Oral History Project | Larry Russell

posted by Christy Sholes on August 12, 2020 at 11:34 am

Larry Russell, former Edison Birthplace Museum curator, reflects on the changes at the museum over more than two decades.

 

Narrator:
Russell, Larry
Date of interview:
March 10, 2010
Occupations:
Edison Birthplace Museum curator

Timestamps

0:30
Tenure at Edison Birthplace Museum
1:00
Cooperstown, New York
1:45
Change in hours at the Birthplace
2:50
Ed Marley – longtime groundskeeper
3:40
Duties at Birthplace
4:50
Length of tours/price/number of visitors
5:30
School groups
7:30
Difficult school group
9:30
Comments of strangers/Nikola Tesla
12:15
Visitors from around the world
11:15
Sponsoring local sports teams
13:25
Israeli tourist
15:15
Attitude of visitors
16:30
Learning from visitors
18:18
Approaches for guided tours
20:15
Inappropriate visitor behavior
22:45
Visiting collections/ donations
23:35
Captain Samuel Edison
25:10
Politics and the Edison family
27:20
Edison home structure
29:00
Ownership history of home

 

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