Christopher Newport University’s History department recently created a project that documents the role the civil rights movement had on the area through a program called The Hampton Roads Oral History Project. The project began as part of the “The Long Civil Rights Movement” course offered in the fall of 2012 by history professor, Dr. Laura Puaca. The […]
A multimedia exhibit featuring recordings of firsthand accounts of the April 27, 2011, tornado, its aftermath and the city’s recovery opened Tuesday morning at the Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum. “Listening to the Storm: A Natural Disaster in Retrospective,” an oral history project centered around the storm, captured the stories of city leaders, storm survivors, first
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First-year students at Loyola University New Orleans are video documenting rare oral histories of New Orleans as part of their classes, including little-known stories of the legendary Dooky Chase Restaurant. Using Loyola’s new Documentary and Oral History Studio, the freshmen interviewed former employees who worked during the restaurant’s beginnings in the 1940s and 1950s. Read more
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In an effort to provide access to oral histories and find creative ways of showcasing an interview/interviews in the context of how they relates to and interact with other primary source material, the Office of Oral History, South Caroliniana Library created an online exhibit to begin to tell the story of a now-defunct South Carolina spring
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The Centre for Public History, Bangalore has created a certificate program to train Indian historians in the craft. Read more about the announcement or the project.
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A very useful New York Times article on archiving family audio records features Bertram Lyons of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Lyons is one of the contributors to “Oral History in the Digital Age” and to the most recent issue of The Oral History Review. Read “Tips on Archiving Family History, Park 1“
The Oral History Association marks the death of pioneering oral historian Martha Ross on April 5th. Martha was a long-time leader in the OHA, serving as president in 1985. In 1976 she was a founder of Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region (OHMAR). Martha set a high standard for excellence in oral history practice and
Groundswell: Oral History for Social Change announces a new blog: Our new Groundswell blog is up and running! The blog is a participatory space for discussing experiences and ideas related to conducting oral history for social change. The introductory post lists some potentially exciting issues for discussion: https://www.oralhistoryforsocialchange.org/blog/
Celebrating the release of Volume 40.1 of the Oral History Review, OHR Managing Editor Troy Reeves and contributors Anne Valk and Holly Ewald have a conversation about the Mashapaug Project, a collaborative community arts and oral history project on a pond in Providence, Rhode Island. Please give it a listen here.
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The Oral History Review’s editorial team would like to welcome our newest member! David Caruso, Oral History Program Manager at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, will join the OHR as our book review editor. Along with his work at CHF, David has worked with Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region (OHMAR), a vibrant, regional oral history
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The Oral History Association and new Executive Director Cliff Kuhn are highlighted in a new article from the Chronicle of Higher Education: Georgia State U. Scholar Leads Strengthened Oral-History Group The Oral History Association’s first-ever executive director, Clifford M. Kuhn, must lead it through the rocky terrain of legal challenges and digital advances.
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