Since 2003,StoryCorps has collected and archived more than 50,000 interviews with over 100,000 participants. Each conversation is recorded on a CD to share, and is preserved at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind, and millions listen to their weekly broadcasts on NPR’s Morning Edition. StoryCorps’ mission is “to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share and preserve the stories of our lives.”
Utah Public Radio is hosting StoryCorps in Vernal through the month of July. The StoryCorps booth will be parked in the parking lot next to the Uintah County Library. You can reserve your recording time with a family member or friend, starting today, June 18th.
Today on AU we’ll talk with StoryCorps Founder, David Isay; Mobile Booth Manager, Emily Janssen, while listening to archived stories about German POWs and a mother leaving for the Iraq War. Later in the program we talk to two UPR listeners, Sonya Gelterand Robert Verhelst, who recorded their stories in 2013 in St. George, Utah.
