Audio Memoir

Specialties

New England’s première oral history service. Have you ever wanted to record the story of a loved one, maybe your mom or dad, or a grandparent? At Audio Memoir we conduct personal, authentic, broadcast-​quality interviews with the people you care about most. These oral history recordings become meaningful, tangible heirlooms to be passed from one generation to the next. They are also a powerful way for the people being interviewed to reflect on their lives and share what is most important to them. Audio Memoir interviewers are seasoned, award-​winning public radio journalists. We carry out careful preparation so that each recorded interview is a comfortable, engaging, memorable experience. Interviews can range from a full life history of one person to the shared memories of cousins at a family reunion.

Meet the Business Owner

Kate E.

Business Owner

Kate Ellis is an award-​winning documentary producer for public radio and long-​time oral historian. She holds a PhD in anthropology from Columbia University, and her programs have aired on hundreds of NPR stations nationwide, along with the BBC.

Kate’s radio projects include a biography of JFK as told through interviews with his closest confidants; a look at the evolution of the American Dream through the 20^th century; and a program chronicling the last year of Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s life. Kate also co-​edited a book of oral history interviews with New Yorkers who witnessed and survived 9/​11, and two anthologies of great African American oratory.

Kate has spent more than twenty years recording in-​depth interviews with people from all walks of life. She is devoted to the mission of documenting people’s stories and sharing them with others.