Preserving a Legacy, One Click at a Time: The Fordice History Project
Fordice History Project: a home for Mississippi's stories.
I designed and manage the Squarespace website for the Fordice History Project, an effort to collect the oral history of Governor Kirk Fordice and First Lady Pat Fordice, so people can learn about the project, share a story or photo, and support it.
The stories are out there. The site has to collect them.
The project's goal is to capture first-hand memories of Mississippi's first Republican governor since Reconstruction, from supporters and critics alike, before those stories are lost.
That meant the website couldn't just inform. It had to earn trust, explain how the project works and make it easy for anyone to contribute an interview, a memory or a photo.
Three ways the site invites people in.
Lead with the legacy
The official portrait, a clear mission and Learn More and Donate buttons up front, with the red, white and navy of the project's brand.
Make sharing simple
Share Your Story, an Oral History Sign-Up and a Photo Upload form, so contributing takes a few minutes instead of a phone tag.
Answer questions up front
A FAQ on governance, funding and where the histories will live, plus the History Is Lunch program video from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Take a look around.
Desktop and mobile screens from the live site at fordicehistoryproject.com.
An archive that keeps growing.
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