
I Remember When (Bicentennial Remix)
In 2022, the staff of the AADL Archives discovered and had digitized a collection of interviews that had gone into the making of the library's I Remember When series of television programs for Ann Arbor's sesquicentennial in 1974*. We all knew what the folks in 1974 had made from these interviews, but we thought it might be interesting to see what someone from 2024 would do with the same set of footage. So we handed the whole lot to filmmaker Aaron Valdez, who combed through 17 hours of footage to create this 15-minute remix for the bicentennial. Aaron explores the personalities of the interviewees, the stories they tell (complete with contradictions), and the mishaps they all left behind in creating this now 50-year-old work of local history.

Sesquicentennial Interview: Linnia Knox Carpenter
This interview was conducted in 1974 as part of the I Remember When television series produced by the Ann Arbor Public Library.
AACHM Oral History: Sandra Harris
Sandra Harris was born in 1952 in West Virginia, where her father was a coal miner. Her family moved to Ann Arbor when she was in second grade. Harris remembers being on the homecoming court at Pioneer High School and participating in student-led marches during the late 1960s. She received her bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees from Eastern Michigan University. She was a school administrator in the Ann Arbor Public Schools as well as other districts. In addition to her service as an educator, she was also a longtime caretaker for her nephew and her mother.
Volunteer Opportunities Booklet Compiled by Women at Church of the Good Shepherd, March 1967 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Year:
1967
Ann Arbor News, March 10, 1967
Caption:
'Would You Like To Help?' Distributed this week were some 6,500 copies of a directory of volunteer opportunities compiled by women members of the Church of the Good Shepherd. Examining the booklets are (left to right) Mrs. K. Robert Morris, booklet committee head; Mrs. C. W. Carpenter, representing the Washtenaw County Hospital Auxiliary and Mrs. Thomas J. Powell, member of the Faculty Women's Newcomers group and St. Francis Altar Society. The directory lists the needs of 70 community organizations.
Linnia Knox Carpenter, Civic Leader and Community Volunteer, April 1953

Year:
1953
Man And Woman Given Senior Citizen Awards

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Rev. Carpenter Retires On 80th Birthday

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Filling Holiday Fruit Baskets at Second Baptist Church, December 1957 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Year:
1957
Filling Holiday Fruit Baskets at Second Baptist Church, December 1957 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Year:
1957
Carpenter, Mrs. Linnia

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