ATalking
History Project
Oral
Histories
In the decades
following the Attica rebellion of 1971, hundreds of interviews
have been conducted with prisoners, hostages, guards,
prison officials, witnesses, and government officials
touching on one or more aspects of the insurrection.
The origins, course, and aftermath of the rebellion have
been extensively and intensively explored. Oral histories
constitute an important source for understanding both
the events of 1971 as well as the more general physical,
social, political, and psychological conditions that
typified Attica and other New York State prisons in the
late 1960s and early 1970s.
The following oral histories were gathered from a variety
of sources. We wish to thank all who contributed interviews
to Attica Revisited. Specific acknowledgments are listed under
each inteview description. We have included transcripts whenever
possible (in Adobe Acrobat PDF file format or Word document
file format). We intend to add interviews to this site as they
become available. All interviews are being made available in both streaming
RealMedia and MP3 audio file formats. Click on the appropriate
speaker icon to hear a specific segment in the desired format;
click on transcript icon to view the transcript file. Interviews
have been divided into two or more half-hour segments to facilitate
on-line listening.
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Interview
Description
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Interview
Length
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Harry Buyce
interview by Joanne Van Patten
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June
18, 1998
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18:35
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Interview
with New York State Trooper Harry Buyce on his recollections
of the Attica rebellion. Conducted by Joanne Van Patten
on June 18, 1998. The interview was conducted as a final
project for a course on oral history at the State University
of New York at Albany. The original recording is held
by the Oral History Program, Department of History, State
University of New York.
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