Oral Histories - Neighbor to Neighbor

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Houston Arts and Media, a new nonprofit, seeks about 100 volunteers to conduct interviews for an oral history project that will document people's memories of what Houston was like in the city's oldest neighborhoods before the 1960's. Neighborhoods will include the Heights, the Third through Sixth Wards, East End, Near North Side, Montrose, River Oaks, Sharpstown, Bellaire, West University Place, Memorial and Tanglewood.

The histories, to be published in more than 20 volumes as The Houston Neighborhood series, will give current and future residents of these areas the story of how their neighborhood developed; where their predecessors shopped, ate and played; what people of note lived nearby; and what businesses inhabited current buildings and sites. The material gleaned from these interviews will also lead to books such as Historic Houston Schools and Historic Houston Churches.

Your thoughtful sharing and cooperation will help preserve and enrich the story of our wonderful city.

To volunteer or make a donation, visit www.houstonartsmedia.org/neighborhoods.htm

The folks at Houston Arts and Media

email (preferred): info@houstonartsand media.org

Phone (leave message): 713 868-4348

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this seems to be a better link:

http://www.houstonartsandmedia.org/neighborhoods.htm