Bob and Betsy Bergen: oral history with Molly Graham

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Title:
Bob and Betsy Bergen: oral history with Molly Graham
Description:
From a series of oral histories with residents and employees of the Loomis Village Retirement Community, South Hadley, Mass., regarding their lives and experience in a retirement community. (00:00:10) Bob Bergen was former Research Scientist and Director at Uniroyal and wife; ended at Loomis by triangulating among children's location; arrived Jan. 2004. (00:02:08) Betsy Bergen was mother and grandmother, paralegal, lobbyist, senior center program director, ran crisis counseling center; work with homeless and interfaith counseling; Chaplain at Rehab center in Wallingford. (00:06:26) Role as unofficial chaplain at Loomis, working closely with Art Stanley, education; also works with buildings and grounds to beautify Loomis. (00:10:30) Work with Loomis Residents' Association in overcoming mistrust between management and residents to increase communication.
Interviewee:
Bergen, Bob
Interviewee:
Bergen, Betsy
Interviewer:
Graham, Molly
Date:
July 8, 2010
Format:
Audio recordings (nonmusical)
Genre:
Oral histories (document genres)
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Loomis Communities Records
Series:
Series 5. Oral Histories
Subjects:
Older people--Massachusetts--Interviews
Retirees--Massachusetts--Interviews
Chaplains--Massachusetts
Retirement communities--Massachusetts
Loomis Village Retirement Community
Places:
Massachusetts
Extent:
1 audio recording ; 01:09:12 and 00:05:47
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums685-o001-i002
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
South Hadley (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums685-o001-i002