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Indian traditional puppeteers, out from behind a screen, performed for people attending the International Oral History Association Conference in India. Photo credit:  Don Ritchie By Donald A. Ritchie and Mark Cave Those who attended the biennial meeting of the International Oral History Association in Bangalore, June 27-July 1, 2016, brought back memories of the fragrant flowers,

Herman J. Harper, farmer and Navy veteran, was one of the Oklahoma centenarians interviewed for an Oklahoma State University oral history project. Photo credit:  Oklahoma State University By Tanya Finchum Oklahoma State University Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them. (Oliver Wendell Holmes) The Oklahoma 100 Year Life oral

We’re just about a month out from OHA’s Annual Meeting and 50th Anniversary celebration! There’s a great lineup of Wednesday, pre-conference workshops, and the University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries and Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies are excited to sponsor and lead the workshop, “OHMS: Enhancing Access to Oral History Online.”

For the second time in its history, the Oral History Association will be crossing an international border for its annual meeting. That’s right: the OHA is coming to Montreal, Québec, Canada, October 10-14, 2018! The conference will be hosted by Concordia University’s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS) right on the downtown campus.

Donate to the 50th Anniversary Campaign today, and you’ll provide a scholarship tomorrow! With excitement continuing to build for the upcoming OHA annual meeting in Long Beach, please take a moment to help make it possible for those students, professionals, and community practitioners facing financial limitations to attend. Each year the OHA scholarship program awards

“’The Walls Are Going to Come Tumbling Down:’ An Oral History/Digital Archive of an Unconventional Public College” by Carol Quirke, American Studies, SUNY Old Westbury First Lady Michelle Obama recently rapped with Saturday Night Live star Jay Pharoah, “If you wanna fly jets you should go to college; Reach high and cash checks, fill you

ORAL HISTORY SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2017 – CALL FOR PAPERS 2017 Conference: Remembering Beliefs – The Shifting Worlds of Religion and Faith in Secular Society The Annual Conference of the Oral History Society in conjunction with Newman University and Leeds Trinity University Date: Friday, 14th and Saturday 15th July, 2017 Venue: Leeds Trinity University, Horsforth,

The Southwest Oral History Association (SOHA) will be celebrating its 35th Anniversary at OHA@50. In commemoration of the milestone, SOHA will host a celebration on Saturday October 15th from 6:30-8:00 pm at the historic First Congregational Church of Long Beach, located at 241 Cedar Avenue, Long Beach, California 90802 (about six blocks from the hotel).

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