LuAnn Jones: What I Do
OHMAR Board Member Dr. LuAnn Jones talks about her work in a new Perspectives on History video series. It can be found here, or watch the video directly from YouTube.
OHA News
Post about OHA Annual Meeting featured on AHA website
Seth Kotch, Digital Projects Director at the Southern Oral History Program, has a blog post on the American Historical Association website. The post highlights several of the digital humanities projects featured at the OHA 2013 Annual Meeting. Read it here.
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Considering your digital resume
By Steven Sielaff. This post first appeared at the Oxford University Press blog Throughout my time as Oral History Review (OHR) editorial assistant at the Oral History Association’s (OHA) annual conference in Oklahoma City, OK, I saw a number of prevailing themes. In the recent past, the push towards digitization and web-based portals has dominated
NYTimes marks StoryCorps’ 10th Anniversary
The New York Times has published an interview with Dave Isay, founder of StoryCorps. It is available on their website.
OHA seeks input on strategic plan
The OHA has been involved in a strategic planning process to provide direction as to where the organization will be going over the next four years. Toward that end we have developed a document itemizing our mission, vision, values, and objectives in a number of areas. We are posting this document on the OHA website
SOHP account of the OHA 2013 Annual Meeting
The Southern Oral History Program at the UNC Center for the Study of the American South has posted an account of their presence at the 2013 Annual Meeting. It is available on their website here. Did you write an article or blog post about your experience at the meeting? Please send it to us!
Amy Evans on 2013 Annual Meeting
Amy Cameron Evans, of the Southern Foodways Alliance, has a blog post about her experience at the OHA 2013 Annual Meeting. It can be found here. Did you write an article or blog post about your experience at the meeting? We would love to read it! Send it to us:
AHA spotlights oral history projects documenting Hurricane Sandy
The American Historical Association has an article on several of the oral history projects that have emerged to document the effects of Hurricane Sandy. It can be found in the newest issue of Perspectives on History, or online here.
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Kenosha History Center offers tips for video oral histories
Cynthia Nelson, archivist at the Kenosha History Center, recently offered suggestions on how to successfully use video in recording oral histories. You can read them here.
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UNLV Oral History Research Center records stories of Ward One
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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Composer uses oral history to pay tribute in Birmingham bombing anniversary
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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Oral History “Family Trees”
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.