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The Preliminary Program for the OHA 2014 annual meeting is now posted.  We are delighted to make available much more information than ever before. You may simply view the program by clicking “View the Online Program ” on the left side of the screen at the All Academic site.  If you want to customize a […]

post by Leslie McCartney, International Committee Web Liaison Each year scholarship applications submitted by selected international participants for the upcoming OHA annual meeting are reviewed by the International Committee. This year ten applications were reviewed. With only $3,500.00 in total to offer, the decisions on which applications to fund were difficult ones for the committee. The

The Oklahoma Oral History Research Program (OOHRP) was founded in 2007 as part of the Oklahoma State University Library, with the goal of documenting and making accessible the history of Oklahoma and OSU through oral history interviews. In addition to conducting interviews staff members speak to classes, offer instruction and lead workshops. Undergraduate and graduate students

Register for the conference, learn about new initiatives for 2014, and make your hotel reservations on the Registration and Housing page. Learn more about the Annual Meeting by reading the Program Highlights.

Post written Miriam Laytner, Oral History Intern, Apollo Theater Oral History Project The Apollo Theater Oral History Project at Community School 154, The Harriet Tubman Learning Center in New York City is almost complete for 2013-14. The interviews have been completed, the stories gathered and the group poem and plays performed.  Though the calendar says

The Oral History Association, the national professional organization based at Georgia State University, has been selected as the latest member of the prestigious American Council for Learned Societies.  The selection was made on May 9, 2014, at the ACLS annual meeting. Founded in 1919, the 72-member ACLS is the preeminent representative of American scholarship in

Post by Leslie McCartney, International Committee Web Liaison I attended the European Social Science History Conference (10th Edition) held in the beautiful city of Vienna in Austria from April 23-26, 2014.  The ESSHC conference is organized by the International Institute of Social History, an institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.  The aim

The recent arrest of Gerry Adams has been linked to the Belfast Project of Boston College, where oral history interviews conducted with the promise of confidentiality were subpoenaed and eventually released. The case raises in high relief a number of important ethical, legal and procedural issues pertaining to oral history. It also offers an opportunity

Founded in 1964, the American West Center is the oldest regional studies center of its type. Oral history has been at the core of the Center’s work from the beginning. The University of Utah was one of only six institutions to receive a grant from the tobacco heiress Doris Duke to record the oral histories

Post written by Katie Crook, originally published at the Southern Oral History Program blog, Field Notes I was a little apprehensive, to say the least. On a Friday afternoon at rush hour, I found myself driving away from the happy little bubble of Blue Heaven to a city with which I had absolutely no familiarity. I was

The Oral History Association, in conjunction with the History Channel, has recently completed a document entitled, “Principles and Best Practices for Oral History Education,” aimed at grades 4-12.  Co-authors of the document were OHA Education Committee members Debbie Ardemendo and Katie Kuszmar. Principles and Best Practices for Oral History Education (pdf document)