Elder Interview-Barbara Denny

Audio Recording

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Oneida Nation Museum

Name/Title

Elder Interview-Barbara Denny

Entry/Object ID

A.2008.001.112

Tags

Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs Photo

Description

Denny, Barbara (Schuyler) Born 1931 Parents: James Lawrence Schuyler & Harriet "Hattie" Lavina (Moore) Barbara’s family moved to Oneida in 1937, they lived more towards Freedom first. She started school at 4 years old. She can remember always seeing her dad with a can. She mentions that Maas was a store that was around since 1932. She went to second grade at Chicago Corners, she went on to Washington High School, and East High. After she graduated the next spring she got married. In 1956 she bought a new house, then moved back to Oneida. Barbara worked as a librarian, then as the director of the library. Barbara would rather have the Oneida Tribe instead of the Oneida Nation. She wishes to tell the youth, “Be whatever you want to be.”

Recording Type

Audio/Visual

Collection

Elder Interviews

Cataloged By

Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)

Category

Digital Media

Track Details

Date Recorded

Sep 12, 1996

Track Length

0:51:04

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Elder Interview Number

Other Number

OHE-51-53, Y07-20

Parts

Count

3

Parts

3 DVDs, 2 shared with Josiah Powless and Delia Denny

Create Date

June 26, 2025

Update Date

November 3, 2025