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Oral History
 Websites presented in alphabetical order ACT-UP Oral History Project 
 The digital exhibit space for "a collection of interviews with surviving members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, New York." Features interview transcripts, videos, tributes, forums, and more. Each text transcript is accompanied by a separate index. From MIX (the New York Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film/Video Festival), with funding from the Ford Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts. Project leaders are author Sarah Schulman and filmmaker Jim Hubbard. http://www.actuporalhistory.org/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes, History, Infectious Diseases, Nonfiction by Genre, Women's Health Last updated Jun 10, 2004 American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940
"These life histories were written by the staff of the Folklore Project of the Federal Writers' Project for the U.S. Works Progress (later Work Projects) Administration (WPA) from 1936-1940. The Library of Congress collection includes 2,900 documents representing the work of over 300 writers from 24 states. Typically 2,000-15,000 words in length, the documents consist of drafts and revisions, varying in form from narrative to dialogue to report to case history. The histories describe the informant's family education, income, occupation, political views, religion and mores, medical needs, diet and miscellaneous observations." From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html Topics: History, United States History Last updated Jan 27, 2003 The Bancroft Library Regional Oral History Office (ROHO): Featured Projects
A browsable collection of oral histories, with a focus on California. Topics include bioscience and biotechnology, disability rights, the Earl Warren era, diversity at UC, food and wine, Free Speech Movement, "Rosie the Riveter WWII American Homefront Project," suffragists, history of the University of California, and Western mining. From the University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/ Topics: History Last updated Aug 22, 2006 Basque Oral History Project
Audio interviews with Basque people in the American West, accompanied by brief text biographies. Browsable by last name. Presented online by the Basque Museum of Boise, Idaho through a grant provided by the Basque government. (The audio files did not play in Netscape.) http://www.basquemuseum.com/oralhistory/ Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jun 13, 2004 Black Oral History Collection
Features interviews with "African American pioneers and their descendants throughout Washington [state], Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, from 1972-1974." Topics discussed "include early black settlers, job opportunities, social life and community, living patterns, black churches, and black political involvement from the late 1800s through 1974." Includes sound files and descriptive records. Browsable and searchable. From Washington State University Libraries. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xblackoralhistory.html Topics: Black Resources, History, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jan 4, 2006 California Explores the Ocean: San Diego Historical Society - Oral Histories
A searchable collection of over 50 transcribed interviews with "fishermen, cannery workers, fishing boat owners and captains, fishmongers, and others involved in commercial fishing, sport fishing, and boat building. Many belonged to immigrant Italian and Portuguese families that settled in San Diego from around 1910 to 1930." More than half of the interviews feature audio. A collaboration of the San Diego Historical Society and the University of California, San Diego. http://ceo.ucsd.edu/photographs/sdhs/oral/ Topics: Agriculture, History, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Aug 4, 2003 Center for Columbia River History (CCRH)
This agency "is dedicated to examining the 'hidden histories' of the Basin and to helping people think about the historical record from different perspectives." This site includes photo, document, and oral history archives; curricula for "Columbia River Studies," an interdisciplinary high school course; an events calendar; and student projects. The CCRH is a regional partnership of Washington State University at Vancouver, Portland State University, and the Washington State Historical Society. http://www.ccrh.org/ Topics: History, U.S. History By Place Last updated Feb 11, 2003 Center for Oral History: University of Hawai'i at Manoa
This site "preserves the recollections of Hawai'i's people through oral interviews and disseminates oral history transcripts to researchers, students, and the general community." Find brief histories of communities, ethnic groups, government, historical events, individual lives, and occupations. Some transcripts include sound files. http://www2.soc.hawaii.edu/css/dept/oral_hist/ Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jul 30, 2003 Civil Rights Oral History Interviews
This site consists of a series of interviews with people who have "ties to both the civil rights movement and to Spokane [Washington state]." Conducted by a reporter for the Spokesman-Review, the interviews were used to create "Through Spokane's Eyes: Moments in Black History," a series of articles published in February 2001. The site includes photographs, brief descriptions of the topics covered, and audio files of the interviews. Searchable. From Washington State University. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xcivilrights.html Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jan 21, 2004 Complete Coverage: The 9/11 Records
Under court order, "the city of New York [in August 2005] opened part of its archive of records from Sept. 11, releasing a digital avalanche of oral histories, dispatchers' tapes and phone logs. ... For the first time, about 200 accounts of emergency medical technicians, paramedics and their supervisors were made public." This site provides the unedited audio dispatches and oral histories of dispatch transmissions, along with articles and commentary. From the New York Times; some sections require free registration. http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2005/11/30/nyregion/nyregionspecial3/index.html Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Nov 7, 2007 Frontline Diplomacy: The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training
This collection "offers interview transcripts from the oral history archives of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST). The collection will grow as additional interviews are completed." Browse by author ("interviews in the collection are mostly with Foreign Service Officers but there also are some with political appointees and other officials") or subjects such as wars, trade agreements, and foreign relations. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/diplomacy/ Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, History Last updated May 30, 2007 HistoricalVoices.org
Historical Voices is creating "a significant...online database of spoken word collections spanning the 20th century." Galleries lists their eclectic collection of databases and links. Following another goal of the project, there is also research on "sound digitization, system architecture, federated searching, metadata implementations, online delivery, and multimedia education." http://www.historicalvoices.org/ Topics: Government, History, Internet, Libraries & Archives by Type, Music, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Oct 3, 2002 Living Voices/Voces Vivas
This Web site from the Smithsonian features audio profiles of Native Americans and Native Hawaiians. "People of many ages, traditions and perspectives tell their own stories, reflecting the wide range of contemporary Native experience in Canada, Mexico, Panama, and the U.S." Files on this site are in English (there is also a limited Spanish version of the site); the foreign-language profiles may be ordered separately on CD. http://www.nmai.si.edu/livingvoices/ Topics: History, Internet, Native Americans, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Aug 30, 2002 The Mississippi Delta Hot Tamale Trail
This presentation is "an effort to document the history, tradition, and culture of hot tamales from Tunica to Vicksburg" in the Mississippi Delta. Tamales came to the Delta in the early 20th century when Hispanic laborers began making their way up from Texas. Features oral histories, a map with vendor locations, and illustrated recipes. Designed by the Southern Foodways Alliance of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi. http://www.tamaletrail.com Topics: Food & Cooking, History, Recipes by Region: United States Last updated May 2, 2006 National Story Project with Paul Auster
The monthly broadcast of the National Story Project was born when writer Paul Auster returned to National Public Radio's Weekend All Things Considered to focus on telling not just his own stories, but also those of listeners. Read or listen to stories that have aired since November 1999. Stories may be submitted to the Project by post or by e-mail. http://www.npr.org/programs/watc/features/1999/991002.storyproject.html Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre, Society & Social Science, United States History Last updated Nov 10, 2004 Oral History: Recording and Preserving the Voices of Washington's Government
The website for a program that records, transcribes, and publishes "the recollections of legislators, state officials and citizens who have shaped Washington State's political history." Provides the texts of oral histories published to date, information about the program, links to legislative and oral history resources, and advice for creating oral history materials for exhibits and educational programs. Searchable. From the Washington Secretary of State. http://www.secstate.wa.gov/legacyproject// Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place Last updated Sep 9, 2008 Oral History: University of California, Riverside
Transcripts, audio, and video clips of over 30 oral histories of UC Riverside professors, administrators, and others associated with the university. Includes a photograph of each person interviewed. From the University of California, Riverside. http://www.ucrhistory.ucr.edu/ Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Aug 15, 2003 The Pill
An exploration of the history and the physiological and social effects of the pill for women approved by the FDA as an oral contraceptive in 1960. Includes interviews on video, samples of birth control pill package design, andn a teacher's guide. This site is designed to supplement a PBS film presented as part of their "American Experience" television series. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pill/ Topics: Drugs, Drugs & Medications by Type, Families, Health, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Women's Health Last updated Feb 26, 2005 Regional History Project at the University Library
"The Regional History Project has been documenting the history of the Central Coast of California and the institutional history of UC Santa Cruz since 1963, through oral history. This web site includes the complete catalog of our collection, a photo gallery of historical images of the Central Coast of California, [and] oral history resources." Contains selected oral histories in full text, with emphasis on agriculture and Lick Observatory. From the University of California, Santa Cruz. http://library.ucsc.edu/regional-history-project Topics: Agriculture, History, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Oct 26, 2009 The Rutgers Oral History Archives: World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Cold War
This is "an enterprise to record the personal experiences of the men and women who served on the homefront and overseas. It is based on in-depth interviews of individuals who lived through these conflicts." This project has hundreds of oral history interviews, a photo gallery and a list, with illustrations, of shoulder patches and badges of honor. http://oralhistory.rutgers.edu/ Topics: History, Libraries & Archives by Type, Military, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History Last updated May 29, 2006 September 11, 2001, Documentary Project
This "presentation of almost 200 audio and video interviews, 45 graphic items, and 21 written narratives" presents "heartfelt reactions, eyewitness accounts, and diverse opinions of Americans and others in the months that followed the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93." From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/911_archive/ Topics: Film: Genres & Themes, History, Nonfiction by Genre, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 12, 2005 Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA)
"The mission of the SFA is to celebrate, preserve, promote, and nurture the traditional and developing diverse food cultures of the American South." The site features transcribed and illustrated oral histories on topics such as Greeks in Birmingham, Alabama, barbecue restaurants, articles about Southern cooking, cookbook reviews, and more. Also find competitions (such as the 2004 deviled-egg contest), the Ruth Fertel Keeper of the Flame Award, forums, and related links. http://www.southernfoodways.com/ Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre, Recipes & Food Preparation, Recipes by Region, Recipes by Region: United States, The Olympic Games Last updated Sep 15, 2005 Southern Oral History Program (SOHP)
"The Southern Oral History Program performs the vital task of recording and preserving research interviews for future generations." Its website features audio and some transcripts of selected interviews with people such as Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Albert Gore, Sr. Also includes descriptions of recent projects. The SOHP is a component of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Center for the Study of the American South. http://sohp.org Topics: History Last updated Feb 12, 2007 StoryCorps
Information about "a national project to instruct and inspire people to record each others' stories in sound." Features audio clips of stories recorded at New York City's Grand Central Station, as well as links to radio broadcasts of interviews. Also includes information about the StoryBooths, which will be built across the country for recording oral histories to be housed at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. http://www.storycorps.org/ Topics: History, Internet, Music, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Sep 22, 2009 StoryCorps: Do-It-Yourself Guide
StoryCorps (a nonprofit that has helped more than 40,000 Americans record oral histories) declared "November 28, 2008 the first annual National Day of listening." The site provides a guide to interviewing a person who is important to you, with a DIY recording guide and video, question generator, a few online oral histories, and related material. http://www.storycorps.org/diy/ Topics: History Last updated Sep 22, 2009 Studs Terkel: Conversations with America
Includes audio recordings of interviews Studs Terkel -- oral historian, playwright, radio news commentator, sportscaster, film narrator, jazz columnist, disc jockey, and music festival host -- did for his books and a multimedia interview of Terkel himself (who died in October 2008). Provides a model for those interested in the methods of oral history. Searchable. From the Chicago Historical Society. http://www.studsterkel.org/ Topics: History, Musical Genres, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History Last updated Nov 6, 2008 Talking History: Aural History Productions
This center aims to "provide teachers, students, researchers, and the general public with as broad and outstanding collection of audio documentaries, speeches, debates, oral histories, conference sessions, commentaries, archival audio sources, and other aural history resources." Offers a weekly Internet broadcast (focusing on all aspects of history) and program archives (browsable by date, and searchable). From the University at Albany, State University of New York. http://www.talkinghistory.org/ Topics: History, Internet, Media, Music, Nonfiction by Genre, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jan 1, 2004 Telling Their Stories: Oral History Archives Project
High school students from the Urban School of San Francisco conducted and transcribed interviews and created audio and video files about Holocaust survivors, U.S. soldiers who helped liberate concentration camp prisoners, and Japanese Americans held in internment camps in World War II. Includes links to related sites. http://www.tellingstories.org/ Topics: History, Judaism, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History, World War II Last updated Jun 1, 2006 University of California History Digital Archives: Oral Histories
Provides access to "digital transcripts of formal oral history interviews" conducted by the UC Berkeley Regional Oral History Office and the UC Santa Cruz Regional History Project. Includes librarians, teachers, administrators, and chancellors. From the University of California History Digital Archives, University of California, Berkeley. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/histories_interviews/oral_histories/ Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Aug 23, 2003 Veterans History Project
This site describes a project to collect "oral history interviews, memoirs, letters, diaries, photographs, and other original materials from veterans of World Wars I and II, and the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf Wars and the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts (2001-present)." Includes guidelines for participating in the project, including tips for interviewing veterans and writing memoirs. From the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/vets/ Topics: Communities & Groups, History, Military, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, United States History Last updated Apr 3, 2005 Women and Timber: The Pacific Northwest Logging Community, 1920-1998
This site describes an oral history project that explores "women's roles as key participants in the development and maintenance of the logging community and culture that has, in many ways, helped define Pacific Northwest history." Includes an explanation of the project methodology, oral history transcripts, and a list of sources. From the Center for Columbia River History. http://www.ccrh.org/oral/women&timber/ Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 22, 2004 |
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