Posted by East MobileBooth on April 24, 2006, from Durham, North Carolina
StoryCorps facilitators Veronica Ordaz and Jonah Engle visited Durham’s JJ Henderson Housing Center. 90-year old Mildred Gattis who has lived at Henderson for 26 years recorded her story. When asked if she had any final words to share she sang a moving rendition of Amazing Grace.
Posted by East MobileBooth on April 18, 2006, from Durham, North Carolina
UNC Chapel Hill is home to the Southern Folklife Collection which holds one of the country’s greatest collections of American folk music and popular culture. The Collection’s Director Steve Weiss kindly gave us a tour of the incredible collection.
Posted by East MobileBooth on April 6, 2006, from Durham, North Carolina
While in Durham and Chapel Hill, NC the StoryCorps MobileBooth is partnered with WUNC the local NPR affiliate. Our wonderful host from the station John Blythe (center) walks StoryCorps advance coordinator Eliza Bettinger (left) and facilitator Jonah Engle over to the station located on the American Tobacco Campus.
Posted by East MobileBooth on April 6, 2006, from Durham, North Carolina
On opening Day in Durham, former tobacco auctioneers Greg Goins (left) and Steve Nelms (right) gave a demonstration of their trade; a fitting tribute with the Mobile Booth stationed on the American Tobacco Campus.
Posted by East MobileBooth on April 3, 2006, from Durham, North Carolina
In Durham, North Carolina, the StoryCorps Mobile Booth pulls into what was once the home of the tobacco industry in the United States. The American Tobbaco Historic District is comprised of warehouses and buildings once owned by the American Tobacco Co, amongst the most successful companies in the industry. It is located next to the Durham Bulls minor league baseball stadium (Ahem…Kevin Costner, Suasan Surandon and Tim Robins in "Bull Durham"…yeah, that one).
