Tales from Agnes [sound recording] : 1972 flooding in the Chemung Valley / Arts Council of the Southern Finger Lakes ; produced by Trevor Worthey and Connie Sullivan-Blum.

Title: 
Tales from Agnes [sound recording] : 1972 flooding in the Chemung Valley / Arts Council of the Southern Finger Lakes ; produced by Trevor Worthey and Connie Sullivan-Blum.

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Author/Artist: 
Arts Council of the Southern Finger Lakes.
Publisher: 
Corning, N.Y. : The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes, 2012.
Description: 
1 sound disc (68 min.) : digital
Other Authors: 
Worthey, Trevor.
Sullivan-Blum, Connie.
Arts Council of the Southern Finger Lakes.
Community Foundation of Elmira, Corning and the Finger Lakes, Inc.
Format of Material: 
Audio
Bib ID: 
130756
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Location: 
Sound Recording
Call Number: 
Tales from Agnes : 1972 flooding in the Chemung Valley
Holdings Note: 
CD-ROM
Variant Title: 
Shelving title: Tales from Agnes : 1972 flooding in the Chemung Valley
1972 flooding in the Chemung Valley
Notes: 
Title from accompanying printed material.
The ARTS Council collected the stories for Tales from Agnes using a digital voice mail service that allowed peple in the community to tell their their flood stories in their own voices. These stories have been shaped into brief, thematic episodes.
Made possible by funding from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Community Foundation of Elmira, Corning and the Finger Lakes, Inc.
Narration by Trevor Worthey ; memoirs by Barbara Dick, Lisa Tober, Linda Howell, Bill Earl, Tom Dewolf, Linda Peterson, Darby Webster, Dan Rinker, David Forrest, Mary Alice Chase, Beth Walter Honadle, Jane Spillman, William J. Misnick Sr., Susan Harris, Connie Sullivan-Blum, Kasey Cox, Betty Arcangeli, Ruth Atkinson, David Higgins, Scott Kirk, Gina Buckley, Donna Kerr-Nowlan, Rita Kautz, Lee Schaeffer, David Dowler, Bart Curtis.
"Tales from Agnes: 1972 flooding in the Chemung Valley is a podcast series presenting local stories about the Hurricane Agnes flood. When the Chemung River overwhelmed the regional flood walls, it took 18 lives, swept away whole homes and destroyed millions of dollars of property. Despite the tragedy it caused, the Flood was also a turning point for the area"--Accompanying material.
CD-ROM.
Gift; Connie Sullivan-Blum of the ARTS Council; 2012; 1000123937 ; 1000123938
Commercially available.
Contents: 
Episode 1: Premonitions and propaganda (12 min.) --
Episode 2: Danger and devastation (13 min.) --
Episode 3: Strandedness and salvation (16 min.) --
Episode 4: Anecdotes from Agnes (9 min.) --
Episode 5: Ruin and renewal (18 min.)