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Jackson Square

Oral History
Dunell Cohn’s Interview
February 18, 2014
Cindy Kelly: It is January 14, 2014, and we are in St. Louis, Missouri. And I want to ask the first question of you, which is to tell us your name and spell it.  Dunell Cohn: My complete name is Dunell Edlin Cohn, D-U-N-E-L-L. Edlin is E-D-L-I-N. And the last name is Cohn, C-O-H-N. Kelly: […]
Oral History
Carolyn Stelzman’s Interview
April 29, 2013
Carolyn Stelzman: Carolyn Stelzman and from Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Interviewer: And have you always lived here in Oak Ridge? Stelzman: No. I came from Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Interviewer: And do you just want to tell your story of how you came here to Oak Ridge? And what you did? Stelzman: Okay. Well, in May of 1944, […]
Facility
Jackson Square
October 19, 2012
Jackson Square was the heart of Oak Ridge’s business district. Originally Town Center No. 1, the name Jackson Square was adopted in February 1945 as Oak Ridge moved away from military terminology. The site was one of five commercial shopping areas distributed across the Oak Ridge reservation. Residents frequented the square on weekends and weekdays to […]
Oral History
Mary Lowe Michel’s Interview
September 24, 2012
Michel: My name was Mary Lowe, L-O-W-E, and I married John Michel, M-I-C-H-E-L. Kelly: Great. Is it possible that you can look toward me? So tell me, how and when did you come to Oak Ridge? Michel: I came in November of 1944. Kelly: And what had—where had you come from? What brought you here? […]
Oral History
Robert Ellingson’s Interview
Robert Ellingson: My name is Robert Ellingson, and it’s spelled E-L-L-I-N-G-S-O-N.  Kelly: Great. Now if you could just tell us where you’re from, and how you happened to end up in the Manhattan Project. Ellingson: I am from a little town in Idaho, and Idaho is west of Wyoming if you’re not familiar with the […]