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Jacquelyn L. Bridgeman Interview; Oral History Project, Jacquelyn L. Bridgeman, Cristina E. Salazar, Shelby Nivitanont
Jacquelyn L. Bridgeman Interview; Oral History Project, Jacquelyn L. Bridgeman, Cristina E. Salazar, Shelby Nivitanont
Wyoming Oral History
Jacquelyn L. Bridgeman, Kepler Professor of Law, Director of School of Culture, Gender & Social Justice.
In this oral history, Professor Bridgeman discuses what it was like to grow up in Laramie, WY, her experience as a woman of color in the legal career field, and her accomplishments as a lawyer, law professor, and magistrate. Professor Bridgeman touches on stories from when President Obama was her professor at University of Chicago Law School, insights into current events in the Wyoming Legislature, and her perspective on diversity recruitment.
Amplifying Collections With Oral Histories In A Virtual World: The Student Help Lived Experience Project At Queens College Cuny, Annie E. Tummino, Victoria Fernandez
Amplifying Collections With Oral Histories In A Virtual World: The Student Help Lived Experience Project At Queens College Cuny, Annie E. Tummino, Victoria Fernandez
Publications and Research
In response to the challenges brought on by the onset of the pandemic, the Queens College Special Collection and Archives (SCA) created the “Student Help: Lived Experience” student fellowship, designed to be completely remote. The project is an initiative to further document the activities of Queens College students who participated in both the Virginia and South Jamaica Student Help Projects in the early to mid-1960s. The Virginia Student Help Project was an intensive education effort during the summer of 1963 in Prince Edward County, Virginia where public schools were closed for five years in massive resistance to integration. The Jamaica …
Kicking & Streaming! Enhancing Digitally-Born Oral History Collections In Digital Commons, Autumn Johnson
Kicking & Streaming! Enhancing Digitally-Born Oral History Collections In Digital Commons, Autumn Johnson
Digital Commons Southeastern User Group 2020
Oral history collections pose unique challenges for archival institutions. Making these important histories available to researchers is often impeded by complex issues of access, privacy rights, and media obsolescence. These challenges are magnified when histories are digitally-born. Not only do they face the same issues as their analog counterparts, but digital materials have their own unique preservation and access issues with which archivists are still struggling to identify best practices. Digital Commons offers archivists a platform for sharing digitally-born oral histories that mitigate many of these complex issues. Not only does the platform allow for the consolidation of files from …
Oral History Interviews In The Congregation – Part 3: The Interview Questions, Paul Daniels
Oral History Interviews In The Congregation – Part 3: The Interview Questions, Paul Daniels
Ask the Archivist
This article presents a sampling of interview questions for a congregational oral history project.
Oral History Interviews In The Congregation – Part 4: Final Interview Details And Conclusion, Paul Daniels
Oral History Interviews In The Congregation – Part 4: Final Interview Details And Conclusion, Paul Daniels
Ask the Archivist
This article discusses the technical aspects of completing a successful oral history interview, including technology considerations, transcription, and deed of gift forms.
Oral History Interviews In The Congregation – Part 2: Planning The Project And Next Steps, Paul Daniels
Oral History Interviews In The Congregation – Part 2: Planning The Project And Next Steps, Paul Daniels
Ask the Archivist
This article focuses on choosing interviewers and interview subjects for a congregational oral history project.
Oral History Interviews In The Congregation – Part 1: Introduction, Paul Daniels
Oral History Interviews In The Congregation – Part 1: Introduction, Paul Daniels
Ask the Archivist
This article present scope considerations for a congregational oral history project.
A Cornerstone Of Community: Houston's Colored Library, 1913 To 1961 (Presentation For Donor Appreciation Day, African American Library At The Gregory School, Houston Public Library, June 2018), Matthew R. Griffis
Publications and Other Resources
Presentation about the former "Colored Library" of Houston. Made June 2018 at the Houston Public Library's African American Library at the Gregory School.
Cornerstones Of Community: Segregated Public Libraries And Carnegie Philanthropy (Presentation For The African American Library At The Gregory School Speaker Series, Houston Public Library, April 2018), Matthew R. Griffis
Publications and Other Resources
Presentation made for a speaker series at the African American Library at the Gregory School, Houston Public Library, April 2018.
Preserving Digital Oral Histories, Douglas A. Boyd
Preserving Digital Oral Histories, Douglas A. Boyd
Library Presentations
This presentation addresses considerations for preserving audiovisual materials and large file formats.
Making Voices Heard: Collecting And Sharing Oral Histories From Users Of Segregated Libraries In The South (Presentation For The Oral History Association Annual Meeting, October 2017), Matthew R. Griffis
Publications and Other Resources
From the conference program: "This presentation reviews the progress and objectives of a federally-funded, 3-year oral history project that explores how segregated Carnegie libraries were used as places of community-making, interaction, and learning for African Americans before integration in the 1960s. Known then as “Carnegie colored libraries,” these public libraries opened in eight southern states between 1900 and 1925 and were an extension of the well-known library development program funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Some operated for as many as six decades until, by the 1970s, most had closed or were integrated into the library systems of …
Capturing Their Stories: Collecting Oral Histories From Users Of Segregated Libraries In The South (Presentation For The Southern History Of Education Society Annual Meeting, March 2017), Matthew R. Griffis
Publications and Other Resources
From the conference program: "This presentation reviews the progress of a federally-funded, 3-year historical study that explores how segregated Carnegie libraries were used as places of community-making, interaction, and learning for African Americans in the days of Jim Crow. Known then as “Carnegie colored libraries,” these public libraries opened in eight southern states between 1900 and 1925 and were an extension of the well-known library development program funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Some operated for as many as six decades until, by the 1970s, most had closed or were integrated into the library systems of their larger …
How To Create An Oral History Program, Devin Mckinney
How To Create An Oral History Program, Devin Mckinney
All Musselman Library Staff Works
The archival literature is full of calls to document under-represented voices, to create participatory archives, and to be an activist archivist. However, when funds and time are limited, these ideals can seem impossible to implement. What's an archivist to do? One easy and affordable option is to create an oral history program. This workshop will give you the skills and the confidence to start an oral history program at your own institution. It will cover the main steps from performing preliminary research and developing questions all the way through thinking about how to promote and use your oral histories once …
Search, Explore, Connect: Using Ohms To Enhance Access To Oral History, Douglas A. Boyd
Search, Explore, Connect: Using Ohms To Enhance Access To Oral History, Douglas A. Boyd
Library Faculty and Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
Straight From The Horse’S Mouth: Making Oral History Interviews Accessible, Judy Sackett, Kopana Terry
Straight From The Horse’S Mouth: Making Oral History Interviews Accessible, Judy Sackett, Kopana Terry
Library Presentations
The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, contains a collection of nearly 9,000 interviews. The presenters will describe the collection, highlighting some of the major projects that may be of particular interest to library users. Oral history interviews can be a valuable source of information for both scholarly and family researchers. Learn how access to these collections is continuously improving.
Heroes And Heroines Of Zion: An Oral History Of Utah Peace Activists, Kathryn French, Catherine Mcintyre
Heroes And Heroines Of Zion: An Oral History Of Utah Peace Activists, Kathryn French, Catherine Mcintyre
Catherine McIntyre
No abstract provided.
Native American Forum On Nuclear Issues Presenter Biography, Mary Palevsky
Native American Forum On Nuclear Issues Presenter Biography, Mary Palevsky
Native American Forum on Nuclear Issues
Biography
Abstract:
Discuss the work of the project and the importance of documenting, preserving and
making public the diverse and dissenting stories of Cold War nuclear testing in Nevada. It is the goal of the project that people directly involved with the issues on the ground as well as those who know little about the test site, its impacts and importance, will benefit from using the project materials. This presentation will provide information about the archive contents and how to access them.
The Elite Speak: Political Oral History At The University Of Kentucky Library, Terry L. Birdwhistell
The Elite Speak: Political Oral History At The University Of Kentucky Library, Terry L. Birdwhistell
The Kentucky Review
No abstract provided.