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Historical commission approves partnership with Southborough Access Media for oral-history project
Summary
The Southborough Historical Commission voted to partner with Southborough Access Media to host a series of short oral-history videos and a related photo archive, naming Commissioner Kelly O’Brien as project lead.
The Southborough Historical Commission voted to pursue an alliance with Southborough Access Media (SAM) to host oral-history videos and related material, formalizing a plan to collect short interviews and scan historic photographs from residents, with Commissioner Kelly O’Brien as project lead.
Commissioners described the project as an outreach and archiving effort: interview residents (initial emphasis on the senior center), record 3–10 minute oral histories, and request optional historical photos to be scanned and cataloged. Commissioners discussed technical options (video or audio-only for camera-shy participants), whether to provide interview questions in advance, where to host the finished material, and how to catalog photos in the commission’s online storage. Commissioners said the goal is to build a county-accessible playlist on SAM’s YouTube…
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