In 2016, the Tomaquag Museum was one of ten institutions across the United States to receive the Institute of Museum and Library Service’s National Medal. As part of the being awarded the medal, these ten institutions were asked to participate in the Story Corps oral history project, which began in 2003 in Grand Central Terminal in New York City. The mission of the Story Corps Project is to “preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world.” In the Tomaquag Museum Archives, the recordings of the Story Corps Project are part of a collection of oral history recordings going back more than 50 years. In this guest blog post, our summer intern, Ryan Savage from the University of Rhode Island shares his experience working with these oral history recordings.
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Hello and Happy Wuttahimneash! Welcome to another installment of the Belongings Blog’s From the Archives series where Archivist Anthony Belz shares some of the interesting things found in the Tomaquag Museum Archives. This installment celebrates the Strawberry Moon, also known as Strawberry Thanksgiving by highlighting some of its history over the years here at the Tomaquag Museum.
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