Oral History Association

2010 OHA Annual Meeting, Atlanta Georgia

mcampbell — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:52:21 +0000

“Times of Crisis, Times of Change: Human Stories on the Edge of Transformation.”
October 27-31, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia

Program of Events, Program Schedule, Registration Information, and Advertisments

Focusing on the themes of civil rights, human rights, immigration, and LGBT history, this year’s conference marks the 50^th anniversary of the Atlanta Student Movement, the founding of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the 5^th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Keynote speakers include award-winning journalist, Maria Hinojosa, and Black Freedom Movement veterans, Connie Curry, Lonnie King, Bernard LaFayette, Jr., and Judy Richardson. The conference opens on Wednesday evening with film, songs, and recollections of the Depression Era and the Federal Writers’ Project of the 1930s. Three plenary sessions focus on Katrina, present day immigration, and oral history in LGBT communities. The Presidential Reception, in the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, includes a memorial tribute to Brother Blue. Also featured are New Book Spotlights on some of the most vibrant examples of growth in the field of oral history.

We invite you to see the full Program of Events (Download PDF), and the Program Schedule(Download PDF). Changes will be made periodically throughout the summer.

Registration Information (Download PDF)

General Principles and Best Practices On-line Discussion

mcampbell — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:43:13 +0000

I am pleased to invite you to join an interactive on-line discussion of the OHA Principles and Best Practices for Oral History, including proposed revisions or additions. This is being conducted through a Principles and Best Practices Group on the OHA Network, accessed from the Quick Links box on this page. The dialogue is intended to inform an open session at this fall’s annual meeting in Atlanta, for face-to-face discussion of the documents and any possible changes.

Access to on-line discussion requires registering for the OHA network, but it does NOT require being an OHA member. The registration process is simple and instantaneous, and it is just as easy to then join the “Principles and Best Practices” OHA Network Group.

There you will find four discussion threads: general comments; comments on the Principles Section; comments on the Best Practices Section; and a thread for presentation or discussion of specific proposed amendments, changes, or additions. Click on any of these to open the discussion thread for review and contributions. Document files (like draft revision text or more extensive detailed commentary) can also be uploaded into your personal file cabinet and identified as sharable with the Group. They will then show up in the Group’s file cabinet.

Sign up for the Network, join the Group, check out the Group home page and discussion threads frequently, and most important of all, contribute your ideas and perspective. The wider and deeper the participation, the more useful the evolving guidelines can become for all those drawn to oral history.

Michael Frisch, OHA President

Pamphlet on Teaching Oral History

mcampbell — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:43:51 +0000

The Oral History Association is now accepting applications for a freelance writer to write a substantial pamphlet (up to 100 pages in length) on teaching oral history at the post-secondary level (i.e., to undergraduate and graduate students).

This pamphlet will be published by the OHA as part of its pamphlet series, which offers basic and useful information about many aspects of conducting, interpreting, processing, and publishing oral history interviews and managing oral history programs and projects. Application details (doc).

OHA Announces the Stetson Kennedy Vox Populi Award

mcampbell — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:04:56 +0000

The OHA is pleased to announce the first Stetson Kennedy Vox Populi (“Voice of the People”) award, to be presented biennially at the association’s annual meeting. The award honors outstanding achievement in the collecting and use of oral histories of individuals or organizations whose work has contributed to change for a better world. Nominations can be made by individuals, organizations, or groups. Submission details.

OHA Announces Research Grant

Susan Kitchens — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:22:55 +0000

Apply now for the Oral History Emerging Crises Research Fund Grant. Deadline: May 1, 2010.

The Oral History Association announces a grant of up to $3,000 to undertake oral history research in situations of crisis research in the United States and internationally.

Scholarships Available for the 2010 OHA Annual Meeting

mmclellan — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:22:57 +0000

Scholarship applications must be submitted by July 15, 2010 for the Oral History Association 2010 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, October 27 – 31, 2010.

2010 Call For Papers

mmclellan — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:40:15 +0000

Times of Crisis, Times of Change
Human Stories on the Edge of Transformation

October 27-31, 2010
Sheraton Hotel Downtown
Atlanta, Georgia

2010 OHA Annual Meeting: Call for Papers.

Download the Proposal Cover Sheet.

OHA Annual Meeting Blog

mmclellan — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:48:14 +0000

Help others to share in the Oral History Association 2009 Annual Meeting, “Moving Beyond the Interview.” Register on the OHA Network and contibute to the blog the Oral History Association Annual meeting blog under Blogging–> Create Entries in the menu. The post will be submitted to a blog administrator for approval. Anyone attending the conference can join in.

OHA 2009 Guideline Revisions

mmclellan — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:42:55 +0000

Recognizing that a clear and concise guide can be useful to all practitioners of oral history, the Oral History Association has since 1968 published a series of statements aimed at outlining a set of principles and obligations for all those who use this methodology.

Building on those earlier documents, but representing changes in an evolving field, the OHA now offers General Principles for Oral History and Best Practices for Oral History as summaries of the organization’s most important principles and best practices for the pre-interview preparation, the conduct of the interview, and the preservation and use of oral histories.

OHA members will vote on the latest guidelines revisions at the Oral History Association Annual Meeting in Louisville, Oct. 14-18.

Review the current version of the Evaluation Guidelines.

The Nevada Test Site Oral History Project

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:25:59 +0000

The Nevada Test Site Oral History Project received an Honorable Mention, Elizabeth B. Mason Major Project Award and the NCPH “2010 Outstanding Public History Project Award”