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These oral histories were conducted by students in the Doing Local and Community History course. They were featured in the posters at the Testimonial Dinner of June 2017. This set includes Sr. Benita Coffey, OSB; Sr. Joan Hentges, OSB; Carol and Paul Brimstin; Michael Garcia, OP; Dorothy Andries; Currency (Penny) Kerndt; Emily Hartman; Patty Ballard.

Sandra Andress, a graduate history student at DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois created this series of oral histories as part of an independent study. She interviewed Richard Fields, Kathlyn Myers, Rosalie Riegle, Kevin Cheers, Dan Raven, and Kay McSpadden.

In the Spring of 2020, students in the Doing Local and Community History course were studying from home due to the national emergency protocols in place for the Covid-19 pandemic. They had to do the interviews remotely instead of face-to-face which gave the opportunity to obtain oral histories from Oblates outside of the Chicago area: Eleanor Sanchez, Annie Ronquillo, Abigail Algiene, Phyllis King, and Sophie Ruskin.