Center for Technology & Innovation
Exploring what's new in what's old

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Telephone: 607-723-8600   email: info@ctandi.org

History Works! is the oral history recording program of the Center for Technology & Innovation, Inc. (CT&I), Endicott, NY, in partnership with

Union Endicott High School (UEHS), Endicott, NY
Binghamton University (BU), Binghamton, NY
Cornell University Landscape Studies Program Landscape Architecture Department, Ithaca, NY
Endicott Visitors Center, Endicott, NY
Four County Library System, Vestal, NY
Johnson City Senior Center, Johnson City, NY
Old Village of Union Historical Society, Endicott, NY
Your Home Public Library, Johnson City, NY

© Center for Technology & Innovation & Landscape Studies Program, Cornell University Production of the History Works! 2008 CD is funded by a grant from Save Our History!, a program of The History Channel.


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The History Works! CD was produced by CT&I with the invaluable aid of Andrea Hammer, Cornell University; Starr Latronica, Four County Library System; and Jonathan Miller, Homeland Productions; who coached the stud ent reporters in the art of gathering and framing stories. Debbie Williams, CT&I, and history teachers Cathy Hayes, JCHS; Nancy Dinaburg, UEHS; Mike Palmitier, UEHS; coordinated the student efforts with savvy and aplomb. Interview venues were graciously provided by Kathy Utter at the Endicott Visit ors Center, Kathy Greenblott at the Johnson City Senior Center; Doris Edwards at the Old Village of Union Historical Society, and Lori Welch at the Partners Trust Bank, Endicott.

The History Works! musical theme is a joint effort of Curt Hoover, JCHS, and Robby Aceto, Ithaca-based composer. Christine Chen and Laura Jurewicz, UEHS, and Mike Vanuga, CT&I, introduce the audio short stories. Post-production assistance was provided by Sam Latronica and Ezra Monasebian, CT&I interns, with advice from Mark Kriebel, Jonathan Miller, Michael Phillips, and Martha Wexler, who lent their expert ears as reviewers.

The History Works! graphics were designed by Elise Caroompas, and Cindy Henry, UEHS, and Mike Ziemba, Independent Consultant. The topo maps are used courtesy of the University of New Hampshire Library Digital Collections Initiative. Marilyn Blake, UEHS, coordinated PR for the project. Guidance over the course of the History Works! project was provided by local media - Elizabeth Cohen, Dave Rossie, Mary Pat Hyl and, Mary Haupt, & Valerie Zehl (Press - Sun Bulletin), David Whalen (Time Warner Cable), Don Giovanni (WINR), Bob Joseph & Roger Neel (WNBF), Ken Campbell & Bill Jaker (WSKG).

Susan Sherwood, Executive Director, CT&I

Speaker

Story


Reported By

1

Laura Jurewicz

Welcome to Endicott  & Johnson City

2:55

CT&I

2

Nellie Roth

On the Avenue

0:51

CT&I

3

Floyd Bush

The Clock Doctor

2:56

S. H. Kim, Cornell

4

Frank Petrilli

Frank the Barber

1:45

Heather Marciniec, Corrnell

5

Pat Roberts

White shirts for lepers

0:46

Cornell

6

Jack Caprio

Origin of BC comic strip

3:53

Cornell

7

George Corinno

Opera Cabaret

4:04

Cornell

8

Christine Chen

EJ Corporation

0:46

CT&I

9

Sal Paliziano

EJ factory whistles

0:46

Matthew Ball, Cornell

10

Anita Strong

Finding a better life at EJ

1:33

Amelia Stymacks, JCHS

11

Sandy Scanlon

Remembering George F.

3:07

Christine Chen & Laura Jurewicz, UEHS

12

Helen Klysh

EJ benefits

0:54

Ryan Conroy, Jessica Johnson, & Aimee Sosenko, UEHS

13

Stephanie Frailey

EJ Recreation

0:47

CT&I

14

Joe Nestor, with Alex Alexander, Joe Caldwell, Bill Dennis, & Lou Karedes

En Joie Golf Course

4:16

CT&I

15

Harold McGowan

Spikeless golf shoes

1:14

CT&I

16

Jack Dowd

EJ's final decades

3:23

Anthony Watts, UEHS

17

Helen Klysh

Factories in Johnson City

0:51

Ryan Conroy, Jessica Johnson,  & Aimee Sosenko, JCHS

18

Stephanie Frailey

How sneakers are made

1:16

Laura Edmund, & Marissa Margosian, BU

19

Sal Paliziano

Paracord Rubber Factory

1:22

Matthew Ball, Cornell

20

Harold McGowan

EJ rubber footware

2:05

CT&I

21

Ray Liguri

Many steps make a shoe

7:09

Jennifer Knotting, Cornell

22

Irene Bealo

Buckling & lacing shoes

2:04

Brianna Page & Srioula Xayavongsone, JCHS

23

Harold McGowan

Four kinds of buyers

1:48

CT&I

24

Jack Caprio

EJ Songs - Hart & Caprio

0:55

Cornell

25

Laura Jurewicz

Endicott tanneries

0:33

CT&I

26

Sandy Scanlon

Inside an EJ tannery

1:09

Christine Chen & Laura Jurewicz, UEHS

27

Ray Liguri

From hides to leather

1:03

Jennifer Knotting, Cornell

28

Ted Warner

Endicott's dump

0:34

Pat Castrenza, Cornell

29

Jack Caprio

Rafting the marsh

1:34

Cornell

30

Doris Edwards

History of the marsh

1:24

Cornell

31

Christine Chen

IBM  Plant # 1

2:54

CT&I

32

Joe Yurecka & Bill Mitchell

Caroll Press Dept.

1:14

Karen Kaminski & Bill Pavlovich, BU

33

Victor LaStella

IBM Special Wireman

1:56

CT&I

34

Karl Hermann, Stark Roberts,  Ray Rinne, & Don Seraphim

Printed Circuits

4:19

CT&I

35

Ray Rinne, Don Seraphim

Research Lab # 1

1:34

CT&I

36

Harry Lewis

Work practices at IBM

4:15

Mike Vanuga, CT&I

37

Frank Petrilli

IBM strategy

1:52

Heather Marciniec, Cornell

38

Mike Vanuga

Credits

0:46

CT&I

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The History Works! Johnson City and Endicott 2008 CDs, sponsored by the History Channel, Save Our History program, are sold out.    They are available at libraries in Four County Library System.