Interview Loretta Long In her one-and-a-half-hour interview, Loretta Long talks about her role as "Susan" on the classic children's series Sesame Street , which she had played continuously for the entire 35-year run of the show up to the time of the interview. She describes her early years growing up on a farm and having...
Interview Lewis Bernstein In his one-hour interview, Dr. Lewis Bernstein talks about his early interest in teaching children and his education in the United States and Israel. He describes how he landed a job as a research fellow on Sesame Street in 1972, and chronicles the many stages of his career at the Sesame Workshop,...
Interview Lloyd Morrisett In his two-hour interview, Lloyd Morrisett (1929-2023) discusses his background in psychology and getting a job at the Carnegie Foundation. He talks of the programs he oversaw that sought to benefit underprivileged children and overcome the education gap. He describes meeting Joan Ganz Cooney and...
Interview Mitch Miller In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Mitch Miller (1911-2010) talks about his early musical interests and playing the oboe in high school. He talks about his first professional jobs in Rochester, NY, and his move to New York City. He mentions working with George Gershwin and describes the...
Interview Barbara Corday In her nearly three-hour interview, Barbara Corday talks about her early years working as a publicist. She describes her transition to writing, working on several popular sitcoms with her partner, Barbara Avedon. She discusses the way in which women writers were treated in the industry in the 1970s...
