Morgan County Memories Project
Additional Information
Morgan County Memories Project
An Interview Project sponsored by
the Morgan County History Center and Museum, &
the Morgan County Bicentennial Committee
Partners Include the Morgan County History and Genealogy Association, the Morgan County Public Library, the Mooresville Public Library, and the Art Sanctuary.
Our Goals
1. Encourage Morgan County residents and those with Morgan County connections to document their family history and other stories through video, audio and written interviews that can be shared with family members and some even more widely through the Morgan County History Center and Museum
2. Provide guidance and assistance to groups and individual interviewers through workshops and online resources
3. Uncover, highlight, share, and promote the rich history of Morgan County and its people and accomplishments, and state, national and international contributions through interview excerpts as part of a museum exhibit
4. Reach out to veterans’ organizations to encourage interviews for personal use, potential museum use, and/or for the Veterans’ History Project of the Library of Congress.
Future Presentations/Workshops and Interview Assistance
- - workshops by interview experts & documentary filmmakers
- - presentations about equipment use, interview techniques, audio and video recording advice
- - providing information for signing up for future interviews
- - signing up volunteers who are interested in getting involved in assisting
- - online resources (prepping for your interview, creating a list of questions, interview samples,
- - links to training/advice videos
We are presently conducting interviews that are recorded with video and/or audio taping. If you are interested in participating in this project, either as an interviewer or interviewee, please contact us at morgancountyhistorymuseum@ gmail.com. This project is being partially funded by a grant from the Indiana Humanities.
