December 08, 2010

Juneau Communities of Memory Project Jukebox is live!

The Oral History Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is proud to announce the completion of the Juneau Communities of Memory Jukebox Project, available online at www.jukebox.uaf.edu/comhome. This project celebrates the community and the history of Juneau as seen through the eyes of those present during the series of storytelling sessions held in Juneau, in November 1995. A sample of stories that represent the theme of what it means to live in, and love, Juneau is in this digital project. They include stories from Annie Stokes, Anne Fuller, Cecelia Kunz, Connie Munro, Mary Lou Spartz, Fortuna Odall, Mamie and Mark Jensen, Jack Trambitas, Rosalee Walker, Jean and George Rogers and Judge Thomas Stewart. Themes include coming to Juneau, celebrations in the city, the people in Juneau, the sense of community, the State Office Building, the “entertainment girls” from the early days in Juneau and Douglas. The narrative selection was made by Dr. William Schneider, Curator of Oral History at UAF and the Jukebox Project was created in 2010 with funding from the Alaska Humanities Forum.