Today is the 75th Anniversary of the bombing at Pearl Harbor. Check out this story of Joe George and the men whose lives he saved that day. George has shared stories about his time in the Navy with the UNT Oral History Program, which is housed here at the UNT Libraries.
Will we see you next week in Long Beach? We hope so!
Join us in Long Beach, California as we celebrate OHA's 50th Anniversary. Register today: oralhistory.org/annual-meeting/
We are sorry to have to share this news. Jack Evans, a friend to the program, a tremendous supporter of local efforts to collect LGBT history, and an all-around great guy, has passed away.
Karen Wisely's interview with Jack and George for the UNT OHP is being processed and should be available to researchers shortly.
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times has a feature today on the Civil Rights in Black and Brown Oral History Project. James Wall, a UNT undergrad who is now working on his PhD at the University of Georgia, and Moises Acuna-Gurrola, who earned his MA at UNT this spring and is moving on to TCU in the fall, are in Corpus this summer recording interviews for the project.
The UNT Oral History Program is a proud partner of the Civil Rights in Black and Brown Oral History Project, which has hired twelve research associates (many of whom have UNT ties) to travel the state this summer recording interviews on the African American and Mexican American civil rights movements. Please 'like' the CRBB on facebook so you can follow our progress this summer!
We often hear the questions "Why do you need to hire people to transcribe oral histories? Why don't you just run them through voice recognition software?" Here's an interesting answer.
Here's a great opportunity for grad students interested in Texas civil rights and/or Chicano/a history.
CRBB is hiring Research Assistants for Summer 2016! Good pay, all expenses paid travel, and a chance to collect and preserve movement histories while contribut...ing to our collaborative website and publications--in short, a great opportunity for ambitious graduate students, especially those working on civil rights or Chicano/a histories. Please share!
See MoreJack Evans and George Harris are featured in this year's Sweetheart Candies Valentine's Day promotions. To celebrate their 55th anniversary, they're recording an oral history with the UNT Oral History Program tomorrow. Happy anniversary, Jack and George!
The University of Kentucky's Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History recently turned the tables on Don Ritchie, the dean of American oral historians, by putting him in the interviewee's chair. Don will be our keynote speaker for the UNT OHP@50 Symposium on November 13.
Job opening at a great place to work: the Baylor Institute for Oral History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=51719
Please join us in the Willis Library Forum on Nov. 13-14, 2015, for a wide-ranging symposium to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the UNT Oral History Program. Donald A. Ritchie, Historian Emeritus of the U.S. Senate and a long-time leader of the worldwide oral history movement, will present the keynote address, "Looking Back: An Over-the-Shoulder Review of Oral History," at 6:30 p.m., Nov. 13.
On the morning of Nov. 14 panels will explore the rich resources of the UNT Oral History Program and the opportunities they provide for research and teaching. We will conclude with a roundtable panel, "Oral History on Campus," featuring five past presidents of the Oral History Association.
