Oral Histories

Tonight on The Front Porch, we're looking at two very different oral history projects. The first one started 20 years ago, when a woman named Judith Moyer decided to document the contributions of women in her town of Warner. With the help of the New Hampshire Humanities Council, she then took the transcripts of those interviews and built a stage production that's still going strong. It's called "It Had To Be Done, So I Did It", and it's celebrating its 20th anniversary this weekend in Concord. Click here for details on the performance.

The other project we're talking about is a more modern endeavor by the Krempels Brain Injury Foundation. Members of the organization are recording the stories of people who've suffered from brain injury, and they're posting the audio interviews to the internet. We'll hear some of the stories of these folks in their own words, and Program Director Marquis Walsh will join us to talk about the project.

You can click here to go to the Krempels oral history page and listen to more stories.