Cooper-Siegel Community Library

Oral History of our service area

Story format:

Daily Life (14)

Community (7)

Arts and Culture (5)

Rishi Krishnamurthy

Carol-Jean McGreevy-Morales

Bobby Grandizio

Sandra Spirnock

Elaine and Joseph Kolc

Kayla Portis

Kayla Portis

Cari C. Batchelar

Diane and Evelyn Troyan

Elizabeth (Betty) Phelan

Joann Kielar

Joseph & Elaine Kolc

David Newell

Carmela Rudzki

David Newell

Robert Gallo

Ellie Simmons

Joseph A. Bruno, Jr.

Susan Powers

G. Keith Turnbull

Susan Powers

Giuseppa (Pina) LeDonne

Kathy (Killian) Wagner

Alison Babusci

Albert and Marie Biernesser

Jim Jeffries

Celeste Janosko

Cameron R.S. Smith

Terry Nelson Taylor

Weather Reports, Black Belts, and Sibling Rivalry

Life as a FCAHS Senior and Considering the Next Steps

Discovering Other Ways of Being and Doing

Full Circle: From SSA Graduate to Coach

Serendipity

"I promised my wife--we'll go to Pittsburgh for five years..."

Growing Up and Retiring in Sharpsburg, and My 40 Years on the Police Force

Pre-WW2 Sharpsburg and Joining the Army

Growing up and Playing in 1940s and 50s Sharpsburg

Gran Always Went "Beyond"

Remembering and Honoring Charles Smith

The Winding Road back to Shady Side Academy

A Shady Side Academy Artist and Educator's Retrospective

Fox Chapel Historic Structures

Growing Up Sharpsburg

Origins of Hardie Valley Park

From the Mills to the Towers

Fostering and Valuing Good Stories

From Sharps Hill to Sharpsburg High

Early Real Estate Development in the Fox Chapel Area

Mr. McFeely's Origin

Living in Sharpsburg before and after the 1936 Flood

A Speedy History of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in Fox Chapel

The Corners of Sharpsburg

Reflections on a Life in and around Blawnox

Surviving the 1936 Sharpsburg Flood -- Part 2

Everyday Life around Main Street Sharpsburg

"Fiddler's Wake"

Living with and Passing on the High Side

"Convicts and Kids / The Kids are Long Gone"

From Meeting to Married in One Week! My Journey to Pittsburgh

The Historic James Powers Interview

My Father, Ben Killian

My Great-Grandmother, the Pickle Bottler! and Other Sharpsburg Connections

Our Love of Big, Old Houses Brought Us to O'Hara Township

Family Memories of 405 Fox Chapel Road

O'Hara Township's Farming Past

1950s Daily Life around Fox Chapel Road

Surviving the 1936 Sharpsburg Flood -- Part 1

Growing to Appreciate Birding and Nature

The Gift of Nature with Beulah Frey

Discovering Jimmy Wan's

Orchestrating the Aspinwall Centennial

In and Out of Vietnam

Beulah Frey's Environmental and Educational Influence

Coming to and Staying in Western Pennsylvania