Interview with Lars Rengham
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- December 2013
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Approximately 40 minutes
In the interview, Lars Rengham discusses his experiences before, during and after his time as an Augustana College student. He goes into detail when describing the College and the Quad Cities during 9/11. He also describes changes at Augustana after the attacks on 9/11. Lars discussed the global politics that lead to the 9/11 attack, something he took great interest in because of that day. He compares the attack to the John F. Kennedy Assassinati...
PJ Killean and Michael McLean interviewed Lars Rengham a former Augustana Student and a member of the Augustana IT Department. Lars was born in 1980 in Rockford, IL. In High School Lars was a student athlete he participated in Cross Country, Soccer, and track field. The Augustana Alum graduated in 2003. He chose Augustana College because they offered him the best financial aid program and because of his Swedish heritage. In 2001, Lars was a 21-ye...
[0:00-1:15] Introduction [1:16-2:20] Growing up in Rockford, IL [2:21-2:44] Lars’s school life and athletics [2:45-3:37] Why Lars came to Augustana and the Quad Cities [3:38-4:32] Lars describes his life in 2001 [4:33-5:45] Life in the Quad Cities from 2001-Present [5:47-8:00] Describing what happened on 9/11/01 [8:01-10:00] Reactions on Campus [10:04-10:32] “Why do they hate us?” [10:38-11:15] Reactions in the Quad Cities [11:25-18:10] Professo...
The Interview took place in room 304 in the Olin building in Rock Island. The room is a conference room, small quite area ideal place to conduct the interview. An occasional student would walk by the closed glass door not affecting the quality of the interview at all. Mr. Rengham sat next to PJ and I at the table we were able to communicate effectively. Mr. Rengham seemed comfortable and able to recall events without difficulty.
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Interview with Lars Rengham [PJ: I’m P.J. Killean and this is Mike McLean, is it ok if we record this interview ] not recorded Lars: By the way you should begin recording and then ask me but no, I Lars Rehnberg do not mind PJ: So being a college student around that time [September 11, 2001] it would be an interesting perspective, so to help retain the information we are going to use a recording devices to… we also have to release forms and consen...
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Rengham, Lars
Killean, P.J
McLean, Michael
- Contributing Institution
- Augustana College
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- sound
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- Compact Disc
- Language
- English
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- Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from Augustana College Special Collections and the copyright holder. Contact specialcollections@augustana.edu or 309-794-7643 for more information.
- Chicago citation style
- Rengham, Lars, Killean, P.J, McLean, Michael. Interview with Lars Rengham. December 2013. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/aug_oralhis/id/83. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Rengham, Lars, Killean, P.J, McLean, Michael, (December 2013) Interview with Lars Rengham. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/aug_oralhis/id/83
- MLA citation style
- Rengham, Lars, Killean, P.J, McLean, Michael. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/aug_oralhis/id/83>.