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StoryCorps in the North Country
North Country Public Radio has sponsored two North Country visits by StoryCorps. This national oral history project gives everyone the chance to record the stories of family and friends. Participants interview someone they know and love, get a CD to keep, and send a copy to the Library of Congress for future generations. With permission, selections are broadcast on local stations, and on national programs produced by NPR. The StoryCorps mobile recording booth visted Saranac Lake in June 2008 and Glens Falls in July. StoryCorps Interviews from NCPR
 Bryan and Lyn Burkett
StoryCorps: A family story of loss and love
Jul 18, 2008 — The StoryCorps mobilebooth has moved on to western New York after nearly a month here in the North Country. During its time in Saranac Lake and Glens Falls, dozens of people got to share their stories by interviewing each other. Some focused on a number of topics, while others chose to talk about just one thing. This was the case with Lyn Burkett of Potsdam. She was interviewed by her husband, Bryan, and they spent their conversation talking about Lyn's mother and her very interesting life. Go to full article
 Helen Demong and daughter Katy
StoryCorps: A close and generous community
Jul 11, 2008 — Every day at StoryCorps booths across the country, ordinary people share extraordinary stories with friends and loved ones. Recently, Katy Demong from Burlington interviewed her mother, Helen Demong, who is Choral Director at Saranac Lake High School. Under her direction the students perform around the community, and one of these performances was particularly memorable. Go to full article
 Clarence Petty and Phil Brown
StoryCorps: Clarence Petty?a century-long mission in the Adirondacks
Jul 04, 2008 — Every day at StoryCorps booths across the country, ordinary people share extraordinary stories with friends and loved ones. Recently, Phil Brown brought legendary Adirondacker Clarence Petty to the StoryCorps booth in Saranac Lake for an interview. Go to full article
 Dermot and "Dew Drop" Morgan are the first Saranac Lake interview
National StoryCorps project captures tales of Adirondack life
Jun 20, 2008 — The StoryCorps oral history project rolled into Saranac Lake yesterday. The mobile recording studio which is housed in an Airstream trailer offers local people a chance to record their stories and their experiences. The effort is co-sponsored by North Country Public Radio. The recordings will be archived at the Library of Congress and some of the interviews will be aired here on NCPR. Brian Mann was at yesterday's opening ceremony in Saranac Lake and sent this audio postcard. Go to full article
 Randy Kerr and Gordon Allen
StoryCorps: Lewis County during the Depression
May 30, 2007 — Conversation by conversation, interview by interview, StoryCorps is collecting the stories and voices of our time. At permanent StoryCorps booths in New York and mobile booths traveling the country, history is being captured daily. Last summer, when a StoryCorps mobile booth stopped in Watertown, its visitors included Gordon Allen, of Lowville, who interviewed his friend Randy Kerr, a retired forest ranger from Lyons Falls, about his childhood in Lewis County. Go to full article
 Ann and Roger Huntley
StoryCorps: Life in Crary Mills
May 22, 2007 — For the last few weeks, we've been bringing you excerpts from StoryCorps, a national project that collects the stories of everyday people in order to create an oral history of America. Inside soundproof booths across the country, friends and loved ones are interviewing each other about their lives. One of these mobile recording studios was in Canton last summer and among its visitors were Ann and her husband Roger Huntley. Ann interviewed Roger about growing up in Crary Mills, near Canton, and his life as an auctioneer. Go to full article
 M.J. Heisey and Eleanor Rosenthal
StoryCorps: Life in Nazi Germany
May 08, 2007 — Inside soundproof booths across the country, friends and loved ones are interviewing each other about their lives. The booths belong to StoryCorps, a project that collects the stories of everyday people in order to create an oral history of America. One of these mobile recording studios was in Canton last summer and among its visitors were Eleanor Rosenthal and her friend M.J. Heisey. Rosenthal lived in Nazi Germany as a child. Her father spent weeks in a concentration camp, and her family eventually immigrated to the U.S. Go to full article
 Donal, Larry and Brendan Casey
StoryCorps: Life on a dairy farm
May 02, 2007 — Conversation by conversation, interview by interview, StoryCorps is collecting the stories and voices of our time. At permanent StoryCorps booths in New York and mobile booths traveling the country, history is being captured daily. Last July, when a StoryCorps mobile booth stopped in Canton, its visitors included Larry Casey and his sons Brendan and Donal. Larry tells his two sons about life on a St. Lawrence County dairy farm in the 1940's and a formative memory. Go to full article
 Ruth Garner and Anne Malone
StoryCorps: A Potsdam mother remembers her son
Apr 18, 2007 — StoryCorps is an oral history project based on the idea that the stories of everyday people are the most important and interesting of all. At permanent StoryCorps booths in New York and mobile booths traveling the country, history is being captured daily. Last July, when a StoryCorps mobile booth stopped in Canton, its visitors included Anne Malone, who interviewed her friend, former Potsdam mayor Ruth Garner. Garner remembers her son, a doctor in San Francisco, who died of AIDS in the early 80's. Go to full article
 Anneke and Ryan Larrance
StoryCorps: A career in humanitarian aid
Sep 28, 2006 — Conversation by conversation, interview by interview, StoryCorps is collecting the stories and voices of our time. At permanent StoryCorps booths in New York and mobile booths traveling the country, history is being captured daily. In July, when a StoryCorps mobile booth stopped in Canton, its visitors included Anneke Larrance, who interviewed her son, Ryan, about his career as a humanitarian aid worker. Go to full article
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May 25, 2013 — In our latest installment of the StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative, we hear from Lance Cpl. Travis Williams. In 2005, while serving in Iraq, Williams lost his 12-man squad lost his squad to an IED. He was the only survivor.
May 24, 2013 — Two mothers whose sons were killed during the first Gulf War talk about how they became friends after their sons died. The past 22 years would have been tough without the friendship, because, as one tells the other, "what's in our hearts we share."
May 17, 2013 — In February 2007, Rick Bounds was diagnosed with a serious liver disease and given eight months to live.
May 10, 2013 — When Rebecca Posamentier was pregnant with her first child, she visited StoryCorps with her mother, Carol Kirsch. The soon-to-be mother tried to glean all she could about parenting from her own mother, before it was too late.
May 3, 2013 — For decades, Alexis Martinez, born Arthur, had to mask her transgender identity by "being as macho as I could be." But in a visit to StoryCorps, she tells her daughter how, with her family's acceptance, she's finally been able to live as a woman full-time.
The Interview:
At the MobileBooth, people participate in pairs - oftentimes friends or loved ones - and one interviews the other. A trained facilitator guides the participants through the interview process and handles the technical aspects of the recording. At the end of a 40-minute session, the participants walk away with a CD of their interview. With their permission, a second copy will be sent to the American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress to become part of a high quality digital archive. This collection will eventually grow into an oral history of America. The project is sponsored by NPR (National Public Radio) and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. |
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