Selinsgrove in the 1950s

“But yeah, the town was smaller, the campus was much, much smaller. Seibert was the far wilderness edge. There wasn’t anything.”

D.J. “Homer” Ernst runs a used bookstore in downtown Selinsgrove. Susquehanna University student Emma Martz interviewed him there on April 19, 2024.

The interview audio is divided into two halves below, followed by an interview transcript. If you’d prefer to dowload the transcript to another tab, use the PDF option at the bottom.

Ernst Interview Part 1

by Emma Martz | [00:00 - 20:06]

Ernst Interview Part 2

by Emma Martz | [20:06 - 23:15]

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