Interview with Fred Tucker
IntervieweeInterview with
Fred Tucker
InterviewerInterviewed by
Peter Moran
Date2022 July 19
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 1 Hour, 28 Minutes, 34 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
Object number2022.20.25
DescriptionInterview with Fred Tucker. Interviewed by Peter Moran on July 19, 2022 at New Haven Free Public Library Wilson Branch, 303 Washington Street, New Haven.
Fred Tucker is a 75 year old cancer survivor. He was born and raised in New Haven, but his neighborhood, Oak Street, was demolished with interstate construction and urban renewal when Fred was a child. He spoke about his experience of the pandemic as a senior citizen, a cancer survivor, and a resident of a retirement home. He specifically discussed the challenges he faced as an active person during lockdown and in the general atmosphere of fear. He has faith in scientific progress, including masks and vaccines, and believes that the future will yield more novel challenges that will be overcome with strength and faith in ourselves.
Fred Tucker is a 75 year old cancer survivor. He was born and raised in New Haven, but his neighborhood, Oak Street, was demolished with interstate construction and urban renewal when Fred was a child. He spoke about his experience of the pandemic as a senior citizen, a cancer survivor, and a resident of a retirement home. He specifically discussed the challenges he faced as an active person during lockdown and in the general atmosphere of fear. He has faith in scientific progress, including masks and vaccines, and believes that the future will yield more novel challenges that will be overcome with strength and faith in ourselves.
Label TextListen to interview at http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:19642514
NotesSubject Note: The Connecticut Historical Society’s Community History Project (CHP) is a public-facing initiative, focused on contemporary collecting, gathering items of the recent past as well as from events happening today. This program developed community historians to identify, document, and preserve their experiences as residents of Connecticut, and to share these experiences during a series of community presentations. The project focused on the impact of Covid-19 on Connecticans, particularly on Black and Brown communities, funeral homes, and on nursing home and elder care populations.Cataloging Note: This cataloging project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-249472-OMS-21.
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