For more information:
Teri L. Sullivan
WKNO Promotions Manager
(901) 325-6518
tlsullivan@wkno.org
October 19 , 2007
For Immediate Release
Oral History Training Workshop
As WWII veterans pass from the scene at an astonishing rate, the first-hand accounts of one of the most important chapters in American history are disappearing. WKNO, the Memphis Public Library & Information Center and the Library of Congress Veterans History Project are inviting the public to help preserve these histories with an Oral History Workshop, Saturday, November 10 at 10:00 a.m. at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library.
There will be limited seating. Reservations are required, by calling (901) 458-2521. The free workshop will also feature a field guide and light refreshments.
The workshop comes on the heels of the well-received fifteen-hour documentary series, The War – A Ken Burns Film, which recently premiered on WKNO/Channel 10. In this series, acclaimed filmmaker Burns explores the “greatest cataclysm in our history” through personal accounts with so-called ordinary people who experienced the war on the battle field and on the home front.
The Oral History Workshop, which is being presented in partnership with True Story Pictures and The University of Memphis Department of History, will also provide skills for the public to preserve their own family’s history for themselves, not just veterans’ histories for the Library of Congress. The Workshop will also feature information on a few of the resources available in the community.
The Library of Congress Veterans History Project is a congressionally mandated, public-participation oral history project to gather and preserve the personal wartime recollections of veterans. Its objective is to build a body of personal histories, housed in the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, which illuminate the human element and further enrich our own understanding of Americans who have served in 20th- and 21st-century conflicts.
The Oral History Workshop is sponsored by Boyle Investment Company; Saint Francis Hospital - Memphis; Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson and Mitchell, PLLC; and Union University/Jackson & Germantown.
WKNO is a non-profit, private foundation serving the Mid-South for more than 50 years. An important community resource, WKNO uses the power of non-commercial public broadcasting to provide the Mid-South with quality educational and cultural programs that inform, entertain, and inspire. For more information: wkno.org
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