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Tell Me Your Story

Tell Me Your Story is a series of forty interviews, taped in 1989 through 1992, with people who have made a difference in the life of Iowa City. For the convenience of our patrons, we've made them available here as audio podcasts. Tell Me Your Story was produced and hosted by Ellen Buchanan especially for the Iowa City Public Library through the facilities of Public Access Television. Video of these programs is available at our video site.

Episodes

Friday, April 11, 2014

Bill Summerwill discusses his involvement in banking in Iowa City and his contributions to the...

Friday, April 11, 2014

Bob Burns discusses his years in the Iowa State Senate and on the Johnson County Board of...

Friday, April 11, 2014

Clark "Bud" Houghton discusses his experiences in World War II, D-Day and his career at the...

Friday, April 11, 2014

Chalmers "Bump" Elliott, University of Iowa Athletic Director since 1970, discusses university...

Friday, April 11, 2014

Interview on life and career of Dr. Chris Schrock, distinguished physician in the field of...

Friday, April 11, 2014

Iowa City teacher, West High School debate coach, and newspaper columnist David Kanellis...

Friday, April 11, 2014

Dean Marion L. Huit discusses his experiences in China and his 32 years with the University of...

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Interview with violinist/music teacher Doris Preucil, founder of the Preucil School of Music....

Friday, April 11, 2014

Dorothy Moeller, speech pathologist and author of "Living with Change," discusses her life in...

Friday, April 11, 2014

Ellen Buchanan interviews Iowa City journalist/broadcaster Dottie Ray.

Friday, April 11, 2014

Ellen Buchanan interviews Dr. Alson Braley, who in his years as head of the Department of...

Friday, April 11, 2014

Interview with Dr. Christine Grant, University of Iowa Women's Athletic Director since 1973,...

Friday, April 11, 2014

Dr. James Van Allen, space physicist and University of Iowa professor, is interviewed about his...

Friday, April 11, 2014

Dr. Lewis January, organizer of the University of Iowa cardiovascular division, recipient of the...

Friday, April 11, 2014

Ed Rate, 91-year old Iowa Citian and Johnson County's oldest practicing attorney, discusses his...

Friday, April 11, 2014

Frederick Blodi discusses his career in ophthalmology at the University of Iowa Hospitals, his...

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Ellen Buchanan interviews Hayden Fry, University of Iowa head football coach, about his...

Friday, April 11, 2014

Ellen Buchanan interviews University of Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable.

Friday, April 11, 2014

George Forell, director of the University of Iowa School of Religion and author of over twenty...

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Gladys Jenkins, University of Iowa professor and author of eleven books on child development, is...

Friday, April 11, 2014

Ellen Buchanan interviews Helen Rossi, an Iowa City housewife who is a long-time volunteer at...

Friday, April 11, 2014

Irving Weber, Iowa City's resident historian, discusses his experiences during the early 1900's...

Friday, April 11, 2014

Ellen Buchanan interviews Dr. Jack Eckstein, who was Dean of the University of Iowa School of...

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Jerry Newsome discusses coming to Iowa City from California, the early years of the University...

Thursday, April 10, 2014

John Colloton, director of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, discusses his career,...

Thursday, April 10, 2014

John Haefner discusses his teaching career, University High School and the "Newspapers in...

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Ellen Buchanan interviews Joyce Summerwill, founder of Project Art at University of Iowa...

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Dr. Lois Boulware discusses the University of Iowa Medical School in the 1930s, her 33 years...

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Dr. Loraine Frost describes her life as an Iowa City pediatrician.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

University of Iowa professor Margaret Keyes discusses the restoration of the Old Capitol.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

State Representative Minnette Doderer talks about her life, career and family.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Nancy Seiberling discusses the formation of Project Green.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Paul Engle, professor emeritus in creative writing, discusses his poetry and his years as...

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Interview with Phil Hubbard, retired after more than fifty years service at the University of...

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Ellen Buchanan interviews Sam Becker, distinguished member of the University of Iowa...

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Ellen Buchanan interviews Sandy Boyd, Law Professor, fifteenth President of the University of...

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Ellen Buchanan interviews Wilfreda Hieronymus, who discusses her life in Iowa City and the...

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Ellen Buchanan interviews violist William Preucil, Sr., member of the Stradivari Quartet,...