Update One Day in History
December 2, 2006 by Heather Goldsmith
Filed under Home & Living
I promised an update of the One Day in History project, so click this link to read entries from that one day; October 17 2006.
The project attracted entries from some 46,000 blogs and has prompted Ivo Dawnay, the man behind the idea, to urge people to regularly keep journals, diaries and write letters to each other.
“Having received an astonishing 46,000 blogs for our One Day in History project, we are now concerned as to how they are going to be preserved for posterity,” Dawnay said. “We are in talks with the British Library about the best way of preserving them and ironically it looks as if they might end up being printed.”
Leading family historian Nick Barratt says “… the throwaway nature of modern society meant that this generation was in danger of leaving behind an inadequate legacy of memories.”
Barratt also asked “… when was the last time that any of us created a permanent record for future generations to look at?”
I’ll add my voice and encourage you to keep a journal, too.
Source for this story Telegraph.co.uk.
This reminds me of the Story Corps project that they highlight weekly on NPR. I love that segment, it almost always makes me want to cry.
Interesting idea – I don’t suppose many people keep handwritten diaries any more. And I guess a lot of letter writing has been replaced with emails, text messaging and online chat. On the other hand, more could be known about the lives of ordinary people than at any previous time in history, provided we keep records.
Hi Michelle,
Is this TV you’re talking about? Sorry if I seem a bit clueless. I’m in Australia. Thanks for commenting.
Hi Trevor,
Thanks for your comment. Let’s hope you feel inspired to keep some kind of record.