West Islip Public Library
Oral History Project

John Stanton

Jane Kutkiewicz

Thomas Casey

Agnes Kutkiewicz

Thomas Horan

Daniel Zawrucha Dorothy Bell

In April 1982, as part of the library's 25th anniversary celebration, Ethel Morris and Carolyn Agenjo interviewed, recorded and photographed fifteen community residents who graciously shared their reminiscences of life in West Islip as it used to be. Click each photo to see a larger image, and click each name to read a transcript of the interview. To listen to the actual interview, choose a name from the drop-down list and click the > arrow on the player.

Edwin Eppig William Gerek

Harry Weinstein

Elizabeth Markham

Ann Gilmore Jane Burns Warren

Astrid Pulver

Henry Haynish