Citizen Historian

Be a Citizen Historian with our Backus-Page Backpacks.

Each one includes everything inside for you to conduct oral history interviews. A video camera, tripod, audio recorder, notebook, instructions, questions to ask and more are inside.

Borrow a backpack for 2 weeks and when you return it, museum staff and volunteers will catalogue, edit and add your interviews to our Oral History database. Each interviewer and interviewee must sign a waiver giving use of their audio and visual recordings to Tyrconnell Heritage Society operators of Backus-Page House Museum. Some or all portions of interviews may be used for historical research, publications, podcasts and online videos.