Oral History Workshop in Avon

Saltwater Connections will hold a second oral history workshop on May 3, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the Avon Volunteer Fire Station.

The workshop will serve as a follow-up to a day-long workshop held in Buxton in March, and also will provide an opportunity for folks interested in collaborative oral history projects to explore partnership opportunities.

Cultural anthropologist Barbara Garrity-Blake and Saltwater Connections project director Karen Amspacher will co-lead the second workshop.Both have extensive backgrounds in conducting oral history interviews in Outer Banks and Down East, Carteret County communities.

Participants are asked to share their experiences recording and transcribing interviews conducted since the first workshop, and to return borrowed recorders.

The workshop also will include a discussion on how to make local oral history collections widely available to the public.

The Avon Volunteer Fire Station is located at 40159 Harbor Road, Avon, NC