as the preschool head teacher and preschool diversity and equity coordinator at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_17_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/2014.019_0183_34_a
Oral history interview with Larissa Dzegar, May 13, 2020
Scope and Contents
During the interview, Larissa Dzegar discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as the dean of the class of 2021 and an upper school English teacher at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
This interview can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_30_a
Oral history interview with Graham Hall-Keough, May 4, 2020, December 3, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Graham Hall-Keough, class of 2021, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his life as a student at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_10_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_35_a
Oral history interviews with Jeremy Hawkins, May 21, 2020, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Jeremy Hawkins discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his life as a middle and upper school health teacher at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_12_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/2014.019_0183_36
Oral history interview with Dio Hernandez, May 21, 2020, November 18, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Dio Hernandez discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as an upper school French and Spanish teacher.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_08_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_38_a
Oral history interviews with Su-Ling Huang, May 29, 2020, October 28, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Su-Ling Huang discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as a middle school Mandarin Chinese teacher.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_24_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_37_a
Oral history interviews with Tom James, May 18, 2020, November 2, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Tom James discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his life as the interim head of the math department, upper school math teacher, and upper school diversity and equity coordinator.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_28_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_39_a
Oral history interviews with Todd Johnson, May 6, 2020, November 17, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Todd Johnson discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his life as a middle and upper school English teacher.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_27_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_40_a
Oral history interview with Monika Johnston, May 17, 2020
Scope and Contents
During the interview, Monika Johnston discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as the head of the history department and an upper school history teacher.
Conditions Governing Access
This interview can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_20_a
Oral history interview with Heelah Karim, May 31, 2020
Scope and Contents
During the interview, Heelah Karim, class of 2022, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as a student at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
This interview can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_11_a
Oral history interviews with Craig Kennedy, May 18, 2020, November 19, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Craig Kennedy discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his life as the superintendent of buildings and grounds at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_06_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_41_a
Oral history interview with Rebekah Kim, May 21, 2020
Scope and Contents
During the interview, Rebekah Kim, class of 2021, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as a student at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
This interview can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_22_a
Oral history interview with Susannah Livingston, May 22, 2020
Scope and Contents
During the interview, Susannah Livingston discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as an upper school history teacher at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
This interview can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_25_a
Oral history interviews with Bridget Londay, May 20, 2020, November 13, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Bridget Londay discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as the head of the health education department and an upper school health teacher at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_04_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_42
Oral history interviews with Alice Lurain, May 15, 2020, November 20, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Alice Lurain discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as an upper school science teacher at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_02_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_43
Oral history interviews with Li Ma, May 20, 2020, November 16, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Li Ma discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as an upper school Mandarin Chinese teacher at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_16_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_44_a
Oral history interviews with Tamara Machac, May 28, 2020, November 20, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Tamara Machac discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as an upper school physics and science research teacher at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_26_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_45_a
Oral history interview with Ann Martinez, June 1, 2020
Scope and Contents
During the interview, Ann Martinez discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as a food service staff member at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
This interview can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_03_a
Oral history interviews with Peter Melman, May 15, 2020, November 16, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Peter Melman discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his life as an upper school English teacher and Packer parent to a sixth grader at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_21_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_46_a
Oral history interviews with Vidya Misra, May 13, 2020, October 30, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Vidya Misra discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as a middle school history teacher and middle school diversity and equity coordinator at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_29
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_47_a
Oral history interviews with Nicholas Morton, May 19, 2020, November 10, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Nicholas Morton discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his life as the assistant director of middle and upper school admissions and assistant director of financial aid at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_31_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_48_a
Oral history interview with Maria Nunes, May 20, 2020
Scope and Contents
During the interview, Maria Nunes discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as the head of the upper school at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
This interview can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_18_a
Oral history interviews with Danielle Ross, May 19, 2020, November 20, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Danielle Ross discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as an upper school math teacher at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_07_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2020.004_0183_49_a
Oral history interview with Abraham Rothstein, May 30, 2020
Scope and Contents
During the interview, Abraham Rothstein, class of 2021, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his life as a student at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
This interview can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_01_a
Oral history interviews with Erin Schmitz, May 21, 2020, November 13, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Erin Schmitz discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as the independent science research program coordinator at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_09_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2020.004_0183_50_a
Oral history interview with Semeka Smith-Williams, May 24, 2020
Scope and Contents
During the interview, Semeka Smith-Williams discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as director of diversity and equity and Packer parent of eigth and eleventh graders at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
This interview can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_23_a
Oral history interview with Lauren Scruggs, May 30, 2020
Scope and Contents
During the interview, Lauren Scruggs, class of 2021, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as a student at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
This interview can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_14_a
Oral history interviews with Meredith Whitehouse, May 21, 2020, November 24, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Meredith Whitehouse discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as an upper school English teacher at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Topics
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_19_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_52_a
Oral history interviews with Lea Wong, May 31, 2020, December 3, 2020, inclusive
Scope and Contents
During the interviews, Lea Wong, class of 2021, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as a student at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
These interviews can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_15_a
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_53_a
Oral history interview with Christina Young, May 27, 2020
Scope and Contents
During the interview, Christina Young, class of 2020, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her life as a student at Packer Collegiate Institute.
Conditions Governing Access
This interview can be accessed online at the Internet Archive.
Subjects
Organizations
People
Places
Externally hosted content
https://archive.org/details/bhs_2014.019_0183_05_a