Ohio: Wright Memorial Public Library Launches Election 2016 Oral History Project
An important and useful project! Kudos WMPL!
The Wright Memorial Public Library is located in Oakwood, Ohio.
From WYSO Radio:
Wright Memorial Public Library is inviting local residents to share their thoughts and reactions to the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election in an oral history project in the next week.
In a released statement, Research Librarian Robyn Case said “Americans have been through a lot during this long, contentious election cycle. Libraries foster freedom of ideas and community involvement, so this is Wright Library’s way of giving people a chance to pause and reflect on things, as we collect a record of the reactions from right here in our community.”
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