By Cliff Kuhn Original Featured in the November 2013 Perspectives on History Martha Jackson Ross 1923–2013 Influential Oral Historian Pioneering oral historian and legendary teacher Martha Jackson Ross died April 5, 2013, in Fremont, Ohio. Ross arrived relatively late in life to the field of oral history. A native of Selma, Alabama, she graduated in […]
The Baylor Institute for Oral History announces that updates have been completed for their Transcribing Style Guide. It is available through their website.
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By Leslie McCartney, International Committee Web Liaison Over the next couple of months we will feature comments from recipients of this year’s OHA scholarships as designated by the Oral History Association’s International Committee. This month we feature comments by: Peili Yin, China (Peking University, China) Paper Title: Review on Mainland China Research of Oral History
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“Breaking New Ground: A History of African American Farm Owners Since the Civil War” is now available online through the Southern Oral History Program website. Read more about the project here.
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Monmouth University Special Collections has made available samples of the oral history interviews collected in their Super Storm Sandy project. Their primary research question seeks to contextualize extreme weather within the daily lives of New Jersey residents. The interviews can be accessed through their website.
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OHMAR Board Member Dr. LuAnn Jones talks about her work in a new Perspectives on History video series. It can be found here, or watch the video directly from YouTube.
Seth Kotch, Digital Projects Director at the Southern Oral History Program, has a blog post on the American Historical Association website. The post highlights several of the digital humanities projects featured at the OHA 2013 Annual Meeting. Read it here.
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By Steven Sielaff. This post first appeared at the Oxford University Press blog Throughout my time as Oral History Review (OHR) editorial assistant at the Oral History Association’s (OHA) annual conference in Oklahoma City, OK, I saw a number of prevailing themes. In the recent past, the push towards digitization and web-based portals has dominated
The New York Times has published an interview with Dave Isay, founder of StoryCorps. It is available on their website.
The OHA has been involved in a strategic planning process to provide direction as to where the organization will be going over the next four years. Toward that end we have developed a document itemizing our mission, vision, values, and objectives in a number of areas. We are posting this document on the OHA website
The Southern Oral History Program at the UNC Center for the Study of the American South has posted an account of their presence at the 2013 Annual Meeting. It is available on their website here. Did you write an article or blog post about your experience at the meeting? Please send it to us! oha@gsu.edu
Amy Cameron Evans, of the Southern Foodways Alliance, has a blog post about her experience at the OHA 2013 Annual Meeting. It can be found here. Did you write an article or blog post about your experience at the meeting? We would love to read it! Send it to us: oha@gsu.edu
