Project Description: The Katahdin Story Booth Project is a community-based oral history project focused on the lives of residents of the Greater Katahdin region in northern Maine. The project is overseen by the Millinocket Memorial Library (MML), with collaboration and support from the National Park Service (NPS) and the Maine Folklife Center (MFC) at the University of Maine, Orono (UMO). It began in 2018, when some 40 interviews were conducted by a student intern, MML and MFC staff, and residents themselves. Some interviews were transcribed and used as the basis for short audio podcasts by students at UMO. Another 30 interviews remain to be transcribed, along with additional interviews conducted by other residents in the intervening months. There is also the need to collect more interviews on a variety of subjects. Project administrators would also like to see public interpretation of these interviews, possibly including: (a) a stationary or traveling visual exhibition; (b) additional audio podcasts; and (c) an online exhibit and website.
Lead Principal Investigator: Debora Carver, University of Maine
Partner Institution: University of Maine
Federal Agency: National Park Service
Federal Agency Technical Contact: David Goldstein
Project Type: Research
Project Discipline: Cultural Resources
Project Sub-Discipline(s): Cultural and Historic
Start Year: 2020
End Year: 2022
Initial Funding Amount: $25,000.00
Federal Grant Number: P20AC00976
Amendments
- Amendment Number: 01, Year: 2023, Amount: $-1,731.94
Location: Greater Katahdin region in Northern Maine
State(s): Maine
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