Hometown Pathways Hometown Pathways represents one of the ways in which Hometown Perry, Iowa collects, describes, and analyzes the story of the community. For the last five years, Hometown Perry, Iowa has engaged the residents of Perry and the surrounding area in documenting their life histories through their own voices and their photographs. The collection has grown to more than 12,000 photographs, 500 interviews, decades of census data, architectural information on buildings and homes, and other text. The process In our work with the community, a number of residents have told us the stories of their lives. We begin this process with a telephone interview, then an audiotape interview, and finally videotape of the individual and sometimes their family. All of these interviews are transcribed. Eventually, excerpts from the interviews will be included here. As well as interviews, Hometown Perry, Iowa has a collection of over 12,000 photographs from individuals and families throughout the area. We borrow the photographs, scan, and then return them. These photographs span the families and community from 1860 to the present. We have formal portraits, casual shots of family life, landscapes, and many more. At present, these photographs are the ONLY part of the Pathways database available on this site.