{"id":522,"date":"2011-12-01T21:47:55","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T02:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mldixon.com\/historyblog\/?p=522"},"modified":"2011-12-01T21:47:55","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T02:47:55","slug":"saving-voices-of-the-past-a-workshop-on-documenting-memories-and-stories-with-oral-history-at-havre-de-grace-dec-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/saving-voices-of-the-past-a-workshop-on-documenting-memories-and-stories-with-oral-history-at-havre-de-grace-dec-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving Voices of the Past &#8211; A Workshop on Documenting Memories and Stories With Oral History at Havre de Grace, Dec. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mldixon.com\/historyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/12-1-2011-9-54-00-PM.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-526\" title=\"12-1-2011 9-54-00 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mldixon.com\/historyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/12-1-2011-9-54-00-PM.jpg?resize=299%2C402\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"402\" \/><\/a>To help residents of Havre de Grace and Harford County preserve eyewitness accounts of the past, I am doing an <a href=\"http:\/\/delmarvahistory.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/30\/lecture-on-how-to-do-oral-histories-at-havre-de-grace-library-dec-6-2011\/\">oral history workshop <\/a>at the town library on Dec 6<sup>th<\/sup>, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. \u00a0\u00a0The program presents the methods for gathering and preserving history through interviews with people by recording their memories and stories.\u00a0 It will also discuss the digital technologies for capturing and preserving these personal narratives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To help residents of Havre de Grace and Harford County preserve eyewitness accounts of the past, I am doing an oral history workshop at the town library on Dec 6th, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. \u00a0\u00a0The program presents the methods for gathering and preserving history through interviews with people by recording their memories and stories.\u00a0 It&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oral-history","category-programs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Saving Voices of the Past - A Workshop on Documenting Memories and Stories With Oral History at Havre de Grace, Dec. 6 - Mike&#039;s History Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I use this blog as a place to share my experiences while practicing the history craft. 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