Interview with MaryBeth Overbaugh
Date7 October 2025
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 41 Minutes, 16 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
Description(a) Audio file of interview with MaryBeth Overbaugh. She was interviewed by Maria McCauley October 7, 2025 in Windsor, Connecticut. (b) Photograph of MaryBeth Overbaugh provided at her interview.
MaryBeth Overbaugh was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's Community History Project discussing moments of change in her life.
In this interview, MaryBeth discusses her moment of change, which was going back to school to get her Master’s Degree in Special Education as a 38-year-old mother of 2. She was motivated to do this in order to grow professionally and be able to work at a public school. She thought going back to school would be very difficult for someone in her situation, but she was able to do so with the help of financial aid and online classes.
MaryBeth talks about how motherhood made her lose some of her individualism. She found it again by going to school and enrolling in Zumba classes. In order to maintain a good work-life balance while in school, MaryBeth had to practice time management. Her husband had to help more by taking care of the kids while she completed schoolwork. After earning her Master’s degree, MaryBeth’s income increased. This allowed the family afford nicer cars and do more fun things. MaryBeth also regained a sense of purpose and passion. MaryBeth wishes she had gone back to school sooner and encourages others to just take the leap.
MaryBeth Overbaugh was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's Community History Project discussing moments of change in her life.
In this interview, MaryBeth discusses her moment of change, which was going back to school to get her Master’s Degree in Special Education as a 38-year-old mother of 2. She was motivated to do this in order to grow professionally and be able to work at a public school. She thought going back to school would be very difficult for someone in her situation, but she was able to do so with the help of financial aid and online classes.
MaryBeth talks about how motherhood made her lose some of her individualism. She found it again by going to school and enrolling in Zumba classes. In order to maintain a good work-life balance while in school, MaryBeth had to practice time management. Her husband had to help more by taking care of the kids while she completed schoolwork. After earning her Master’s degree, MaryBeth’s income increased. This allowed the family afford nicer cars and do more fun things. MaryBeth also regained a sense of purpose and passion. MaryBeth wishes she had gone back to school sooner and encourages others to just take the leap.
Object number2024.79.89a-b
NotesSubject Note: The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History’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 theme "Redefining Moments of Change." Conneticans share stories of people or events who have changed their lives or how they have sparked change in the lives of others.Cataloging Note: Digitization and access to this collection is supported by a Congressionally Directed grant through the U.S. Department of Education.
Subject Terms
- Windsor
- Oral history
- Interviews
- Oral narratives
- Teachers
- Mothers
- Motherhood
- Students
- Family
- Relationships
- Education
- Online learning and distance education
- College students
- Interviews and Oral Histories
- Born Digital Audio
- Community History Project U.S. Department of Education grant
- Redefining Moments of Change Collection
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