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Katrina and The Flood, We Watched Everything Float Away
Podcast memories of Katrina and the flood, from Louisiana State University’s Oral History Program. This is the second in… Read More...
Katrina and The Flood, 5 years later: Floodwall
How can you possibly imagine the destruction of an entire city? How do you imagine an event so impossibly… Read More...
Fascinating Oral Histories Online
Twelve collections of online oral histories, described by Kimberly Powell (About.com Genealogy). From stories collected by the Federal Writers Projects,… Read More...
Sens Feinstein, et. al., introduce bill to create Civil Rights Oral History Project
From Sen. Feinstein’s office: “Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today introduced legislation to create a Civil Rights Oral History Project, a… Read More...
Recommended reading for hard times… Hard Times

Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
, the book, by Studs Terkel. It’s a compilation of oral history… Read More...
StoryCorps for scientists
The PEW Scholars oral history program: “A rich history in the scientific process,” is run by the Chemical Heritage Foundation… Read More...
Jeannette Rankin, first woman congressperson
Transcript of an oral history interview with Rankin. I just read two letters written by my Great Grandma Fannie in… Read More...
Spirit Lake, Idaho Oral History Project
Oral History training February 20th as part of effort to complete an oral history project for the Spirit Lake Centennial… Read More...