By Katie Kuszmar I teach at a high school in San Jose, and we recently had the opportunity to meet Father Greg Boyle, who started Homeboy Industries in East Los Angeles. Homeboy Industries is a very successful intervention and rehabilitation program for “homies” who want out of gangs. We read Boyle’s bestselling memoir, Tattoos on […]
Submissions are now being accepted for the 2014 OHA Annual Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin, held October 8-12. All proposals must be submitted through the conference software: https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/oha/oha14/. View the 2014 Call for Papers for more information.
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: Marica Šapro-Ficović, PhD. (Public Library Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia) Paper Title: Oral History Shows Vibrant Life in
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We Knew JFK: Unheard Stories from the Kenedy Archives is a radio documentary in oral history form, built around the recorded recollections of people who knew Jack Kennedy personally. The program is airing on public radio stations nationwide, around the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s death in Dallas. You can also listen to it on
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Read about it on the Smithsonian Magazine website.
Voice of Witness wins Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award Read More »
The Indian Express recently profiled the Oral History Association of India in advance of their first inaugural meeting. You can read the piece here.
Read about the state of oral history in the American Historical Association’s November 2013 issue of Perspectives in History. It can be accessed online here.
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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.
SOHP announces new online collection: “Breaking New Ground” Read More »
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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