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What is Oral History?
Stacey Zembrzycki discusses the origins and practices of oral history.
Dr. Stacey Zembrzycki is an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Concordia University. An award-winning modern Canadian oral and public historian of ethnic, immigrant, and refugee experience, she is the author of According to Baba: A Collaborative Oral History of Sudbury’s Ukrainian Community (UBC Press, 2014) and its accompanying website: www.sudburyukrainians.ca, and is co-editor of Oral History Off the Record: Toward an Ethnography of Practice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). Zembrzycki’s current SSHRC funded project, Mining Immigrant Bodies, uses oral history to explore the connections between mining, health, and the environment and their impact on postwar immigrant communities in Sudbury, Ontar...
published: 27 Mar 2015
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What is Oral History and Why Does it Matter? | Troy Reeves | TEDxUWMadison
This talk is about a unique type of history - a history of storytelling. Troy Reeves talks about his experience and path into oral history. Since June 2007 Troy Reeves has led the oral history program at the UW-Madison Archives. From 1999-2006 he directed the Idaho Oral History Center in Boise. In both of those positions, Reeves has overseen the key components of managing an oral history program—collecting and curating oral history recordings, as well as communicating and collaborating with interested individuals about the art and science of oral history.
Along with these program leadership tasks, he has managed over twenty oral history projects in Wisconsin and Idaho on myriad topics, including cultural, political, and environmental history. He also has been published in historical journ...
published: 25 Jan 2018
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What is Oral History?
An analysis of the history of oral history as a methodological practice, spanning from its conception in 1929 to today.
3:57 Visit the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program website at library.okstate.edu/oralhistory
The Oklahoma Oral History Research Program has a podcast! Listen to Amplified Oklahoma at https://library.okstate.edu/news/podcast/amplified-oklahoma/
published: 12 Jul 2019
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Conducting an Oral History Interview
published: 21 Oct 2014
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Oral History of Bjarne Stroustrup
Interviewed by Paul McJones, on February 5, 2015 in New York, New York, X7399.2015
© Computer History Museum
Bjarne Stroustrup (born 30 December 1950) is a computer scientist who designed and evolved the C++ programming language, from an individual research project in the late 1970s, continuing to the present day as the internationally-standardized language that is ubiquitous in performance-critical systems and applications. The interview covers his youth, his education at the Aarhus University and the University of Cambridge, and his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Texas A&M University, and Morgan Stanley. It also covers his early experience with a variety of programming languages including Simula and BCPL. Finally, it focuses on his work on C++ and its predecessor C with Classes, inc...
published: 04 Sep 2015
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Oral History Instructional Video
Learn how to capture oral histories with an instructional video developed by AMaGA Victoria as part of the Veterans Heritage Project.
In November 2018, Museums Australia re-branded as the Australian Museums and Galleries Association. The Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victoria (AMaGA Victoria) is the state branch of the Australian Museums and Galleries Association, a not-for-profit national membership association founded in 1993 to bring together people concerned with the care and communication of Australia’s natural, artistic, and cultural heritage.
published: 09 Apr 2019
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Les Dykema, Veterans Oral History Project, Vietnam War
Leslie Dykema shares his experiences as a soldier in the Vietnam War.
Special thanks to Mr. Les Dykema for sharing his personal history with us, and to Dr. James Smither for conducting this interview.
The GVSU Veterans History Project was established in 2006 to collect, record and archive oral history interviews and other materials relating to the experiences of military veterans of all eras, as well as of civilians and foreign nationals with stories relating to the American experience in wartime. We work in partnership with the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, and are one of a small number of archiving partners across the country. As an archiving partner, we post our interview videos and other materials on a website that is part of the Special Collections of the GVSU Libra...
published: 26 Jan 2020
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Thanh Lien Oral History
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. http://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation as part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project. The interviewee has granted The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation copyright of the audio, video and photo materials and it is being made available for non-profit educational use.
Additionally, this interview was recorded in the process of producing VIETNAMERICA, a feature-length film and follow-up to the short documentary, Master Hoa's Requiem. Not all interview materials were included in the final film. The film follows Master Hoa back to Southeast Asia to search for the graves of his wife and two children. Hoa escaped Vietnam in 1981 on a boat with ...
published: 05 Jan 2018
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The Oral History Centre: What is Oral History?
What is Oral History?
Dr. Alexander Freund Co-Director of the University of Winnipeg’s Oral History Centre explains the theory, practice and value of oral history.
The first of a series of videos introducing the Oral History Centre at the University of Winnipeg.
www.oralhistorycentre.ca
published: 05 Jan 2016
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Oral History Centre: Our Stories - All you have to do is listen
At the Oral History Centre, Singapore’s stories are kept alive through oral history recordings. Generations of People from different walks of life have recounted their personal experiences in Singapore through the years.
Meet four story keepers from the Oral History Centre – Patricia, Sheerin, Larry and Anna, who share more on how these intimate stories are captured and preserved by the centre.
Since 1979, the Oral History Centre has collected over 5,000 interviews of more than 24,000 recording hours. These span a wide range of topics, capturing the broad sweep of Singapore’s history, from politics and the public service to vanishing trades, the arts, broadcasting and medical services. Visit https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/oral_history_interviews/ to listen to our stories.
#or...
published: 19 May 2020
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What is Oral History?
Stacey Zembrzycki discusses the origins and practices of oral history.
Dr. Stacey Zembrzycki is an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of History a...
Stacey Zembrzycki discusses the origins and practices of oral history.
Dr. Stacey Zembrzycki is an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Concordia University. An award-winning modern Canadian oral and public historian of ethnic, immigrant, and refugee experience, she is the author of According to Baba: A Collaborative Oral History of Sudbury’s Ukrainian Community (UBC Press, 2014) and its accompanying website: www.sudburyukrainians.ca, and is co-editor of Oral History Off the Record: Toward an Ethnography of Practice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). Zembrzycki’s current SSHRC funded project, Mining Immigrant Bodies, uses oral history to explore the connections between mining, health, and the environment and their impact on postwar immigrant communities in Sudbury, Ontario. She is also completing a book entitled Chaperoning Survivors: Telling Holocaust Stories on the March of the Living, which uses multiple, life story oral history interviews to understand how five Montreal Holocaust survivors give testimony, remember in-situ, and educate others about the horrors they witnessed.
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https://wn.com/What_Is_Oral_History
Stacey Zembrzycki discusses the origins and practices of oral history.
Dr. Stacey Zembrzycki is an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Concordia University. An award-winning modern Canadian oral and public historian of ethnic, immigrant, and refugee experience, she is the author of According to Baba: A Collaborative Oral History of Sudbury’s Ukrainian Community (UBC Press, 2014) and its accompanying website: www.sudburyukrainians.ca, and is co-editor of Oral History Off the Record: Toward an Ethnography of Practice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). Zembrzycki’s current SSHRC funded project, Mining Immigrant Bodies, uses oral history to explore the connections between mining, health, and the environment and their impact on postwar immigrant communities in Sudbury, Ontario. She is also completing a book entitled Chaperoning Survivors: Telling Holocaust Stories on the March of the Living, which uses multiple, life story oral history interviews to understand how five Montreal Holocaust survivors give testimony, remember in-situ, and educate others about the horrors they witnessed.
Sign up for our Canada’s History Now! newsletter and you could win 1 of 3 book prizes given away monthly: https://www.canadashistory.ca/Newsletter-Sign-Up
You can also follow us on:
Facebook: https://facebook.com/CanadasHistory
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- published: 27 Mar 2015
- views: 18898
18:09
What is Oral History and Why Does it Matter? | Troy Reeves | TEDxUWMadison
This talk is about a unique type of history - a history of storytelling. Troy Reeves talks about his experience and path into oral history. Since June 2007 Troy...
This talk is about a unique type of history - a history of storytelling. Troy Reeves talks about his experience and path into oral history. Since June 2007 Troy Reeves has led the oral history program at the UW-Madison Archives. From 1999-2006 he directed the Idaho Oral History Center in Boise. In both of those positions, Reeves has overseen the key components of managing an oral history program—collecting and curating oral history recordings, as well as communicating and collaborating with interested individuals about the art and science of oral history.
Along with these program leadership tasks, he has managed over twenty oral history projects in Wisconsin and Idaho on myriad topics, including cultural, political, and environmental history. He also has been published in historical journals, including the Western Historical Quarterly, the Public Historian, and the Oral History Review. Along with these projects and publications, Reeves has held leadership roles in the national Oral History Association, including serving as the managing editor of the Oral History Review from January 2012-December 2017. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
https://wn.com/What_Is_Oral_History_And_Why_Does_It_Matter_|_Troy_Reeves_|_Tedxuwmadison
This talk is about a unique type of history - a history of storytelling. Troy Reeves talks about his experience and path into oral history. Since June 2007 Troy Reeves has led the oral history program at the UW-Madison Archives. From 1999-2006 he directed the Idaho Oral History Center in Boise. In both of those positions, Reeves has overseen the key components of managing an oral history program—collecting and curating oral history recordings, as well as communicating and collaborating with interested individuals about the art and science of oral history.
Along with these program leadership tasks, he has managed over twenty oral history projects in Wisconsin and Idaho on myriad topics, including cultural, political, and environmental history. He also has been published in historical journals, including the Western Historical Quarterly, the Public Historian, and the Oral History Review. Along with these projects and publications, Reeves has held leadership roles in the national Oral History Association, including serving as the managing editor of the Oral History Review from January 2012-December 2017. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
- published: 25 Jan 2018
- views: 4816
4:10
What is Oral History?
An analysis of the history of oral history as a methodological practice, spanning from its conception in 1929 to today.
3:57 Visit the Oklahoma Oral History Re...
An analysis of the history of oral history as a methodological practice, spanning from its conception in 1929 to today.
3:57 Visit the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program website at library.okstate.edu/oralhistory
The Oklahoma Oral History Research Program has a podcast! Listen to Amplified Oklahoma at https://library.okstate.edu/news/podcast/amplified-oklahoma/
https://wn.com/What_Is_Oral_History
An analysis of the history of oral history as a methodological practice, spanning from its conception in 1929 to today.
3:57 Visit the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program website at library.okstate.edu/oralhistory
The Oklahoma Oral History Research Program has a podcast! Listen to Amplified Oklahoma at https://library.okstate.edu/news/podcast/amplified-oklahoma/
- published: 12 Jul 2019
- views: 9640
2:00:10
Oral History of Bjarne Stroustrup
Interviewed by Paul McJones, on February 5, 2015 in New York, New York, X7399.2015
© Computer History Museum
Bjarne Stroustrup (born 30 December 1950) is a co...
Interviewed by Paul McJones, on February 5, 2015 in New York, New York, X7399.2015
© Computer History Museum
Bjarne Stroustrup (born 30 December 1950) is a computer scientist who designed and evolved the C++ programming language, from an individual research project in the late 1970s, continuing to the present day as the internationally-standardized language that is ubiquitous in performance-critical systems and applications. The interview covers his youth, his education at the Aarhus University and the University of Cambridge, and his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Texas A&M University, and Morgan Stanley. It also covers his early experience with a variety of programming languages including Simula and BCPL. Finally, it focuses on his work on C++ and its predecessor C with Classes, including his goal of combining good abstraction mechanisms with direct access to the hardware. Specific language features discussed include value semantics, templates, concepts, the Standard Template Library, and highlights of the C++11 and C++14 standards.
* Note: Transcripts represent what was said in the interview. However, to enhance meaning or add clarification, interviewees have the opportunity to modify this text afterward. This may result in discrepancies between the transcript and the video. Please refer to the transcript for further information - http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102740024
Visit computerhistory.org/collections/oralhistories/ for more information about the Computer History Museum's Oral History Collection.
Lot Number: X7399.2015
Catalog Number: 102740024
https://wn.com/Oral_History_Of_Bjarne_Stroustrup
Interviewed by Paul McJones, on February 5, 2015 in New York, New York, X7399.2015
© Computer History Museum
Bjarne Stroustrup (born 30 December 1950) is a computer scientist who designed and evolved the C++ programming language, from an individual research project in the late 1970s, continuing to the present day as the internationally-standardized language that is ubiquitous in performance-critical systems and applications. The interview covers his youth, his education at the Aarhus University and the University of Cambridge, and his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Texas A&M University, and Morgan Stanley. It also covers his early experience with a variety of programming languages including Simula and BCPL. Finally, it focuses on his work on C++ and its predecessor C with Classes, including his goal of combining good abstraction mechanisms with direct access to the hardware. Specific language features discussed include value semantics, templates, concepts, the Standard Template Library, and highlights of the C++11 and C++14 standards.
* Note: Transcripts represent what was said in the interview. However, to enhance meaning or add clarification, interviewees have the opportunity to modify this text afterward. This may result in discrepancies between the transcript and the video. Please refer to the transcript for further information - http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102740024
Visit computerhistory.org/collections/oralhistories/ for more information about the Computer History Museum's Oral History Collection.
Lot Number: X7399.2015
Catalog Number: 102740024
- published: 04 Sep 2015
- views: 68522
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Oral History Instructional Video
Learn how to capture oral histories with an instructional video developed by AMaGA Victoria as part of the Veterans Heritage Project.
In November 2018, Museums...
Learn how to capture oral histories with an instructional video developed by AMaGA Victoria as part of the Veterans Heritage Project.
In November 2018, Museums Australia re-branded as the Australian Museums and Galleries Association. The Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victoria (AMaGA Victoria) is the state branch of the Australian Museums and Galleries Association, a not-for-profit national membership association founded in 1993 to bring together people concerned with the care and communication of Australia’s natural, artistic, and cultural heritage.
https://wn.com/Oral_History_Instructional_Video
Learn how to capture oral histories with an instructional video developed by AMaGA Victoria as part of the Veterans Heritage Project.
In November 2018, Museums Australia re-branded as the Australian Museums and Galleries Association. The Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victoria (AMaGA Victoria) is the state branch of the Australian Museums and Galleries Association, a not-for-profit national membership association founded in 1993 to bring together people concerned with the care and communication of Australia’s natural, artistic, and cultural heritage.
- published: 09 Apr 2019
- views: 4489
2:25:28
Les Dykema, Veterans Oral History Project, Vietnam War
Leslie Dykema shares his experiences as a soldier in the Vietnam War.
Special thanks to Mr. Les Dykema for sharing his personal history with us, and to Dr. Jam...
Leslie Dykema shares his experiences as a soldier in the Vietnam War.
Special thanks to Mr. Les Dykema for sharing his personal history with us, and to Dr. James Smither for conducting this interview.
The GVSU Veterans History Project was established in 2006 to collect, record and archive oral history interviews and other materials relating to the experiences of military veterans of all eras, as well as of civilians and foreign nationals with stories relating to the American experience in wartime. We work in partnership with the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, and are one of a small number of archiving partners across the country. As an archiving partner, we post our interview videos and other materials on a website that is part of the Special Collections of the GVSU Library.
In addition to conducting and archiving oral history interviews, the Project also produces documentary films and public access cable television programs, develops book projects and gives, live presentations around West Michigan and across the country. Dr. James Smither of the GVSU History Department serves as Project Director, and Prof. Frank Boring of the GVSU School of Communications is our resident filmmaker.
Content Information:
Title: Dykema, Leslie (Interview transcript and video), 2011
Creator: Dykema, Leslie
Date: 2011-02-03
Publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
Collection: Veterans History Project
Citation: Dykema, Leslie, “Dykema, Leslie (Interview transcript and video), 2011,” Digital Collections, accessed January 25, 2020, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/28852.
Original Video and Complete Transcript: https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/28852
FAIR-USE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER
Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, commenting, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
https://wn.com/Les_Dykema,_Veterans_Oral_History_Project,_Vietnam_War
Leslie Dykema shares his experiences as a soldier in the Vietnam War.
Special thanks to Mr. Les Dykema for sharing his personal history with us, and to Dr. James Smither for conducting this interview.
The GVSU Veterans History Project was established in 2006 to collect, record and archive oral history interviews and other materials relating to the experiences of military veterans of all eras, as well as of civilians and foreign nationals with stories relating to the American experience in wartime. We work in partnership with the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, and are one of a small number of archiving partners across the country. As an archiving partner, we post our interview videos and other materials on a website that is part of the Special Collections of the GVSU Library.
In addition to conducting and archiving oral history interviews, the Project also produces documentary films and public access cable television programs, develops book projects and gives, live presentations around West Michigan and across the country. Dr. James Smither of the GVSU History Department serves as Project Director, and Prof. Frank Boring of the GVSU School of Communications is our resident filmmaker.
Content Information:
Title: Dykema, Leslie (Interview transcript and video), 2011
Creator: Dykema, Leslie
Date: 2011-02-03
Publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
Collection: Veterans History Project
Citation: Dykema, Leslie, “Dykema, Leslie (Interview transcript and video), 2011,” Digital Collections, accessed January 25, 2020, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/28852.
Original Video and Complete Transcript: https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/28852
FAIR-USE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER
Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, commenting, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
- published: 26 Jan 2020
- views: 159077
1:34:31
Thanh Lien Oral History
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. http://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese Ameri...
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. http://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation as part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project. The interviewee has granted The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation copyright of the audio, video and photo materials and it is being made available for non-profit educational use.
Additionally, this interview was recorded in the process of producing VIETNAMERICA, a feature-length film and follow-up to the short documentary, Master Hoa's Requiem. Not all interview materials were included in the final film. The film follows Master Hoa back to Southeast Asia to search for the graves of his wife and two children. Hoa escaped Vietnam in 1981 on a boat with his family and friends. He is the sole survivor. http://www.vietnameseamerican.org/
https://wn.com/Thanh_Lien_Oral_History
This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. http://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation as part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project. The interviewee has granted The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation copyright of the audio, video and photo materials and it is being made available for non-profit educational use.
Additionally, this interview was recorded in the process of producing VIETNAMERICA, a feature-length film and follow-up to the short documentary, Master Hoa's Requiem. Not all interview materials were included in the final film. The film follows Master Hoa back to Southeast Asia to search for the graves of his wife and two children. Hoa escaped Vietnam in 1981 on a boat with his family and friends. He is the sole survivor. http://www.vietnameseamerican.org/
- published: 05 Jan 2018
- views: 573276
3:44
The Oral History Centre: What is Oral History?
What is Oral History?
Dr. Alexander Freund Co-Director of the University of Winnipeg’s Oral History Centre explains the theory, practice and value of oral his...
What is Oral History?
Dr. Alexander Freund Co-Director of the University of Winnipeg’s Oral History Centre explains the theory, practice and value of oral history.
The first of a series of videos introducing the Oral History Centre at the University of Winnipeg.
www.oralhistorycentre.ca
https://wn.com/The_Oral_History_Centre_What_Is_Oral_History
What is Oral History?
Dr. Alexander Freund Co-Director of the University of Winnipeg’s Oral History Centre explains the theory, practice and value of oral history.
The first of a series of videos introducing the Oral History Centre at the University of Winnipeg.
www.oralhistorycentre.ca
- published: 05 Jan 2016
- views: 48732
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Oral History Centre: Our Stories - All you have to do is listen
At the Oral History Centre, Singapore’s stories are kept alive through oral history recordings. Generations of People from different walks of life have recounte...
At the Oral History Centre, Singapore’s stories are kept alive through oral history recordings. Generations of People from different walks of life have recounted their personal experiences in Singapore through the years.
Meet four story keepers from the Oral History Centre – Patricia, Sheerin, Larry and Anna, who share more on how these intimate stories are captured and preserved by the centre.
Since 1979, the Oral History Centre has collected over 5,000 interviews of more than 24,000 recording hours. These span a wide range of topics, capturing the broad sweep of Singapore’s history, from politics and the public service to vanishing trades, the arts, broadcasting and medical services. Visit https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/oral_history_interviews/ to listen to our stories.
#oralhistorycentre #nationalarchivessg
https://wn.com/Oral_History_Centre_Our_Stories_All_You_Have_To_Do_Is_Listen
At the Oral History Centre, Singapore’s stories are kept alive through oral history recordings. Generations of People from different walks of life have recounted their personal experiences in Singapore through the years.
Meet four story keepers from the Oral History Centre – Patricia, Sheerin, Larry and Anna, who share more on how these intimate stories are captured and preserved by the centre.
Since 1979, the Oral History Centre has collected over 5,000 interviews of more than 24,000 recording hours. These span a wide range of topics, capturing the broad sweep of Singapore’s history, from politics and the public service to vanishing trades, the arts, broadcasting and medical services. Visit https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/oral_history_interviews/ to listen to our stories.
#oralhistorycentre #nationalarchivessg
- published: 19 May 2020
- views: 1390