Category: oral history

OHA Archives Interest Group

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Automated Transcription Part 2, will be on November 15th, 2pm to 3pm EST.

Our presenters for this session will be Allison Schein Holmes, Archivist at the WFMT & Studs Terkel Radio Archive, and Brad Spry, Programmer Analyst with Atkins Library’s Technology and Digital Strategies team at UNC Charlotte.

The Zoom link for the conference call next week (November 15th from 2-3 PM EST) is https://psu.zoom.us/j/846329038. If
you are unable to join via Zoom online, please follow one of the optional connection methods below:
Telephone: Dial: +1 646 876 9923 (US Toll), or +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll)

Visit https://www.oralhistory.org/oha-archives-interest-group-oha-aig/ for more information.

Hansen Lecture to Focus on Digitizing Japanese American History

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In the fall of 2013, Greg Williams contacted Cal State Fullerton’s Lawrence De Graaf Center for Oral and Public History with a proposal to create a single website housing Japanese American history archives from various collections in the California State University system.

Today, the systemwide project has 14 collaborators — including COPH — and has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Archives, National Park Service and the California State Library.

Williams, director of archives and special collections at Cal State Dominguez Hills, will visit CSUF Tuesday, Nov. 5, to deliver COPH’s annual Hansen Lecture on “Building a Statewide Digital and Archival Collaboration: The CSU Japanese American Digitization Project.” Free and open to the public, the lecture will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Titan Student Union, Portola Pavilion A.

“It is evident that the materials on this site hold research value for the hundreds who have used them,” said Natalie Navar-Garcia, COPH archivist. “COPH is proud to be a part of the collaborative CSU Japanese American website project.”

True to its student-driven approach, COPH’s Japanese American Oral History Project was launched in 1972 at the urging of undergraduate history major Betty E. Mitson. Working with faculty members Gary L. Shumway and Arthur Hansen, she transcribed, edited and indexed a series of tape-recorded interviews pertaining to the World War II Japanese American evacuation.

The project continued to engage students and faculty members in research for decades to come, amassing an archive of more than 300 oral histories. The collection includes notable oral histories with community leader Clarence I. Nishizu, civil rights activist Frank Emi, Nisei journalist James Omura, and longtime Manzanar Committee chair Sue Embrey.

To date, COPH has contributed over 100 oral histories to the CSU collaborative website.

Read more here: http://news.fullerton.edu/2019fa/Hansen-Lecture.aspx

Join SOHA

by SOHA News, posted in oral history

The Southwest Oral History Association (SOHA) was founded in 1981 to serve practitioners of oral history in Arizona, Southern California, Nevada, New Mexico and contiguous areas. Today, we have expanded to Texas, Oklahoma, Central and Northern California, and other parts of the Southwest. Through publications, meetings, workshops and special events, we support and promote oral history as a method for exploring and recording history, culture, and current experiences. In this endeavor, we cooperate with other organizations and institutions in the region and maintain close ties with the national Oral History Association. Visit www.southwestoralhistory.org to learn more. Please become a member by visiting https://squareup.com/store/southwest-oral-history-association. We hope to see you at SOHA’s Annual Conference, March 27-29, 2020, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Please see our Call for Proposals with a deadline of January 6, 2020.

SOHA at OHA 2019

by SOHA News, posted in conference, oral history

It was wonderful seeing our network at the Oral History Association conference in Salt Lake City, Utah! Thank you for joining us. Congratulations to Dr. García, the 2019 Mink awardee, and all the award recipients. Please see some highlights from this year’s conference.

The following SOHA six sessions were held from the OHA 2019 Complete Program

009. Indigenous Voices of the Land
ROUNDTABLE
8:30 to 10:00 am, Canyons Ballroom
PANELISTS:
Wahéhshon Shiann Whitebean, Concordia University
Bridget Groat, Arizona State University
Ryan Morini, University of Florida
Ashkan Soltani Stone, Weber State University
Tommy Rock, University of Utah
Larry Cesspooch, Th rough Native Eyes Productions
CHAIR: Farina King, Northeastern State University

029. Curating Communities
PANEL
3:15 to 4:45 pm, Canyons Ballroom
PARTICIPANTS:
Curating the Revealing Confi guration of Intergenerational Latinx
Immigrant Community and Family Histories Ana Elizabeth
Rosas, University of California, Irvine
Diplomatic Delegates’s Cultural Exchanges with Historians
Shinyoung Park, Republic Of Korea Consulate General, Los Angeles
Connecting with Oral Historians and their Communities Jennifer
Keil, 70 Degrees & Southwest Oral History Association
CHAIR: Ana Elizabeth Rosas, University of California, Irvine

040. Native American Stories of Peoplehood
ROUNDTABLE
8:15 to 9:45 am, Canyons Ballroom
PANELISTS:
Sheldon Spotted Elk, Northern Cheyenne Tribe
(Tsetsehesestahase)
Midge Dellinger, Northeastern State University
Zonnie Gorman, University of New Mexico
Rachael Cassidy, University of New Mexico
Yvette Towersap-Tuell, Shoshone-Bannock Tribe
Miranda Haskie, Diné College
CHAIR: Farina King, Northeastern State University

070. Making Space for Oral History: A Town Hall
Practitioners Build and Maintain It
Meeting on Current Threats to Capacity and How
ROUNDTABLE
3:45 to 5:15 pm, Deer Valley
PANELISTS:
Natalie Fousekis, California State University, Fullerton
Michelle Little, Independent Scholar
Sarah Schmitt, Kentucky Oral History Commission, Kentucky
Historical Society
Allison Tracy-Taylor, Three First Names
Cameron Vandersco, Independent Scholar

081. Big, Small, In-Person, and Online: Discussions
on Incorporating Oral History into Undergraduate
Classrooms
ROUNDTABLE
8:30 to 10:00 am, Canyons Ballroom
PANELISTS:
Bianca Suarez, Wayne State University
Karen E. Schairer, Northern Arizona University
Marcia M. Gallo, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Nancy MacKay, San Jose State University
CHAIR: Priscilla M. Martinez, University of California, Santa
Cruz & Tucson Chinese Cultural Center

102. The South Phoenix Oral History Project:
Engaging Community College Students in Local
History
PANEL
1:30 to 3:00 pm, Powder Mountain-Solitude
PARTICIPANTS:
South Mountain Community College Turns 40: Building a Local
and Institutional Archive Summer Cherland, South Mountain
Community College
Digital Storytelling: Conducting and Using Oral History Travis
May, South Mountain Community College
Oral History and Storytelling: Ancient Skill, Modern Approach
Liz Warren, South Mountain Community College
Th e Student Experience Sydnee Carey, South Mountain
Community College
CHAIR: Summer Cherland, South Mountain Community College

See you at UNLV March 27-29, 2020. Participate by submitting a proposal. See https://www.southwestoralhistory.org/SOHA2020_CFP.pdf for more information.

SOHA at OHA 2019

by SOHA News, posted in conference, oral history

Dear SOHA Member:

First and foremost, we want to thank you for your continued participation in SOHA. Without your loyalty and support, we would not be able to actively develop our communities and continuously provide our members with valuable benefits. Put simply, you, our members, make what we do possible. Over the last year, you have enabled us to accomplish a number of initiatives:

  1. Our 2018 Annual Conference, co-sponsored with the Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History at California State University, Fullerton, was a great success and drew participants from throughout our region and across the country. During the conference we proudly presented our annual James V. Mink Award to longtime SOHA member and OHA leader Dr. Natalie Fousekis.
  2. Our Scholarships and Mini-Grants Awards programs continue to be a strong and vital part of our efforts. This year we are giving an unprecedented number of awards to a wide variety of recipients and practitioners. We provide highlights of their work in our newsletters, website, and social media platforms.
  3. We are cosponsoring the 2019 Oral History Association conference October 16-20 in Salt Lake City, UT.  This means reduced rates for SOHA members. It also means that there will be special SOHA sessions and our annual Awards reception on October 19, which is open to all participants.
  4. As mandated by our organizational By-Laws, we now are holding elections for the 2019-21 SOHA Board of Directors. If you will be attending the OHA Salt Lake City conference, please join us for our Business Meeting on Saturday, October 19 at the conference hotel, where the elections will be held. See our SOHA Board Nomination Candidate Statements.
  5. Last but not least, we are planning our 2020 SOHA Conference for March 27-29 at our home institution, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Our Call for Proposals announced the annual conference with the theme of “Home(Lands) and Oral Histories of (Re)Vitalization” at the Lied Library on the campus of the University of Nevada.

We hope you have benefited personally and professionally from your membership with SOHA. You can continue to support our organization in its mission to promote oral history understanding, cooperation, guidance, and community-based as well as institutional programs. Be sure to let us know if you have any suggestions. We’d love to hear your feedback!

Please renew now at https://squareup.com/store/southwest-oral-history-association .

Kind regards,

Jennifer Keil, Interim President

Juan D. Coronado, Past President

Marcia M. Gallo, Past President

Anthony Graham, 2019-20 SOHA Graduate Assistant

 

SOHA OFFICE

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Box 455020

4505 S. Maryland Parkway

Las Vegas, NV 89154-5020

Make sure your SOHA membership is up-to-date (calendar year renewal) to receive the special SOHA registration rate for this year’s OHA conference!

Annual Meeting/Programs

* OHA Conference Registration for SOHA Members

SOHA 2019 Panels & Events

 

OHA Archives Interest Group: Webinar and Best Practices

by SOHA News, posted in oral history

OHA-AIG September Conference Call Agenda

Date: Friday, September 20, 2019

Time: 1-2:30 PM EST

Facilitator: Heidi Abbey Moyer

Recorder: Volunteer Needed!

Location: Zoom Meeting. To join Zoom, please use https://psu.zoom.us/j/748664192

Alternatively, if you don’t have a webcam and want to connect by phone, please see the following information to join in the call: For iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +16468769923,748664192# or +16699006833,748664192#.

Or Telephone: Dial: +1 646 876 9923 (US Toll) +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll) Meeting ID: 748 664 192

Please Note: This session will be recorded if there is consensus to do so from all participants. Previous discussions that were recorded can be accessed on the group’s Google Drive at this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zj24JGIACZDbEtNrdisOL-yG8mDD21Jy.

I. Welcome and Brief Introductions (1:00 PM EST)

II. September “Discussion of Practice” (1:10-2:00 PM EST)

Presenter: Dr. Charlie Hardy, Professor of History, West Chester University, and former President of OHA

Topic: “Sonological Competence: How to Communicate Effectively in Sound”

Additional documents for this session: Please find attached to this email a pre-discussion questionnaire (send in to Dr. Hardy by end of day Thursday); a short bio; and an article by Dr. Hardy.

III. Sept Business Meeting (2:00~2:30 PM EST)

1) Updates on previous business:

Annual OHA-AIG Report

SAA-Oral History Section 2019 Meeting —presentation about OHA-AIG

2) Update on OHA-AIG Meeting at the Annual OHA Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, (October 16-20, 2019)

Committee Meeting Date/Time/ Logistics: Thursday (October 17) 12-1:30 pm. Boxed lunches will be provided for all committee members in attendance.

Steven Sielaff kindly offered to help with room logistics for this meeting since Heidi and Tina are not able to attend the conference in person. However, Heidi and Tina do plan to ‘Zoom’ into the meeting remotely.

3) OHA-AIG web-page on OHA website – proposed changes and discussion: The OHA-AIG has a presence on the OHA website along with OHA committees and the Metadata Task Force. We are the only interest group: https://www.oralhistory.org/about/committees/

The OHA-AIG web-page is our opportunity to let people know who we are, what we do, and how to get involved. The old page needs revising. Here is a link to proposed changes:

OHA-AIG web page edits Aug 2019

4) November 2019 “Discussion of Practice” “Automated Transcription – Part II” (Brad Spry, Webmaster, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; and Allison Schein Holmes, WFMT & Studs Terkel Radio Archive)

5) New Business or Announcements

There are a couple of ways to contribute feedback -1) Fill out a Google form or 2) email the Task Force co-chairs directly: Ellen Brooks (ellen….@gmail.com) and Jennifer Snyder (jennife…@gmail.com)
The feedback period closes on October 6th. The Overview document will be up for approval at the OHA Business Meeting on October 19. All of the info above can be found on the OHA website at: https://www.oralhistory.org/archives-principles-and-best-practices/

A big thank you to Dr. Charlie Hardy for a fascinating and informative presentation about sound recordings in all flavors. The session was recorded and can be seen and heard at the link below–highly recommended listening if you missed the session:

OHA Diversity Committee

by SOHA News, posted in oral history

The OHA Diversity Committee Needs Your Opinion!
In order to better serve the membership, we need to understand the issues facing this organization. Please let us know what Diversity means to you and how the needs of a diverse membership are or are not being met. We hope to present the results at the Salt Lake City Conference.

Keeping a Record: The LDS Church History Library and Archives

by SOHA News, posted in conference, oral history, tour

Nearly from its founding in 1830, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has encouraged the production and preservation of history. The Church History Library, located across the street from historic Temple Square, is home to state-of-the-art facilities that hold and process historical documents, artifacts, photographs, and other records that document the history of the church, its members, and the Restoration Movement of which it was part. Come learn about the Church History Library’s purpose, the facility, and the types of records stored in the vaults from the Church History Library Director, Keith Erekson. Justin Bray, Chair of the Oral History Working Group, will then talk about the Church History Library’s approach to oral histories. Your visit will end by viewing the “Foundations of Faith” exhibit where key documents of the Church of Jesus Christ’s history is displayed.

*This tour will take place on Friday, October 18, 10am. If interested, please note that this tour will require a considerable amount of walking. Participants will meet in the hotel lobby and walk to the Church History Library, and will walk back.

To view other OHA Annual Meeting Tours and Events, please visit www.oralhistory.org/annual-meeting-tours-and-events.

Call for Nominations: 2019-2021 SOHA Board of Directors

by SOHA News, posted in oral history

It’s that time again, SOHA members: Board nominations are upon us!

Your current Co-Presidents, Juan D. Coronado and Marcie Gallo, are completing their terms of office as of July 1, 2019. As is the SOHA custom, current 1st Vice President Jennifer Keil has agreed to assume the office of SOHA President. In addition, current 2nd Vice President Farina King is willing to assume the duties of 1st Vice President.

Also willing to remain in office are Carlos Lopez, Arizona Delegate, and Rachael Cassidy, New Mexico Delegate. This does not preclude other SOHA members from being nominated or self-nominating for these important positions.

Some who have served our organization well for the last few years will step aside. We offer our sincere thanks to Caryll Batt Dziedziak (Treasurer), Barbara Tabach (Secretary), Virginia Espino (California Delegate), Stefani Evans (Nevada Delegate), Midge Dellinger (Student Representative), and Bridget Groat (Native American Representative)

We now have several vacancies for Board positions and welcome nominations and self-nominations. Please see pages 8 and 9 of our Summer 2019 Newsletter for descriptions of duties for the positions. All nominees must be current members of SOHA.

To nominate yourself or someone else (with their consent, of course), please send your name and contact information, along with two sentences on why you or the person you are nominating are qualified and interested in being on the SOHA Board of Directors, by August 1 to: SOHA Nominating Committee Chair Sarah Moorhead,sarahemoorhead@fastmail.fm