Cassette Interviews Information

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While working at the AARA National Office in Colorado Springs, Barb St. Onge interviewed twenty people back during the 1991-1993 time frame. She conducted these interviews over the phone and recorded them on cassettes. Barb conducted these interviews in support of the AARA 25th Anniversary to collect some history about the sport from people who participated in various roles and possessed knowledge and experience in the history of the sport’s history.

Jim Easterling received the cassettes and digitized them on a flash drive to preserve the interviews that might otherwise be lost on the cassettes. His efforts to preserve the interviews on a flash drive ensured the historical insights and memories of these people.

While digitizing the cassettes, there were many pauses during the interviews of varying lengths from one to five minutes and sometimes times longer. Pauses of six minutes or longer were removed.

The following is a detailed of the interviews including the individual interviewed, interview date and length of the interview:

Dave Bledsoe March 20, 1992 cassette #1 A-30:33 + B-30:19 = 60:52

cassette #2 A-33:41 + B-24:22 = 58:03

Total time of 2 cassettes = 1hr, 58min, 55sec

Ivan Bruner March 2, 1992 1 cassette  A-30:29 + B-28:51 = 59:20

Keith Calkins March 16, 1992 cassette #1 A-30:15 + B-30:29 = 60:44

cassette #2 A-16:05 (no side B) = 16:05

Total time of 2 cassettes = 1hr, 16min, 49sec

Bob Folsom March 24, 1992 1 cassette A-30:45 + B-6:30 = 37:15

Myron Friedman June 3, 1992 1 cassette A-30:05 + B-15:21 = 45:26

Charlie Garfinkel March 11, 1992 1 cassette  A-30:49 + B-26:31 = 57:20

Gene Grapes Sept. 10, 1992 1 cassette A-30:58 + B-30:52 = 61:50

Bruce Hendin May 14, 1991 1 cassette A-28:09 + B-17:22 = 45:31

Paul Henrickson Feb. 27, 1992 1 cassette A-28:09 + B-22:39 = 50:48

Marty Hogan Feb. 28, 1992 1 cassette A-28:48 Total (1 side only)

Chuck Leve May 14, 1991 cassette #1 A-29:54 + B-17:53 = 47:47

cassette #2 A-29:25 + B-29:31 = 58:56

Total time of 2 cassettes = 1hr, 46min, 44sec

Tom McKie July 31, 1991 1 c. A-30:43 + B-15:49 + B-5:45 = 52:17

2 c. A-3:51 + A-2:52 + A-:36 = 7:19

Total time of 2 cassettes = 59min, 36sec

Dr. Bud Muehleisen July 15, 1992 1 cassette A-44:55 + B-7:08 = 52:03

Ken Porco June 23, 1992 1 c. A-28:28 + A-1:28 + B-27:32 = 57:28

Bill Schmidtke Sept. 30, 1992 1 cassette  A-30:33 + B-19:05 = 49:38 

Bill Schultz Sept. 21, 1992 1 cassette One side only 24:48

DeWitt Shy June 2, 1992 1 cassette A-30:38 + B-27:35 = 58:13

Joe Sobek Feb. 25, 1993 1 cassette A-30:46 + B-15:02 = 45:48

Randy Stafford Feb. 10, 1992 1 c. A-28:54 + A-4:20 + B-30:17 = 63:31 

John Wineman March 10, 1992 1 cassette A-30:17 + B-30:34 = 60:51

Totals: 20 people 24 cassettes time: 19 hr., 20 min., 42 sec.

The insights and perspectives of these twenty individuals involved in the sport in different capacities at the time facilitate a deeper understanding of the history of racquetball.

Jim Easterling