StoryCorps Recording Booth Returns in October For Another Round of #EP Stories

EVERGREEN PARK, IL -- The StoryCorps recording booth returns to the Evergreen Park Public Library. Throughout the month of October, the library will be collecting local residents' personal stories for Evergreen Park’s 125th anniversary in 2018. These stories will be used for an oral history about the village.

Library volunteers and staff will be interviewing local residents about their memories, recollections and experiences growing up in and around the village. The stories will eventually be catalogued in the Library of Congress for perpetuity. The StoryCorps recording booth was at the library in April for the first round of interviews.

StoryCorps has partnered with the Chicago Cultural Center to preserve the stories of communities in the Chicago area. The library is looking for more #EP Stories. Interviews will take place throughout the month in a relaxed conversational format.

>>> Evergreen Park Library Collecting #EP Stories for Village's 125th Anniversary

We invite children and parents, friends and neighbors, young and old to reminisce about growing up, living, and working in Evergreen Park. If possible, please bring photos or mementos to awaken our collective memory. We are also seeking volunteer interviewers to facilitate these community conversations. Be part of an important public project that tells the story of Evergreen Park in our own voices.

If interested in becoming part of history, please contact the Evergreen Park Public Library at epstories@evergreenparklibrary.org or give them a ring at 708-422-8522, ext. 133.

Photo: Oisin Twomey, a senior at Brother Rice High School, interviews retired Evergreen Park librarian Chris Raap for the #EP Stories project. | Lorraine Swanson, Patch Editor