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One of oral history’s greatest strengths as a field is its interdisciplinarity. For fifty years now, OHA has been a meeting ground for oral history practitioners from both within and outside the academy: a unique space for professors, public historians, archivists, educators, activists, museum curators, documentarians, artists, digital humanists, journalists, playwrights, and more. While we […]

James Mink, on the left, at 1966 Colloquium. Mink was the director of the UCLA Oral History Program from 1964-1972. Thirty years ago one person, generous and committed to helping OHA reach greater heights, set us on path that continues to ensure the future of our organization.  In 1986, James V. Mink decided it was

The Apollo Theater Video Oral history Project at Wadleigh Secondary School for Performing & Visual Arts has just completed its sixth year. Thirty-five 11th graders learned to document oral history interviews using video in conjunction with their African American and Latin & Caribbean American Studies class. Working with an Apollo teaching artist, Wadleigh Secondary students

By Troy Reeves All of us, even we humanists who should know better, seem to reflect upon an event more when the anniversary of it ends in a zero or five. And if its number equals 25 or 50 or 75 or 100, well then, watch out. There’s going to be a whole lot of

Follow our weekly series, Throwback Thursday, designed to help celebrate 50 years of OHA. We’ll profile a year in the life of the organization each week with photos, logos, and highlights taken from the Oral History Association Newsletter. We welcome your memories, photos, and comments at oha@gsu.edu. OHA in 1989… Performing Like a Family, 1988: Photograph of performance ensemble,

In 1993, the Oral History Association established a series of awards to recognize outstanding achievement in oral history. We are delighted to announce the recipients of the 2016 Oral History Association annual awards listed below. Thank you to the members of the award committees who contributed their time to make these outstanding selections. The 2016 awards

Photo courtesy of Columbia Oral History Alumni Association Are you new to oral history? Do you want to meet established oral historians who can offer insight into their experiences entering the field and ideas on how to get the most out of the Annual Meeting? Join OHA and the Mentorship Development Team for our second annual

The International Committee is pleased to sponsor the following sessions at the upcoming Annual Meeting in Long Beach, CA from October 12-16, 2016. Thursday, October 13, 2016, 8:30 AM New Immigrants, New Working Class: Stories from Recent Immigrant Workers in Iowa and Southern California (Panel) Abstract Over the last thirty five years, new groups of

Follow our weekly series, Throwback Thursday, designed to help celebrate 50 years of OHA. We’ll profile a year in the life of the organization each week with photos, logos, and highlights taken from the Oral History Association Newsletter. We welcome your memories, photos, and comments at oha@gsu.edu. OHA in 1988… In 1988, Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Janneken Smucker is an Assistant Professor of History at West Chester University where she specializes in digital and public history and material culture. She is also president of the board of the Quilt Alliance, a national non-profit dedicated to documenting, preserving, and sharing the stories of quilts and quiltmakers. Smucker will be leading the workshop Creating

Follow our weekly series, Throwback Thursday, designed to help celebrate 50 years of OHA. We’ll profile a year in the life of the organization each week with photos, logos, and highlights taken from the Oral History Association Newsletter. We welcome your memories, photos, and comments at oha@gsu.edu. OHA in 1987… New logo adopted in 1987… President: Donald A. Ritchie,

Follow our weekly series, Throwback Thursday, designed to help celebrate 50 years of OHA. We’ll profile a year in the life of the organization each week with photos, logos, and highlights taken from the Oral History Association Newsletter. We welcome your memories, photos, and comments at oha@gsu.edu. OHA in 1986… President: Samuel B. Hand, University of Vermont Site