Comments for Marty's blog

Comment on A Civil War soldier’s stay at Camp Douglas in Chicago – Part 1 by Tammy

Tammy — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:51:25 +0000

Wow. Thank you so much for transcribing & sharing all this. It’s so great.

Comment on My little box of unusual family treasure by Cathie

Cathie — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:44:48 +0000

I too have a box just like yours. It contained some of my mother’s baby hair brushes. Mine is not as scratched up as yours but then your grandfather used it on a day to day basis perhaps and my grandmother used it to store precious memories. Isn’t if fun finding these hidden treasures?

Comment on My Dad’s Voice by Cassandra West

Cassandra West — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:56:37 +0000

These recordings are awesome. This is the first I’ve heard of these service records. I guess long before the Internet and mobile phone and video chat this is how families separated by war communicated. A lost piece of history. A story? I’d like to know more about how they were recorded and just how widespread they were. I could see a whole website where people could do and list to these. Kind of like NPR’s Story Corps.

Comment on My Dad’s Voice by Doug Deuchler

Doug Deuchler — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:01:38 +0000

Marty,
This is very touching–and I don’t mean that to sound corny. For years I had a record of my father that was recorded at the Century of Progress World’s Fair during its second year when he worked there in 1934. He was 19. I have not come across it in years and fear it may have gotten pitched. It was recorded as a souvenir and was only 3 or 4 minutes long but I hope it turns up at some point.

Comment on The past is not the present by Nick

Nick — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:52:44 +0000

Wow, thank you! I thought I was the only person to notice this!