A project to record personal histories and memories of “old time” Jefferson City
has been initiated by the Historic City of Jefferson.

An Oral History Committee has been formed by HCJ for the purpose of recording
audio and video histories of long time Jefferson City residents. The group hopes to begin a library of these histories using newer media including CD-Roms and DVDs, so that the recordings will be easily retrievable and preserved for future generations.

D.J. Nash is chairman of the Oral History Committee, which recently began its
work. She invited the public to volunteer to participate in the project, or to suggest the names of older residents of the city who might have unique personal, business or civic histories that should be recorded. Other committee members include Janet Mauer, Jerrold Scarlett and Steve Veile.

HCJ recently purchased new digital recording equipment for this purpose. In
addition, the organization is transferring old video and audio tapes that were recorded in previous year onto digital formats.

“We are very excited about this project and what it could mean for the
preservation of the history of Jefferson City,” Nash said. “There are so many stories out there that we just don’t even know about and we are in a race against time to get as many of them recorded as we possibly can.”

To suggest the name of a person who should be interviewed or to volunteer to
assist in the project: