Listen up: studying the American Labor Movement through oral histories.

Social Education;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......like that? Why not go get another job? Oral Histories in the Classroom Oral histories are an exciting way to directly involve...1) Walbert cites six benefits of using oral histories that other primary sources may not offer...

Oral histories speak volumes about past: Technological advances and a...

Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL);  January 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ......you don't have stories to go with it. Oral histories, once the province of folklorists...says Kristin Congdon, who collects oral histories and is a film and philosophy professor...and important. History center project Oral histories can also help create a snapshot of...

Rock Hill, South Carolina: Gateway to the New South.(3 books on race...

The Oral History Review;  June 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ...ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA: GATEWAY TO THE NEW SOUTH...printing and distributing oral histories of every town and city...begin with Rock Hill, South Carolina, Gateway to the New South...Rock Hill story, using oral histories from two groups of citizens...Nine ...

Reflections of the Vietnam War through Oral Histories. (History).(Brief...

Michigan Academician;  March 22, 2002 ;     212 words ...Reflections of the Vietnam War through Oral Histories. Edwin L. Demerly, Henry Ford Community...48304-3640; 248/645-0246; edemerly@hfcc.net Oral histories and memoirs have gained increased respectability...experience, I have nor limited the oral histories to discussion of the Vietnam ...

African American Frontiers: Slave Narratives and Oral Histories.

The Book Report;  May 1, 2001 ;     331 words ......American Frontiers: Slave Narratives and Oral Histories 2000. 551pp. $75 hc. ABC-CLIO. 0-87436-8...10-12 In a book reminiscent of the oral histories of Studs Terkel, readers hear the voices...written by slaves themselves and 45 oral histories gathered from interviews. The ...

Saipan: Oral Histories of the Pacific War

Sea Power;  May 1, 2002 ;     149 words ...SAIPAN: Oral Histories of the Pacific War, by Bruce M...the first five chapters are the oral histories of the Pacific Islanders who witnessed...book includes five chapters of oral histories of members from each branch of...

Officials release oral histories, transmissions from Sept. 11; firefighter...

AP Worldstream;  August 13, 2005 ;     685 words ......Department released thousands of pages of oral histories recorded by firefighters about Sept...radio transmissions and more than 500 oral histories describing the rush to the World Trade...firefighters requested copies of the oral histories and radio recordings, and they received...

Officials release oral histories, transmissions from Sept. 11

AP Worldstream;  August 12, 2005 ;     666 words ......Friday released thousands of pages of oral histories recorded by firefighters about Sept...radio transmissions and more than 500 oral histories describing the rush to the World Trade...firefighters requested copies of the oral histories and radio recordings, and they received...

Harder than Hardscrabble: Oral Recollections of the Farming Life from the...

The Journal of Southern History;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Harder than Hardscrabble: Oral Recollections of the...Times: A Collection of Oral Histories. Edited by Melissa Walker...Diaries and Letters of the South. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2004. Pp. xxxii...many scholars are using oral history to document ...

New exhibit on Jewish life in South Carolina

Cleveland Jewish News;  December 14, 2001 ;     458 words ......12-14-2001 New exhibit on Jewish life in South Carolina It may be called the "buckle" on the Bible Belt by some, but South Carolina has an amazingly rich Jewish heritage...soon discover when the University of South Carolina launches a major exhibition that...to die in the American ...

Harder than Hardscrabble: Oral Recollections of the Farming Life from the...

Journal of Southern History;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Harder than Hardscrabble: Oral Recollections of the...Times: A Collection of Oral Histories. Edited by Melissa Walker...Diaries and Letters of the South. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2004. Pp. xxxii...many scholars are using oral history to document ...

ADVOCATE, OCTOBER 2007: ORSSAB CONSIDERS FALL ORAL HISTORIES WORKSHOP

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 1, 2007 ;     655 words ......Capturing these stories in the form of oral histories allows you to see and hear the people...their time. To that end, about 275 oral histories of scientists, engineers, community...Complex have been recorded. But these oral histories are not easily retrievable by researchers...

NYC Officials Release 9/11 Oral Histories

AP Online;  August 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ......radio transmissions and more than 500 oral histories recounting the rush to the twin towers...Friday released thousands of pages of oral histories recorded by firefighters about Sept...radio transmissions and more than 500 oral histories describing the rush to the World Trade...

ORAL HISTORIES SHED LIGHT ON TRADITIONS OF WORSHIP IN WABASH VALLEY

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 14, 2008 ;     692 words ......Inspired by her experience collecting oral histories for her book, "Torches of Light: Georgia...talked to folks and collected their oral histories." Chirhart pursued a grant and was...practice course have been collecting oral histories of local residents, and shedding light...

All This Hell: U.S. Nurses Imprisoned by the Japanese.(Saipan: Oral...

The Oral History Review;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......228 pp. Hardbound, $22.50. SAIPAN: ORAL HISTORIES OF THE PACIFIC WAR. By Bruce M. Petty...from the war in the Pacific, Saipan: Oral Histories of the Pacific War, also reveals the...parts: Part I, Micronesian Voices: Oral Histories of Pacific Islanders, and Part II...