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Interview with Tracey Rand
Date26 October 2025
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 49 Minutes, 57 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
Description(a) Audio file of interview with Tracey Rand. She was interviewed by Maria McCauley on October 26, 2025 in Windsor, Connecticut. (b) Photograph of Tracey Rand's son, Benajamin Rand, provided at her interview.
Tracey Rand 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, Tracey Rand discussed the passing of her son Ben. He passed away in Windsor, CT from a fentanyl overdose in 2020, at the age of 28. He left behind a 7 month old daughter named Nova.
Tracey talks about how this tragedy affected her and her family. Mainly, she describes how she got custody of Nova and her nephew Carter, and her experience raising children again. She talks about her future and everything she missed out on by restarting her family. Tracy highlights the dangers of addiction and how it has impacted her family. She also briefly mentions the stigmatization of addiction and suicide.
Tracey Rand 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, Tracey Rand discussed the passing of her son Ben. He passed away in Windsor, CT from a fentanyl overdose in 2020, at the age of 28. He left behind a 7 month old daughter named Nova.
Tracey talks about how this tragedy affected her and her family. Mainly, she describes how she got custody of Nova and her nephew Carter, and her experience raising children again. She talks about her future and everything she missed out on by restarting her family. Tracy highlights the dangers of addiction and how it has impacted her family. She also briefly mentions the stigmatization of addiction and suicide.
Object number2024.79.68a-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.
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CTDA Handle: Watch/Listen on the Connecticut Digital Archive
https://hdl.handle.net/11134/4085690
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