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Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a website-building tool that puts previously complex digital programming into the hands of historians and researchers. The new tool, called the Digital Humanities Toolkit or DH Press, provides a way for historians, researchers, teachers and others to create interactive websites, virtual tours, data maps […]

The MidAtlantic Regional Center for the Humanities features an article by Linda Shopes, about Columbia University’s Oral History Master of Arts program. The program, housed at Columbia’s Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theory and Empirics, is a collaboration between the Columbia Center for Oral History and Institute for Social and Economic Research Policy. To date, forty-five students have graduated

Take a listen to the story produced by Crosscurrents KALW about the celebrations which accompanied the opening of the original San Francisco Bay Bridge.  Oral histories feature prominently.

James Sterling Young, who established the country’s only program dedicated to compiling comprehensive oral histories of the American presidency, and who also amassed a vast oral history of Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s career, died on Aug. 8 at his home in Advance Mills, Va. He was 85. His death was announced by the Miller Center

Friday, October 11, 9:00 am- 4:00 pm Explore Guthrie, Oklahoma – Oklahoma’s first capital Cost: $50 Travel by bus to Guthrie, Oklahoma, which served as Oklahoma’s state capital from 1907 to 1910. Located approximately thirty-two miles north of Oklahoma City, Guthrie is one of the largest contiguous Historic Districts listed on the National Register of

When the Lone Star State Met the Iron Curtain: Recollections of Texas in the Cold War is a Texas Historical Commission initiative to interpret and preserve the history of the varied roles Texans played in the Cold War from 1946–1991. The project goal is to honor the memories of both Texans who served in the

The Oral History Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Kenai Fjords National Park are proud to announce the completion of the Exit Glacier/Kenai Fjords National Park Project Jukebox, available online at *https://jukebox.uaf.edu/exitglacier*. People who visit the website can access oral, visual and map resources that offer a rich understanding of the history of