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Behind The Boxes: When Archivists Get Personal About Their Own Family Histories
Bwog reports on a recent discussion about "the personal and professional spheres in archival work" between Curator of Oral History Kimberly Springer and David Walker, an archivist at the Easton Foundation who has, in his personal life, worked to digitize his family photos, scrapbooks, and VHS tapes.
A to Z of Oral History | I is for Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality Oral History Collection
An A-to-Z guide to the Libraries' Oral History Archives: 'I' is for the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality Oral History Project, comprised of interviews with 36 individuals involved in the founding and development of the institute.
Echoes of the Epicenter: The New York City COVID-19 Narrative and Memory Oral History Collection Now Accessible
The New York City COVID-19 Narrative and Memory oral history collection, which captures "the voices and stories of those who lived through the crisis in the pandemic’s initial global epicenter," is now accessible to researchers.
Oral History in the News | Frances Perkins on NPR’s Throughline
Award-winning NPR program, "Throughline," consulted an extensive oral history interview from the Oral History Archives with workers' rights activist and former Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins, for an episode on "the woman behind the New Deal."
Columbia University Libraries Acquires the Archival Collection of MINUTIAE Mobile App
Columbia University Libraries announces the acquisition of the archival collection of a mobile application, MINUTIAE, among the first of the archives of a mobile application, which documents the content, development, and experience of the "anti-social media app."
An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia: 5000 Pages with Richard D. Heffner
An A-to-Z guide to the Libraries' Oral History Archives: 'H' is for a 1997 oral history interview of more than 5,000 pages with Richard D. Heffner, academic, broadcast journalist, and former chairperson of the voluntary film rating system in the motion picture industry.
