In January 2014, graduate students Jennifer Keil (M.A. in Oral and Public History) and Cindy Keil (M.A. in English) instituted the “Over the Bridge” Oral History Project. Social media accounts were established to promote the museum and this project. You can see their curated collection of stories on the YouTube Legacy Project Playlist. Transcripts/Recording Logs and physical DVDs were provided to the narrators for archival purposes. This project was featured in the museum’s newsletter. They interviewed long-term residents and integral leaders of this community.

One of our favorite interviews was with the Lee Family and Wing Lam who shared the history of Shanghai Pine and Wahoo’s Tacos. See the 033.3 Wing Lam and Mr & Mrs Lee’s John Wayne Story — 00:04:08

Four highlight reels were created to engage visitors at the oral history station. They are the following: Over the Bridge, Holiday Memories, Jolly Roger Memories, Celebrity Encounters.

The poster (above) was presented at the 2016 Southwest Oral History Association session at the Center for Oral and Public History at CSUF. Cindy and Jennifer presented, “Over the Bridge: Creating a Sustainable Oral History Program” at the Southwest Oral History Association conference in March 2015 and at Oral History Association national conferences. The following videos are media links to the interviews.

• OH 001 Alice Dear — 00:19:40
• OH 002 Peggy Marotta — 00:10:19
• OH 003 Joyce Harris — 00:19:54
• OH 004 Marion Walters — 00:25:20
• OH 005 Bill Maxwell — 00:22:31
• OH 006 Pam Phillips — 00:33:59
• OH 007 Bob Gilmartin — 00:26:59
• OH 008 Maxwell Phillips — 00:27:44
• OH 009 Ralph Rodheim — 00:36:23
• OH 010 Marcia Working — 00:36:33
• OH 011 Patti Culpepper — 00:48:27
• OH 012 Randy Seton — 00:38:30
• OH 013 Hanne Parks — 00:29:48
• OH 014 Bill Crawford — 00:29:03
• OH 015 Don Cook — 00:37:04
• OH 016 Ed Hubbard — 00:23:37
• OH 017 Leonard South — 00:24:08
• OH 018 Marcy Cook — 00:28:17
• OH 019 Mary Hardesty-Clayton — 00:28:05
• OH 020 Thomas Mellon — 00:26:09
• OH 021 John and Mona Swain — 00:35:29
• OH 022 Jay and Anne Greer — 00:40:39
• OH 023 Dan Stringer — 00:14:12
• OH 024 Richard Higbie — 00:45:06
• OH 025 Jack and Joan Northrup — 00:37:24
• OH 026 Brent and Peggy Ogden — 01:03:01
• OH 027 Ray Lowy — 00:15:23
• OH 028 Susan Webster — 00:26:48
• OH 029 Barry Meguiar — 00:42:42
• OH 030 Mike Smith — 00:22:55
• OH 031 Bill Stewart — 01:30:59
• OH 032 Rolly Pulaski — 00:46:35
• OH 033 Wing Lam, Mr. & Mrs. Lee — 00:36:33
• OH 034 Ellis Morcos — 00:46:17
• OH 035 Mayor Diane Dixon — 00:36:27
• OH 036 Al Shonk — 00:29:29
• OH 037 Lynn Newton — 01:08:32
• OH 037.1 The Island Kangaroo — 00:09:00
• OH 038 Tom & Cindy Houston — 00:48:00
• OH 039 Shirley Pepys — 00:42:25
• OH 040 Dave Kunst & Jenni Samuel — 01:15:52
• OH 041 Captain Bert Minshall — 00:42:30
• OH 042 Hank Moreno — 00:30:40
• OH 043 Bruce Knott