Oral
History Programs and Projects
The
Southern Oral History Program
http://www.unc.edu/depts/sohp/
This
website includes information about the latest SOHP projects, as well as
pages of guidelines and tips for interviewing, a bibliography of useful
sources for more information, a links page, and much more.
The
New Mexico State University Public History Homepage
http://web.nmsu.edu/~publhist/
This
site includes an overview of the programs in the NMSU public history program,
and also includes an on-line community oral history manual, Preserving
Community/Cuentos del Varrio (http://web.nmsu.edu/~publhist/ohindex.html).
This very helpful manual includes information on planning an oral history
project, transcribing interviews, preserving oral history resources, and
so on. It also includes lists of questions and a useful bibliography
of oral history readings.
Center
for Understanding Technology through Oral Sources
http://histech.centre.org.uk/
This
site, based at Bournemouth University, includes many links to technology-related
oral history projects. The Center's aim is to provide new views on
technology through oral sources and hopes to "get people talking about
technology." There are links to interviews with scientists, the Family
Farm project, and more. A section of the site is devoted to the Center's
school-based projects in England.
Oral
History On-Line: Recalling the Past to Inform the Present to Guide
the Future
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BANC/ROHO/ohonline/
From
the University of California at Berkeley, this site includes information
about on-going and completed oral history projects. Visitors can
read the transcripts of interviews, as well as additional background
information.
The
African American Health Care Project
http://www.med.umich.edu/haahc/
Based
at the University of Michigan, this site focuses on a project funded by
the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. On the site, you can learn about the
project, read interview excerpts, and see some photographs of interviewees.
It also includes anumber of links about health care -- a useful site for
medical history as well as oral history.
African
American Communities: An Oral History Approach
http://www.duke.edu/web/hst195.15/
This
project, completed by Duke Undergraduates, explores life in Durham, NC's
African American community. Included are photographs, transcripts,
and audio excerpts from interviews, as well as links to the Duke Center
for Documentary Studies.
Many
Voices, One Story -- an exhibit from the Billy Graham Center Archives
http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/exhibits/ohistory/oral01.htm
This
exhibit provides Real Audio excerpts from interviews, as well as transcripts.
The interviews focus on missionary work and the Billy Graham Crusade.
Many of the interviewees discuss international missionary work in the excerpts.
Student
Oral History Projects
Below
are links to several oral history projects conducted by students and teachers.
Often, they provide contact information, lesson plans, and interview transcripts.
A web-based presentation might be an interesting format for your students
to share their research with others:
We
Made Do: Recalling the Great Depression
http://ipad.mcsc.k12.in.us/mhs/social/madedo/
A
product of Mooresville High School in Mooresville, IN, this project includes
photographs and transcripts. It also allows website viewers to add
their stories of the Great Depression to the collection of narratives while
on-line. It also includes information about the project itself and
links to other sites on oral history and the 1930s.
The
Stories of the People
http://bland.k12.va.us/bland/rocky/gap.html
Rocky
Gap High School students in Rocky Gap, VA have interviewed numerous members
of their community and posted transcripts to the web. The site is
based in the Bland County History Archives and it includes links to Rocky
Gap High School as well as other oral history sites.
The
Montana Heritage Project
http://www.edheritage.org/
This
project supports local research projects within Montana. The site
includes links to lesson plans, prize essays by students, valuable information
on creating school-based historical archives, information on recording
family histories, and more.
Oral
History Lesson Plans and Other Resources
Oral
History Lesson Plan from the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lesson97/oh1/ammem.html
From
the American Memory Series, this lesson plan describes ways of using WPA
life histories (found on the web at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html)
to teach U.S. History.
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