‘History’ Archives
Monthly Update: Phillips Community Oral History Project
By PHILLIPS COMMUNITY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT PARTNERS Welcome back to the Phillips Community Oral History Project monthly updates. This column is an important part of the project’s outreach to the Phillips community. It is intended to share key progress milestones and to remain accountable to the people of Phillips. After several months of interviews (which are still ongoing), the Project has taken steps to transcribe many of them, bringing us closer to making these stories public and giving them a permanent home. The process begins with an automated transcription service, but Project staff and volunteers put considerable effort into matching the text with residents’ actual speech, and adding timestamps for future reference.Along with a more permanent digital home for these oral interviews, we plan to share even more of that content in these Alley updates. As we’ve gotten the interviews and transcription underway, the content we have shared from these interviews has been [...]
Monthly Update: Phillips Community Oral History Project
By PHILLIPS COMMUNITY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT PARTNERS Welcome back to the Phillips Community Oral History Project monthly update. The update is an important part of the Project’s outreach to the Phillips Community intended to share key progress milestones and to remain accountable to the people of Phillips. Project interviews continue, with over ten hours of video and audio recorded so far! According to Ella Kampelman of Phillips West, the initial list of interview subjects has been mostly completed, and the project is now expanding to “a slightly wider circle of interviewees.” This broader reach will be critical to a more complete story of Phillips. People who are interested in contributing to that story are encouraged to reach out to us at the email provided at the bottom of the update. J Randolph, executive director of Phillips West Neighborhood Organization, has been heartened by the community connections people have expressed in their interviews. Randolph said, “We [...]
Monthly Update: Phillips Community Oral History Project
By PHILLIPS COMMUNITY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT PARTNERS A page from a scrapbook of Ebenezer Tower history, shared with Myrna Bowman by tower residents and staff. PROVIDED BY: Phillips Community Oral History Project Welcome back to the Phillips Community Oral History Project monthly update! This Column is an important part of the Project’s outreach to the Phillips Community. Its purpose is to share key progress milestones and to remain accountable to the people of Phillips. The Oral History Project is continuing to gather histories from Phillips residents through scheduled interviews and pop-up events. In October, we hosted one pop-up interview event at Ebenezer Tower, and also visited the Phillips Clean Sweep to interview attendees and volunteers. We will continue to schedule interviews and plan pop-ups; if you’re unable to attend one but wish to be interviewed, please reach out to us at the email at the end of this update. Below are a couple of highlights from the [...]
