StoryCorps’ national oral history project comes to Gainesville for 24-day stay

Filed under Announcements, Top Stories on Wednesday, October 8, 2008.

StoryCorps, a national initiative to document everyday history and the unique stories of Americans, will arrive in Gainesville on Oct . 23 to collect the stories of North Central Florida residents, as part of its cross-country tour. StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project in partnership with National Public Radio and the American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress.

The StoryCorps mobile StoryBooth — an Airstream trailer outfitted with a recording studio — will be parked at the University of Florida Cultural Plaza from Oct. 23 to Oct. 30, and at the Alachua Country Headquarters Library in downtown Gainesville from Oct. 31 to Nov. 15.

StoryCorps plans to collect 100 or more interviews during its stay in Gainesville. If interested in participating, interview reservations may be scheduled by calling 1-800-850-4406. Reservations will be accepted after 10 a.m. on Oct. 9.

For more information or to listen to stories from across the nation, visit www.StoryCorps.net.

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