Jerry Davis (interview); Creator: Davis, Jerry; Interviewer(s): William Capone and Christine Schweikert; Interview location: Parking lot at Wendy's in Danbury, CT; Running time: 30 min., Apr 25, 1995
Dates
- Creation: Apr 25, 1995
Creator
- From the Collection: Janick, Herbert F. (Person)
Access Restrictions
Open for research without restrictions.
Extent
From the Collection: 16 Linear Feet (, 14 boxes, and 1 OS Folder)
Language of Materials
From the Sub-Series: English
General Physical Description note
Number of tapes:1 [tape stock length: 60 minute]
General note
Coverage: 1950s-1990s
Topics discussed : (side A): Life at time of flood; he was a sports editor; just got of the service; lived on Balmforth Ave.; Job; worked at News; Times; Death of a police officer; died while saving someone; Depth; was about 4 feet deep where he was; Location; most converged in center of Danbury; Length of rainfall; had rained for about a week before that; somewhat expected something to happen; Damage; tore up some streets; several basements needed to be pumped; most of buildings on White had to be taken down; Flood control; none before the flood; Danbury had floods in past; Effect on schools; Country club incident; Changes in his life; not many changes and none because of the flood; Activities at time of flood; No warning of flood; there was a lot of water no warning of flood; Effect on local businesses; some places never came back; others did while others were relocated; a lot of places taken down during redevelopment; could travel through streets w/in a few days; train service took a lot longer to come back; History of WestConn; the buildings and programs; Al Geddes, Dr. Truman Warner
Repository Details
Part of the Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Haas Library
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Danbury 06810 USA US
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