Oral history interview with Lorraine Brown

Oral history interview with Lorraine Brown

Lorraine Brown discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the activities of her social groups and committees. She describes changes at Fair Haven's Itty-Bitty Committee (IBC), the Fair Haven Public Library, her book club, and the Fair Haven Historical Society. She also mentions other aspects of her life during the pandemic, including making masks, the experiences of a friend in NYC, her family in Massachusetts and Texas, and not noticing state border restrictions. She talks about Easter in 2020, and her granddaughter's remote graduation. Unrelated to the pandemic, she shares thoughts on the closure of costume shops and location issues for the Fair Haven Historical Society.

Lorraine Brown is a retired seamstress and costume shop owner from Fairhaven, Vermont. At the time of this interview, she was a board member of the Fair Haven Historical Society and a member of the Itty-Bitty Committee (IBC) in Fair Haven.

Sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-251676-OMS-22.

2024-07-22

Collecting COVID-19: A Vermont Story Project

AudioFileCOVID-011

MP3

WAV

Audio file

Permission to publish material from the Collecting COVID-19: A Vermont Story Project may be obtained from the Vermont Historical Society.

Gustin, Amanda Kay

Brown, Lorraine

33 min., 57 sec.

Vermont Historical Society Library, 60 Washington Street, Barre, VT 05641-4215