Oral+History+Reflection

The oral history project really helped me learn about the topic that I interviewed my dad on. I learned things in class and during the interview, those same things affected my family during the time period. One of the more interesting things I learned was that my grandpa was on one of McCarthy's personal hate lists. It was interesting to see how these things that I knew from history actually related to me. I looked on my dad in a different light because he lived right through these famous historical events.

Coming in to the interview, I wasn't sure how this wouldv'e affected my dad. I was not surprised though, to hear that his immediate family wasn't as worried as everyone else about the spread of communism. He isn't like that himself so I didn;' expect his family to be like that either. Overall, this interview helped me learn about the topic so much more than I would've if I hadn't done it.