The Oral History Center in CityLab, Worcester State University
CityLab’s Oral History Center will launch here in 2025, which coincides with the 50th anniversary of Urban Studies becoming a major on campus.
It will contain recordings and transcripts of a variety of interviews and lectures that span the department’s history. Of special interest will be a series of lectures given by Jake and community members as a 1978 class moved and the city to explore Worcester’s deep immigrant roots at that time. (Interestingly, the weekly class was forced to take a 3-week hiatus in February 1978 — any long-time Worcester resident can likely tell you why.)
So, stop by later this year to see what we have for you.
