[Maa-l] Oral History Programming

[Erik Nordberg]

Hello All:

First, thanks to the members of the MOHA for their work in
collecting/preserving the stories of the Mackinac Bridge.  As an aside, my
father is quoted in the special issue of Michigan History Magazine about
his work as a boy scout selling sandwiches to the hunters awaiting car
ferries.

But I do have a query I'm hoping some folks can help with. One of our
local nonprofit heritage organizations is applying for a planning grant to
develop exhibits/programming around existing oral history recordings. 
They are looking for a consultant/scholar/expert who might have some
experience taking oral history recordings and developing public
programming using them.  This group has a physical facility for exhibits
and/or public events, but are unsure of how they might build a program
around existing recorded resources.

I need to stress that are not looking for help in establishing an oral
history program -- there are already quite a few collected and there are
good local experts to assist with this ongoing activity.

They need someone who has used oral history audio and visual recordings in
public programming.  At this point, the idea would be to write a planning
grant to have this person visit, meet with the planning committee and
brainstorm ideas for this kind of future programming.  Out of the planning
grant activities, they would hope to seek a larger grant to implement the
project over a series of years.

If you know of someone who might have the experience to provide such
advice, drop me a line. Or if you yourself might have the right
experiences, let me know.

Thanks in advance,

Erik
-- 
Erik Nordberg, University Archivist
MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI  49931
Tel 906-487-2505  Fax 906-487-2357
enordber at mtu.edu
http://www.lib.mtu.edu/mtuarchives
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