Montague Center Oral History Project

Montague Center Oral History Project

The Montague Center Oral History Project (a collaboration with Montague Public Libraries) aims to preserve stories about Montague Center – past and present. What was it like growing up here? What stores were where? Who were the personalities that made this place unique?

Participants will be introduced to oral history best practices through hour-long trainings, and lent recording devices to record their neighbors’ stories. The first round of interviews will prioritize villagers who grew up in Montague Center and/or villagers over eighty years old who have lived here for a significant part of their life.

The recorded pieces will be edited and posted on the library website for everyone to enjoy. An original podcast series will group stories by theme creating an engaging audio narrative—think This American Life but about Montague Center!

Internationally renowned photographer, John Rae, will photograph each interviewee to have a visual to go along with their voice.

Our ultimate goal is to strengthen the connections between our community members, and our community fabric as a whole. By collecting, preserving, and sharing our oral histories, we aim to transmit knowledge from one generation to the next, while facilitating meaningful interactions between people. We will enhance our understanding of the past by illuminating personal experience.

To get involved as an interviewer or storyteller, email: weathervane.community.arts@gmail.com

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