Claytee White, director of the Oral History Research Center, based in the special collections department at University of Nevada – Las Vegas, has begun work on an oral history project called The West Charleston Neighborhood: An Oral History Project of Ward One. Read more about the project from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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From the AP: Seeking inspiration for a musical commission to mark the 50th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, composer Yotam Haber turned to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s Oral History Project. Combing through the files in the Alabama city, he came across a 1998 interview with Henrietta Tripp. He was struck by
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This AARP article suggests steps to creating your own oral history-based “Family Tree.” It is a good entry-level guide for those interested in preserving their own family’s stories.
We have two overviews of the 2013 meeting that give a flavor of all the great things that happened there. One was done by OHR blogger Steven Sielaff: https://oralhistoryreview.tumblr.com/ And the other was compiled from the various tweets done about the meeting by Jaycie Vos of the University of North Carolina’s Southern Oral History Program:
South African Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture addressed the 10th annual Oral History Association of South Africa conference in Kimberley, South Africa. He urged participants to reflect on their freedom and where they come from. Read more about his comments on The New Age Online.
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Remember to sign up for the dine-arounds, where you get out of the hotel, dine at a distinctive Oklahoma City restaurant, and are hosted by a member of the local community. Sign-up is at the registration table.
OHA President Mary Larson appeared on radio station KOSU to talk about the OHA Annual Meeting, happening this week in Oklahoma City. You can listen to the interview on the KOSU website, here.
The OHA annual meeting was recently spotlighted in the Oklahoma Gazette. You can read the piece on their website here.
We are saddened to announce that Trevor Lummis, renown oral historian, passed away in September. His obituary is available from The Telegraph online.
Want to meet new people and network with oral historians from your region? Join Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region (OHMAR) for a fun and social happy hour on Friday, October 11, in Oklahoma City. Meet up at the Skirvin Hilton lobby at 5:30pm. Email OHMAR board members Kate Scott (scott.kate@gmail.com) or Abby Perkiss (aperkiss@gmail.com)
As many of you know, in conjunction with the new executive structure, the OHA has been undergoing a strategic planning process to help chart where the organization will be going over the next four years. Toward that end, we have have been working with Janet Rechtman, a strategic planning consultant. Janet is no stranger to
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Want to meet new people and network with oral historians from your region? Join Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region (OHMAR) for a fun and social happy hour on Friday, October 11, in Oklahoma City. Meet up at the Skirvin Hilton lobby at 5:30pm. Email OHMAR board members Kate Scott (scott.kate@gmail.com) or Abby Perkiss (aperkiss@gmail.com)
