Oral Histories
East Falls Historical Society members and friends have conducted more than 60 Oral History interviews with East Falls residents. Their recollections span many decades.
Look for your relatives or neighbors in the Name Index below, or click here to browse their photos.
Search Oral Histories. Start your search with OH- to only search Oral Histories, e.g., OH- Dobson
Disclaimer: The content, language, and thoughts contained in these oral histories, conducted by the East Falls Historical Society, are solely those of the individuals interviewed, relying on their memories, perceptions, and opinions. Our goal in presenting them is to make the personal recollections of these individuals available, to be considered within both their historical context and during the time the comments were made, as part of the historical record. While all reasonable attempts have been made to avoid inaccuracy, interviews should not be understood as statements of verified fact, or as opinions endorsed by the East Falls Historical Society.
Name Index
Click here Altomare, Theresa (1923-2018)
[‘Theresa (Altomare) Corcoran’ interview]
Click here Arfaa, Anne (1939- )
Click here Ball, Earl (1943- )
Click here Berman, Nancy (1946- )
[‘Nancy Berman and Nancy Holmes’ interview]
Click here Bernhardt, Gerard (1924-2013)
Click here Boyd McGlynn, Ella (1893-????)
Click here Boyle, Marie (1933-2024)
Click here Brown, Lorraine (1928-2021)
Click here Buckley, Jean (1920-2015)
Click here Camburn, Ruth (1928-2008)
[‘Ruth Camburn and Loretta McDermott’ interview]
Click here Cashman, Mary (1925-2022)
Click here Conlan, Peggy Kelly (1925-1991)
[‘The Kelly Sisters’ interview]
Click here Connolly , Robert (1923-2014)
Click here Corcoran , Theresa (1923-2018)
Click here Costello, Freddie
[‘Paul and Freddie Costello’ interview]
Click here Costello, Paul (1894-1986)
[‘Paul and Freddie Costello’ interview]
Click here Cote, Mary, MD (1929-2025)
Click here Curran, Lois Wilcox (1932- )
Click here Dagney , Robert (1946- )
Click here Davis, Grace (1901-????)
Click here DiStefano, Tony (1943- )
Click here Dobson Family
[‘Mary Webster’ interview]
Click here Dobson Family
[‘Elizabeth Jeffords’ interview]
Click here Dorothy, Sister (1939- )
Click here Emmert, Ruth (1907-1997)
Click here Fishes on the River, Five
Click here Fletcher, Inez Ierardi (1931-2023)
Click here Flynn, Eileen (1930-2021)
[‘Eileen Flynn and Nancy Ann Sullivan’ interview]
Click here Ford, Godfrey “Fred” (1947- )
Click here Frances Joseph, Sister
Click here Franklin, Alexis
[‘Friends of McMichael Park – Alexis Franklin’ interview]
Click here Freed, Robert (1932- )
Click here Furlong, Eileen (1923-2020)
Click here Furman, Daniel (1935- )
Click here Gowling, Freda (1935- )
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Click here Gorski, Stan
Click here Gotwols , Edith (1921-2018)
Click here Halstead, Louise (1882-????)
Click here Henze, Herb (1937- )
Click here Holmes, Nancy (1946- )
[‘Nancy Berman and Nancy Holmes’ interview]
Click here Horne, Tom (1929-2015)
Click here Jeffords, Elizabeth (1950- )
Click here Jenkins, Anne (1922-2023)
Click here Kelly Family
[‘Robert Levy’ interview]
Click here Kelly Family
[‘Godfrey ‘Fred’ Ford’ interview]
Click here Kelly, John B, Sr. (1889-1960)
[‘Paul and Freddie Costello’ interview]
Click here Kelly, John B, Sr. (1889-1960)
[‘David West’ interview]
Click here Kelly, Grace (1929-1982)
[‘Ruth Emmert’ interview]
Click here Kelly, Lizanne (1933-2009)
[‘The Kelly Sisters’ interview]
Click here Kelly, Peggy (1925-1991)
[‘The Kelly Sisters’ interview]
Click here Krebs, Gus (1942-2023)
Click here LeVine, Lizanne Kelly (1933-2009)
[‘The Kelly Sisters’ interview]
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Click here Levy, Robert (1931-2018)
Click here McBeth, Catherine (1926-2016)
Click here McClenahan , David (1947- )
Click here McClenahan , Robert (1944- )
Click here McDermott, Loretta (1923-2016)
[‘Ruth Camburn and Loretta McDermott’ interview]
Click here McGlynn, Ella (1893-????)
[‘Ella Boyd McGlynn’ interview]
Click here McNicholas , Jack (1931-2021)
Click here Mohr, Mae (1902-????)
Click here Ostertag, Franz (1944- )
Click here Ousey, Mary (1928- )
Click here Paley, Willam S. (1901-1990)
[‘Robert Levy’ interview]
Click here Petrone, Joe (1943-2015)
Click here Porto, Gerald (Jerry) (1928-2020)
Click here Prime, Harry – Interview 1 (1920-2017)
Click here Prime, Harry – Interview 2
Click here Reiff, Alice (1926-2025)
Click here Rocks, Catherine (Kitty) and Joe (1925-2011)
Click here Rowland, Jean (1915-2012)
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Click here Scarpello, Rachel
[‘Sister Frances Joseph’ interview]
Click here Sheehan, Ellen (1940- )
Click here Shively, Keith
[‘Five Fishes on the River’ interview]
Click here Shronk, Shirley
Click here Sister Dorothy (1939- )
Click here Sinatra, Frank (1915-1998)
[‘Robert Levy’ interview]
Click here Snyder, Ph.D, Lee (1922-2013)
Click here Specter, Joan (1934-2024)
Click here Specter, Arlen (1930-2012)
[‘Joan Specter’ interview]
Click here Stamm, Hazel (1896-????)
[‘Grace Davis & Hazel Stamm’ interview]
Click here Steinberg, Philip (1931- )
Click here Straface, Emilio (1946- ) and Sandy
Click here Sullivan, Nancy Ann (1935-2021)
[‘Eileen Flynn and Nancy Ann Sullivan’ interview]
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Click here Webb, Dick (1918-????)
Click here Webster, Mary (1897-1988)
Click here Welsh Whitty, Rose (1899-????)
Click here West, David (1931-2023)
Click here Williams, Tom
[‘Five Fishes on the River’ interview]
Click here Woolley, Edna (1901-????)
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