Yasmine's Warehouse
Yasmine Ware in white blazer, U.S. Capitol
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Vol. I  ·  Est. 2019  ·  Madison, Mississippi  ·  Warehouse Enterprises LLC

Documentary Media Platform  ·  Podcast  ·  Oral History  ·  Film

Exploring the intersection of identity and environments — since 2019.

Enter the Archive ↓
Washington, D.C. — United States Capitol

"Every community deserves its own permanent record."

Founded 2019 — Madison, Mississippi — Global Fieldwork

Yasmine Ware conducting an oral history interview

§ 02 — About the Platform

A Living Archive of American
Experience.

Yasmine's Warehouse is a documentary media platform exploring the intersection of identity and environments — through narrative interviews with everyone from best friends to members of Congress.

Founded and hosted by Yasmine Ware — Truman Scholar, Stamps Scholar, and national security policy researcher from Madison, Mississippi — the platform has been building its primary source archive since 2019. Guests have ranged from 110-year-old oral history subjects to U.S. legislators, UN diplomats, and military strategists.

Est. 2019  ·  Madison, Mississippi  ·  4 Continents of Fieldwork  ·  1.2M+ Views  ·  Oldest Subject: 110 Years  ·  Truman Scholar  ·  Stamps Scholar  ·  NATO HQ — Brussels, Belgium  ·  USAFA 66th Annual Assembly on Great Power Competition  ·  Geneva & Vienna — Nonproliferation Research  ·  White House Press Credential  ·  Primary Source Citation: Grinnell College  ·  New York Times — National Winner

Yasmine Ware — host and founder of Yasmine's Warehouse

§ 04 — Host & Founder

yasmine ware

Truman Scholar. Stamps Scholar. Documentary filmmaker, oral historian, and national security policy researcher. Yasmine Ware built Yasmine's Warehouse from a high school podcast in 2019 into an award-winning cross-platform archive with over 1.2 million views.

From NATO Headquarters in Brussels to the UN in Vienna, from the Mississippi Legislature to the White House press room — her work insists that every community deserves its own permanent record.

§ 05 — Field Work

GLOBAL

fieldwork — four continents, one archive.

Scroll to explore — 7 locations

White House press credential — Washington D.C.
North America · Washington D.C.
United States
White House press credential · Congress · National Model UN
NATO Headquarters — Brussels, Belgium
Europe · Belgium
NATO Headquarters
Brussels briefings on collective defense and great power competition
Geneva and Vienna — Nonproliferation Research
Europe · Geneva & Vienna
Nonproliferation Research
CERN · UN Palais des Nations · UNODA · VCDNP · US Mission Vienna · UNOOSA
Germany — Neglected Stories Exchange
Europe · Germany
Neglected Stories
US-Germany exchange · Bad Bevensen · Jackson, Mississippi · Philadelphia
United Kingdom historic sites
Europe · United Kingdom
UK Historic Sites
Alnwick Castle · Lindisfarne · Hadrian's Wall · Edinburgh · British Museum
Kyoto, Japan — CIEE Study Abroad
Asia · Pacific
Japan
CIEE study abroad · Kyoto, Tokyo · oral history across cultures
Mound Bayou, Mississippi — The Mound Bayou Memoirs
North America · Mississippi Delta
Mississippi Delta
The Mound Bayou Memoirs — primary source oral history archive
"The stories that official histories overlook are the ones worth protecting forever."

— Yasmine Ware · Founder, Yasmine's Warehouse

Listen.

Available On

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Every episode is a permanent record — browse the full archive below.

Edith Renfrow Smith
Featured · Legacy Storytelling
Edith Renfrow Smith
110 Years. One Lesson.
The first African American woman to graduate from Grinnell College — at 110 years old, two hours of conversation that became the foundation of the archive.
Listen
Mississippi Legislature
Field Recording · Political Power
Mississippi Legislature
Inside the State Capitol
On the floor, in the hallways, and in the record — documenting the machinery of political power in the American South.
Listen
The Mound Bayou Memoirs
Archive · Oral History
Mound Bayou, Mississippi
The Mound Bayou Memoirs
The first podcast oral history to achieve primary source citation status at Grinnell College — a permanent part of the record.
Watch
Yasmine Ware at the Mound Bayou Museum
§ 07 — Flagship Production
Sneak Peek — Now Streaming

The Mound Bayou Memoirs: A Sneak Peek

§ 07 — The Story

Mound Bayou, Mississippi is one of America's oldest all-African American towns — founded in 1887 by formerly enslaved people. By the time Yasmine arrived, its stories were disappearing even from the memory of the people who lived there.

Over a year of fieldwork, she gathered testimonies, documents, and oral histories that now form part of a living archive — the first podcast-based oral history project to achieve primary source citation status for this community at Grinnell College.

Every story becomes the permanent record.

Watch on YouTube ↗ Spotify ↗ Apple Podcasts ↗

§ 07 — The Record

Funded by
James H. Meredith Community Transformation Award
Archive Status
Grinnell College — Primary Source Citation
Recognition
Mississippi Legislature — Formally Honored
Fieldwork Duration
One Year — Mound Bayou, Mississippi
Edith Renfrow Smith

Edith
Renfrow
Smith.

110 Years Old. One Lesson. First African American Woman to Graduate from Grinnell College
Legacy Storytelling · Yasmine's Warehouse Archive
These subjects cannot be interviewed twice.

§ 08 — Recognition

The Record
Speaks.
As Recognized By
New York Times Truman
Foundation Stamps
Scholarship NATO
Headquarters USAFA
Assembly White House
Press Corps Mississippi
Legislature Grinnell
College James H. Meredith
Award
The Full Record — Yasmine Ware

The archive is still being written.

From the Archive — Responses

"Yasmine Ware has done what oral historians spend careers trying to do — she made a community's story permanent."

Grinnell College — Primary Source Archive Citation

"This is the kind of primary source documentation that gets cited for the next hundred years."

Documentary Oral History · The Mound Bayou Memoirs

"She walked into this room and asked questions that no one else was asking. That's what made it worth answering."

Congressional Interview · Yasmine's Warehouse Archive

§ 09 — Warehouse Enterprises LLC

WORK

commissions, partnerships & speaking — Warehouse Enterprises LLC

Documentary Production
Oral History Commissions
Custom documentary oral history production for individuals, institutions, foundations, municipalities, and federal agencies. We capture the stories your community cannot afford to lose — delivered to archival standards with primary source citation capability. Discovery call, scope, production, archive delivery. Capability statement available upon request.
Commission a Project
Federal · SAM.gov Registered
Federal Contracting
Warehouse Enterprises LLC is a SAM.gov registered federal vendor. Documentary oral history production for USAID, the US Agency for Global Media, Department of State, NEH, NMAAHC, and NPS. WOSB certification in progress. Past performance: Grinnell College primary source archive citation.
Speaking
Speaking Engagements
Keynotes and panels on oral history methodology, documentary storytelling, cultural heritage policy, identity and community, and women in national security. Booking inquiries welcome. $2K–$15K per engagement.
Sponsorship · Media Kit Available
Brand Partnerships
Aligned sponsorships for tourism boards, cultural institutions, graduate hotels, airlines, and consumer brands working in education, travel, and policy. Audience demographics and partnership formats available upon request.
International
Travel Partnerships
International documentary partnerships for travel brands and cultural organizations. Active fieldwork presence across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Commission
the Archive.

For oral history commissions, partnership inquiries, speaking requests, or press — reach out through Warehouse Enterprises LLC.

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