Community Voices: Postville Project Oral Histories

Community Voices: The Postville Oral History Project Recording with Gary Catterson

Interviewee

Gary Catterson

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Interview Conducted by RaeAnn Swanson-Evans

Interview Transcribed by RaeAnn Swanson-Evans

Keywords

Catterson, Gary--Interviews; Postville Immigration Raid, Postville, Iowa, 2008;

Genre

Oral History

Interview Description

After graduating from Kent State University in 1973, Gary Catterson moved to Dallas and became a police officer. Later he moved his family to Ohio, going in to business with his brother in law. In 1988 he felt called to Seminary and after graduating in 1991, began his ministry in Round Lake, Minnesota. Pastor Catterson moved to Postville in 1995 and became the pastor of the Community Presbyterian Church. Over the years, Pastor Catterson has served as a school board member, with the Food Pantry, on the Recovery Group after the 2008 ICE raid, and on the National Response Team of the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. In the interview, Pastor Catterson discusses the changes over time in Postville, what it is like working in small but diverse community, and the aftermath of the ICE raid.

Interview Number

02

Interview Date

10-15-2014

Interview Duration

42.04 minutes

File Format

audio/mp3

Disciplines

Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | United States History

Project Title

Community Voices: The Postville Oral History Project

Project Description

The Community Voices: Postville Oral History Project sought to capture the remembered past of those who experienced the “Postville story,” that is, the social context leading up to, including, and following the ICE immigration raid that occurred on May 12th, 2008. The Interviews available here showcase the unique memories of 16 interviewees living and working in or near Postville. The interviews will leave listeners with a sense of how a small town in rural Iowa has dealt with and continues to deal with vast demographic change and the aftermath of an ICE raid that threw Postville into the national conversation on immigration reform.

Publisher

Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Copyright

©2014 The Postville Project

Language

en

Community Voices: The Postville Oral History Project Recording with Gary Catterson

Project Title

Community Voices: The Postville Oral History Project

Project Description

The Community Voices: Postville Oral History Project sought to capture the remembered past of those who experienced the “Postville story,” that is, the social context leading up to, including, and following the ICE immigration raid that occurred on May 12th, 2008. The Interviews available here showcase the unique memories of 16 interviewees living and working in or near Postville. The interviews will leave listeners with a sense of how a small town in rural Iowa has dealt with and continues to deal with vast demographic change and the aftermath of an ICE raid that threw Postville into the national conversation on immigration reform.

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