StoryCorps, Inc.

The project will send two trained StoryCorps facilitators to each of the National Medal-winning museums and libraries, as chosen by IMLS. At each institution, StoryCorps will record up to 18 stories, each with two participants who know one another well. Each institution will receive one professionally-edited audio segment developed from an interview that the StoryCorps team and the institution determine to be particularly strong. By the end of the project StoryCorps will record up to 180 stories and produce 10 professionally edited segments to be featured through IMLS media. The project provides IMLS National Medal recipients with a unique way to engage with their local communities, and it adds to a rich archive of stories preserved at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.