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Documenting Covid-19 Oral History Project

Introduction

This series was created to chronicle the personal experiences of UW-Madison students, staff, and faculty during the Covid-19 Pandemic from 2020-2023. Also included in this series are contributions from the Madison Mourns Collective, a collaborative group making space for loss within the Madison community. Within these interviews, narrators react to the pandemic and describe changes to their school, work, community, and day-to-day lives.

Kristyn Masters having a lab meeting with other individuals while keeping physical distance on June 2020.
A distanced lab meeting, Kristyn Masters, 6/20
A digtal artwork about the Covid 19 pandemic titled "Corona Chronicles" by Thomas Ferella, April 2020.
Corona Chronicles, Thomas Ferrella, 4/20
Homemade bagels by Kacie Lucchini Butcher, May 2020
Kacie Lucchini Butcher, 5/20
Tyler Lehrer conducting an oral history interview on a computer through a video platform.
Conducting an oral history interview, Tyler Lehrer, 5/20

Interviews

The following list includes processed interviews. Click on the link to access an interview’s audio, summary, and transcript.

The Oral History Program would like to thank all those who told their stories for this project, including interviewers Tyler Lehrer, Katie Nash, and Maddy McGlone, and English 100 Instructor Taylor Dickson.

The Documenting Covid-19 Oral History Project webpage was created by Oona McNally.