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StoryCorps Launches National Tour
May 19 - May 28, 2005 at the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress will host the national
launch of the oral history project StoryCorps,
created by award-winning National Public Radio documentary producer Dave
Isay, from May 19 to May
28. Two MobileBooths
in trailers will be stationed in front of the Library's James Madison
Memorial Building at 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. as the
first stop in their one-year tour to collect stories of ordinary Americans
from across the United States.
 The
oral histories that StoryCorps collects will be given in digital form to
the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, which has a
statutory mandate to "preserve and present American folklife." StoryCorps
is the first "born-digital" audio collection for the Center,
the largest oral narrative collection in the nation.
In Washington, as in in every city and town where the visits will take
place, about 100 interview slots are available at each of the two MobileBooths.
At each booth, a trained facilitator will help create
a question list and handle the technical aspects of the recording.
American Folklife Center Selected Interviews in
the StoryCorps MobileBooths
Recording Schedule as of May 16, 2005
| Date & Time |
Interview Teams |
| Thu., 5/19, 8 am |
Ben & Virginia Ali (Ben's Chili Bowl) / Kamal and
Nizam Ali (sons) |
| Thu., 5/19, 9 am |
Sue Mingus / Dick Graham |
| Thu., 5/19, 9 am |
Chuck Brown / Robert Lee Brown (brother) |
| Thu., 5/19, 11 am |
Mayor Anthony Williams / TBD |
| Thu., 5/19, 2:30 pm |
Charlie Brotman / TBD |
| Thu., 5/19, 3:30 pm |
Billy Martin (Martin’s Tavern) / His children |
| Thu., 5/19, 4:30 pm |
Gordon Linton / Brian Cudahy |
| Thu., 5/19, 4:30 pm |
Kojo Nnamdi / Mike Nelson |
| Sat., 5/21, 9:30 am |
Evelyn Gould / Her daughters |
| Sat., 5/21, 11:30 am |
Barbu Alim / Illeana Alim (mother) |
| Sun., 5/22, 11:30 am |
Mike Regan / His daughters |
| Sun., 5/22, 2:30 pm |
Mike Mashon / His daughter |
| Sun., 5/22, 4:30 pm |
Stetson Kennedy / TBD |
| Mon., 5/23, 11:30 pm |
Prosser Gifford / TBD |
Mon., 5/23, 12:30 pm
|
Tom Paxton / Midge Paxton (wife) |
Mon., 5/23, 3:30 pm
|
Everett Alvarez / TBD |
| Tue., 5/24, 10:30 am |
James Billington / Mickey Hart |
Tue., 5/24, 2:30 pm
|
Joe Wilson / Jon Lohman |
| Tue., 5/24, 3:30 pm |
Dan Sheehy / Luis Gonzalez |
Wed., 5/25, 2:30 pm
|
Zade / Mary-Jane Deeb |
Thu., 5/26, 11:30 pm
|
Alan Jabbour / Todd Harvey |
Press contact for Library of Congress:
Helen Dalrymple
(202) 707-1940 or Joanne Rasi (202) 288-6999
Public contact:
American Folklife Center (202) 707-5510
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