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Title
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Margaret "Peg" Porter, Oral History Interview, 2023
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Description
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Margaret "Peg" Porter, is a longtime Ypsilanti resident, Roosevelt High School alumna, and involved with local history as a member of the Ladies Literary Society. In this interview, Porter discusses her experiences growing up in Ypsilanti in the 1950s. Porter also recounted her education at Roosevelt, highlighting the small class sizes and the impact of her polio diagnosis in 1955. She also shares her involvement in extracurricular activities, such as the newspaper and yearbook, and her later career in education and disability rights advocacy. Porter emphasizes the importance of community connections and the legacy of Roosevelt's students and teachers.
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performer
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Peg Porter
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interviewer
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Elizabeth Allen & Kat Hacanyan
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Subject
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Roosevelt, K-12 Education, Elementary school, middle school, high school, Eastern Michigan University, dating, honors student, Ypsilanti, teachers, student teachers
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Publisher
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Eastern Michigan University Archives
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Language
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English
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Rights
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Copyright to the audio resource and its transcript is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any other format without written permission of the copyright owner, Eastern Michigan University Archives (lib_archives@emich.edu).
