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Cuentamelo: An Oral History of Queer “Latin@” Immigrants in San Francisco

Juliana Delgado conducted interviews with four gay and transgender Latin American immigrants who tell of coming to San Francisco in the 1980s and the ways in which they survived, built, changed (and were changed by) the city. This small compilation of oral histories maps Latin queerness as seen and lived in Spanish: It highlights the […]

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Blog: LGBT Oral History from the LA Gay and Lesbian Center

Post by David Reichard  As a member of the Diversity Committee, I am always looking for how oral histories from underrepresented communities are being collected and shared more widely. I recently came across a project from the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center that piqued my interest. As Kathleen Sullivan, Director of the Seniors Services Program, told

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Oral History Forum d’histoire orale announces Annotated Bibliography of Oral History in Canada: 1980-2012

The Oral History Forum d’histoire orale is proud to announce a new resource: Annotated Bibliography of Oral History in Canada: 1980 – 2012 by Kristina R. Llewellyn and Dana Nowak (Renison University College, Waterloo University) https://www.oralhistoryforum.ca Abstract: Oral history in Canada has flourished over the past two decades. There is a lack of knowledge, however,

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum telling history of wars, one story at a time

More than 1,800 oral histories of Wisconsin veterans, dating back to the program’s start in 1994, are on cassette tapes, CDs and now digital recordings. The museum hired its first full-time oral historian in 2011 for a two-year term. The position becomes permanent later this summer, though it will no longer be full-time, according to

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Oral History on BackStory – Voices from the 1927 Mississippi River Flood

Oral history plays a starring role in the latest episode of BackStory – a public radio program that explores major ideas, themes, and features of American life through three centuries of history. The episode looks to the history of the Mississippi River, and includes a segment on the Great Flood of 1927 – told from

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Blog: Introducing the International Committee

Welcome to the OHA International Committee’s first blog in which I would like to introduce our committee. What do we do? The International Committee serves as liaison to the International Oral History Association, ensures international participation in the OHA annual meeting program, encourages institutional participation in OHA publications, and holds an open session at the

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Funding for the NEH and state humanities councils

Congress is beginning to deliberate funding National Endowment for the Humanities and the state humanities councils for FY2014.  The Federation of State Humanities Councils has drafted the attached letter to the Interior Appropriations Committee in support of funding that would restore the funding level in place prior to this year’s mandatory sequester. The Oral History Association

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