Interview with Wuily Blectrict
IntervieweeInterview with
Wuily Blectrict
InterviewerInterviewed by
Peter Moran
Date2022 July 21
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 1 Hour, 6 Minutes, 57 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
Object number2022.20.28a-b
Description(a) Interview with Wuily Blectrict. Interviewed by Peter Moran on July 21, 2022 at New Haven Free Public Library Ives Branch, 133 Elm Street, New Haven. (b) Photograph of Wuily Blectrict taken at his interview. He was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Historical Society's Community History Project discussing his experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Wuily Blectrict was born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut. He had a relatively positive experience of the COVID-19 pandemic when he focused on taking care of himself. He works part time as a security guard, work he enjoys. In his interview, he discusses vaccines, personal decisions, and the “honor system.” Wuily used this time to discuss a social contract, where people provide one another with information necessary to make decisions about safety and health. He describes progressing and evolving through the pandemic by focusing on himself, using common sense to stay safe. He has yet to catch COVID-19.
Wuily Blectrict was born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut. He had a relatively positive experience of the COVID-19 pandemic when he focused on taking care of himself. He works part time as a security guard, work he enjoys. In his interview, he discusses vaccines, personal decisions, and the “honor system.” Wuily used this time to discuss a social contract, where people provide one another with information necessary to make decisions about safety and health. He describes progressing and evolving through the pandemic by focusing on himself, using common sense to stay safe. He has yet to catch COVID-19.
Label TextListen to interview at http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:19642516
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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