Yosemite National Park Announces Launch of Oral History Project
Participants sought for recorded sessions to document Yosemite
area history currently titled "I Remember Yosemite…" Yosemite
National Park has launched a multi-year oral history project to
capture the stories of people who have helped shape, and whose
lives have been shaped by, one of the nation's most iconic
national parks. The goal of the project is to enhance and enrich
the historical understanding of Yosemite National Park with
information that could not otherwise be found in the documentary
record and to create a high-quality audio-visual oral history
collection for use by researchers and future interpretive
functions such as museum exhibits, programs, and podcasts. While
initial interviews for the project will focus on former and
current National Park Service (NPS) employees, the scope of the
project will also include concession employees, spouses and
children of employees, long-time park residents, and members of
neighboring communities--i