Morse Museum Receives $17,000 grant for Oral History Project!

The Project:
The Morse Museum has received a grant from the New Horizons for Seniors Grant to facilitate the creation of a community oral history project.

Morse has a history book, but there are many more stories and histories to add to it. The material goal of this project is to gather information and stories about our community and surrounding area, but this project is about much more than that. We can all think of at least one person that we wish was still around to be interviewed for this project. We can all think of at least one person whose knowledge and stories are now lost to us. This project is a chance to learn about the history of our community from those still among us and to show them how valuable their knowledge is to us.

Initial meetings will be held soon—please watch for posters and community announcements. If you have any suggestions or questions please contact us!

How you can Participate:

Group and Business Partners:
This is not a monetary commitment or a financial obligation of any kind. What we would like from the organizations of this community, new and well established, is a short (or long!) history of their group or enterprise along with a short list of questions related to the history of their industry and people in our area who may be able to answer them.

Interested Individuals to Ask and Answer Questions:
Do you have stories to share? We would love to hear them! Would you like to learn about your family history? This is your chance! Right now as we get this project going, we need ideas for questions and suggestions about people who should be interviewed (and yes, you can suggest yourself, it’s even encouraged). We will also need people to do the interviews. If you know someone who has a story you’d like to hear, why not volunteer to do the interview? Equipment, basic instructions, and a pre-determined set of questions will be provided. All voices are welcome, old and young, new to our area or ‘been here forever’ - your story is part of ours.