Oral History Interview with Dorothy Jo Gallo on Life in St. Louis
- Item sets
- Stories From Those Who Left
- Title
- Oral History Interview with Dorothy Jo Gallo on Life in St. Louis
- Description
- Oral History interview with Dorothy Jo Gallo about her life in the St. Louis area, especially Creve Coeur. Jo discusses moving to St. Louis after marriage, raising her family, working downtown, and enjoying local institutions such as museums, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the zoo. A major focus of the interview is her work managing the Creve Coeur Recycling Center, including community events, state funding efforts, volunteers, and tree planting in Creve Coeur Park. She also reflects on rug hooking groups, neighborhood development conflicts, memories of public health concerns such as polio, and volunteer work with the Coalition for the Environment.
- Creator
- Interviewer: Rebecca Bolin
- Narrator: Jo Gallo
- Semester
- Spring 2026
- Subject
- oral history
- St. Louis
- Creve Coeur
- community history
- suburban life
- recycling center
- Creve Coeur park
- recycling
- environmentalism
- community volunteers
- tree planting
- political advocacy
- rug hooking
- personal memories
- Temporal Coverage
- 1950's-1980's
- Spatial Coverage
- Creve Coeur
- St. Louis
- St. Louis area
- Language
- English
- Date
- April 19, 2026
- Format
- MP3 file
- Medium
- Interview
- Explanation of Omeka Map Location
- A point in the center of the St. Louis area and the region discussed in the interview.
