Found 3 collections related to Storytelling -- United States

Since 2003, StoryCorps, an independent nonprofit, has collected and archived more than 50,000 interviews with over 90,000 participants. StoryCorps' mission is to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of their lives. The StoryCorps Black LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) Archive is a collection of digital interviews compiled by StoryCorps between 2004 and 2013, reflecting a multitude of experiences of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people throughout the African Diaspora. Conversations between partners, siblings, colleagues, friends, and parents and children range over topics such as love, relationships, activism, identity, coming out, achieving self-acceptance, race, politics, family, culture, immigration, and communities of faith. less

Ida Benfey Judd (circa 1859-1952) was an American storyteller and founding president of the Mark Twain Association. The collection dates from 1870 to 1952 and contains correspondence, programs, writings, and other materials that relate to her career as a storyteller, as founder of the Mark Twain Association, and as a teacher of elocution. less

From the Horse's Mouth was founded by Tina Croll and Jamie Cunningham in 1998, and is a performance series that features improvisational dance and storytelling. The collection holds press, correspondence, and recordings of shows between 1998 and 2022. In addition to planning documents, press kits, and correspondence, the company also created documentaries and interviews with dancers for promotional purposes. less