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Oral History Workshop

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Join SOHA at our annual conference in Tempe, AZ! We are offering an introduction workshop on Thurday, April 27th from 8:30-noon for $20.

2017 SOHA CONFERENCE

APRIL 27-29, 2017 – TEMPE AZ
— Looking Forward: Bridging Past, Present, and Future through Oral History 
* 2017 Conference Registration

2017 Conference Registration Fees 
Same rates as 2015! 
Full registration* 
Early-bird (until April 13, 2017):  
SOHA Members $145 
Non-members $165 
Students $85 
(includes one-year SOHA membership) 
One Day $75 
*Full registration includes the welcoming reception, two meal events, and special off-site activities. 
Into History: Beginning Oral History Workshop Flyer

Tempe, AZ

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Tempe, AZ is a stunning location for this year’s SOHA conference. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to visit this area and meet oral historians. Please register via our website, southwestoralhistory.org.

2017 SOHA CONFERENCE
APRIL 27-29, 2017 – TEMPE AZ
— Looking Forward: Bridging Past, Present, and Future through Oral History 
* 2017 Conference Registration

This photo was taken by Lyonel Tso, a Navajo from Page, Arizona. He is a graduate from Arizona State University-Tempe. He served the Native American student population in various capacities at ASU, including as a student specialist for the American Indian Student Support Services. He is a talented photographer, who captures on camera beautiful landscapes of Diné Bikéyah (Navajo lands). He served in the U.S. Marine Corps, 2005-2010. He currently teaches high school science classes in the Phoenix area, specializing in environmental sciences. Making science relevant to the students’ lives is a key part of his pedagogical approach.  In his classes, Tso guides students to approach science, especially Earth and Space Science, with their own lives and cultures as the basis. Visit his website, http://lyoneltso.weebly.com for more details.

The Academy

by SOHA News, posted in collections, oral history

The Academy’s efforts to record filmmakers’ stories began in 1948 when Film Curator Howard Walls interviewed a number of silent film pioneers such as J. Searle Dawley and Blanche Sweet. In 1989, the Academy established its Oral History Program. The program was based around recording audio interviews, with edited transcripts bound into volumes and accessed through the Margaret Herrick Library. These in-depth and long-form interviews take a detailed look at the careers of more than 70 individuals, including such visionaries as Haskell Wexler, Theadora van Runkle, and Frank Pierson. To bring these efforts into the future and to support the needs of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the Oral History Projects department was established in late 2012. The goal is to unify and manage all forms of oral history at the Academy, from recording, to collection, curation, and preservation.


For more information about the Howard Walls and Oral History Program collections, visit the Collections page.

SOHA Scholarships and Mini-Grant

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There is still time to apply for the SOHA scholarships and mini-grant. The deadline for the following awards is January 20th: 

 2017 EVA TULENE WATT SCHOLARSHIP FOR NATIVE AMERICAN SCHOLARS APPLICATION
2017 SOHA GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
2017 SOHA MINI-GRANT APPLICATION

Visit www.southwestoralhistory.org/awards for more information.

Oral History Diagram

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Oral history diagram was provided by the Fairfield Foundation. The Main Street Oral History Project preserves and presents the  history of Gloucester’s Main Street community through living memory of Gloucester Courthouse’s thriving business district. Visit www.fairfieldfoundation.org/oral-history project for more details.

#oralhistory #history #archive #diagram

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum

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Oral History Program

As part of the Museum’s mission to collect and preserve the agricultural heritage of New Mexico, the Museum implemented an Oral History Program in the mid-1990s. This systematic collection of living people’s recollections of their experiences with farming, ranching, and rural life is a major component in researching and interpreting these subjects for our visitors. Curators incorporate audio tracks and quotes into most of our exhibits—wouldn’t you rather hear about history from the people that were actually there?

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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The Oral History Research Center (OHRC) at the UNLV University Libraries records eye-witness accounts from members of the Las Vegas community to document the history of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada. These oral histories present in a very immediate and engaging way a piece of history through the actual voices of those who were there.

The OHRC conducts, collects and makes available audio and video interviews. Narrators are selected for their ability to provide reliable first-hand accounts of the history of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada. Each year the OHRC defines one or more new projects that center around a particular historical subject or them. These projects result in a series of interrelated histories. The Boyer Early Las Vegas History Project is ongoing.

The OHRC is located in the UNLV Libraries Special Collections. Interviews conducted by the OHRC as well as interviews recorded by several earlier projects may be found and used in Special Collections. Interviews are also increasingly available online.

Check the Special Collections blog for updates on the activities of the Oral History Research Center.

SOHA Scholarship & Mini-grant Award Winners

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SOHA 2016 scholarship and mini-grant award winners at the 35th Anniversary Celebration: (L-R) Hana Crawford, Davina Two Bears, Samuel Villarreal Catanach, Angel Hinzo, Elizabeth Berton-Reilly, Miguel Juarez

There is still time to apply for the 2017 awards.  You can submit your application by January 20th. Please see each application for more details:

2017 EVA TULENE WATT SCHOLARSHIP FOR NATIVE AMERICAN SCHOLARS APPLICATION
2017 SOHA GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
2017 SOHA MINI-GRANT APPLICATION

OHA 2016

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OHA 2016 Native American History Panelists:
From the back L-R: Madonna Thunder Hawk (Cheyenne River Sioux), Temryss Lane (Lummi), Michael Barthelemy (Mandan and Hidatsa) Middle center: Angel Hinzo (Ho-Chunk/Winnebago) Front from L-R: Elizabeth Castle (Warrior Women project), Farina King (Diné), Davina Two Bears (Diné)