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Apr 11, 2025

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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.

Aug 28, 2024

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An A-to-Z guide to the Libraries' Oral History Archives: 'G' is for gun violence in America, addressed in the Forty Percent oral history collection which "gives a powerful voice to survivors of gun violence" in the U.S. from 2017 through 2020.

Jun 12, 2024

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An A-to-Z guide to the Libraries' Oral History Archives: 'F' is for fair use and copyright, which dictate how journalists, researchers, and others are permitted to incorporate archival materials like oral histories into their academic work.

May 17, 2024

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"Established by award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson, the Baldwin-Emerson Elders Project captures and celebrates [through oral history] the untold stories of activists, storytellers, and community builders who have witnessed and shaped monumental change in American public life."

Apr 2, 2024

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An A-to-Z guide to the Libraries' Oral History Archives: 'E' is for ethics in the Oral History Archives, including discussions of archivists' ethical obligations to people, to narrators who share their stories with the Libraries, and to oral history interviews themselves.

Feb 13, 2024

In the media

Columbia Spectator reports on the progress of the Obama Presidency Oral History Project, which aims to "document the presidency of Barack Obama, CC ’83, from the perspective of...'extraordinary people' affected by the presidency."

Feb 7, 2024

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A series of profiles highlight valued student employees from across the Libraries, including Flor Barceló, a graduate assistant in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library who processes Spanish-language oral history interviews.

Jan 15, 2024

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An A-to-Z guide to the Libraries' Oral History Archives: 'D' is for a brief conversation with San Francisco-based burlesque dancer Carol Doda, which is a part of a larger collection of interviews on 1960s America.

Nov 10, 2023

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New additions to the Libraries' Oral History Archives in October include the LGBTQ+ Columbia University oral history collection, which documents the experiences of LGBTQ individuals affiliated with the University.

Nov 9, 2023

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Newly-processed collections in the Libraries' Oral History Archives in September include the Cuban Voices oral history collection, which follows the transition to communist rule after the Cuban Revolution and events of the subsequent decades.

Oct 25, 2023

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Archivists, curators, and subject specialists highlight a number of noteworthy acquisitions, conservation projects, and digitization efforts that are underway in 2023, including the Fly Papers that are now held by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Oct 11, 2023

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An A-to-Z guide to the Libraries' Oral History Archives: 'B' is for the Schlesinger Library’s Black Women’s Oral History Project, which memorializes women who had a significant impact on Black communities in the U.S.

Oct 2, 2023

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The newly-available Cuban Voices oral history collection presents "first-person accounts of life in post-revolutionary Cuba" and, through interviews with Cuban citizens, offers perspectives on historic events.

Sep 8, 2023

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An A-to-Z guide to oral history at Columbia: A monthly series that begins with the Addicts Who Survived collection, which features interviews with drug addicts about family histories, patterns of drug use, and other topics.

May 31, 2023

In the media

Upon the initial release from the Obama oral history collection, the New York Times reports on "the first of 470 interviews of Obama administration officials and others involved in the debates of the time," which "offer a fresh inside look at a consequential presidency."

May 31, 2023

In the media

Columbia News reviews the people and process behind the Obama Presidency Oral History project, which will offer "an expansive view" into "the transformative nature of this presidency," beginning with a set of interviews released on May 31.

Nov 2, 2022

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Writer Lili Hamlyn visits the Rare Book & Manuscript Library to explore the Oral History Archives for her research into grief and public mourning, particularly the 9/11 Oral History Project, which includes a range of interviews from many impacted by the attacks.

Apr 13, 2022

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News from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes of the results of an audio and moving images initiative, a three-year project that concluded at the end of March and featured a number of newly-digitized oral history collections.

Oct 8, 2021

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The Sheila Michaels Civil Rights Organization Oral History Collection offers a democratized narration of the Civil Rights Movement, through interviews with foot soldiers who made change possible through consistent, diligent activism.

Sep 10, 2021

In the media

Mary Marshall Clark, Director of the Columbia Center for Oral History Research, discusses the Center's September 11, 2001 Oral History Project and the process of oral history under conditions of trauma.

May 7, 2021

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As spring debuts in New York City and Manhattan’s cultural institutions begin to re-open, a new exhibition at the New York Botanical Gardens links to a collection in the Libraries' Oral History Archives.

Apr 29, 2021

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Oral history interviews with Columbia students, recorded in April and May 2020, reflect the social implications of the COVID-19 pandemic as the University transitioned to online learning.

Apr 28, 2021

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To mark the passing of philanthropist Vartan Gregorian (1934-2021), President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Oral History Archives shares a 2000 interview from the Carnegie Corporation Digital Archive.

Apr 7, 2021

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News from the Oral History Archives includes more than 300 individual, or independently-collected, newly-digitized oral history interviews in the Digital Library Collections.

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An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia: 5000 Pages with Richard D. Heffner

An A-to-Z of Oral History | G is for (40% Oral History Collection on) Gun Violence in America, 2017-2020

An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia: “F” is for “Fair Use”

Oral History | New Collection Launches with Hundreds of Interviews with African American Elders

An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia: “E” is for Ethics

Columbia Spectator | Obama Presidency Oral History Project...

Student Employee Profile: Meet Flor Barceló

An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia | D is for the Legendary Carol Doda

Newly Processed and Updated Oral History Collections for October 2023

Newly Processed and Updated Oral History Collections for September 2023

Noteworthy Acquisitions, Digitization, and Conservation for 2023

Oral History A-to-Z | B…is for Schlesinger Library’s Black Women’s Oral History Project

Oral History | Newly-Available Cuban Voices Oral History Collection

An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia | The Addicts Who Survived Collection by David Courtwright

What a New Oral History Reveals About Obama, and the Tradeoffs He Made

An Expansive View into Obama’s Transformative Presidency

Lili Hamlyn Examines Rituals of Public Mourning in Columbia’s Oral History Archives

News from RBML’s Archivists and Collections Managers | March and April 2022

New Collection | Sheila Michaels Civil Rights Organization Oral History Collection

Remembering How We Remember: Columbia’s 9/11 Oral History Project Allows Us to "Think About It Differently"

Art and Nature-Related Oral Histories in NYC

Newly Available | Columbia Students’ COVID-19 Oral History Interviews

Collection Highlight | Vartan Gregorian (1934-2021) and the Carnegie Corporation Digital Archive

Newly Available Online | Biographical Oral History Interviews Online

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An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia: 5000 Pages with Richard D. Heffner

An A-to-Z of Oral History | G is for (40% Oral History Collection on) Gun Violence in America, 2017-2020

An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia: “F” is for “Fair Use”

Oral History | New Collection Launches with Hundreds of Interviews with African American Elders

An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia: “E” is for Ethics

Columbia Spectator | Obama Presidency Oral History Project...

Student Employee Profile: Meet Flor Barceló

An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia | D is for the Legendary Carol Doda

Newly Processed and Updated Oral History Collections for October 2023

Newly Processed and Updated Oral History Collections for September 2023

Noteworthy Acquisitions, Digitization, and Conservation for 2023

Oral History A-to-Z | B…is for Schlesinger Library’s Black Women’s Oral History Project

Oral History | Newly-Available Cuban Voices Oral History Collection

An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia | The Addicts Who Survived Collection by David Courtwright

What a New Oral History Reveals About Obama, and the Tradeoffs He Made

An Expansive View into Obama’s Transformative Presidency

Lili Hamlyn Examines Rituals of Public Mourning in Columbia’s Oral History Archives

News from RBML’s Archivists and Collections Managers | March and April 2022

New Collection | Sheila Michaels Civil Rights Organization Oral History Collection

Remembering How We Remember: Columbia’s 9/11 Oral History Project Allows Us to "Think About It Differently"

Art and Nature-Related Oral Histories in NYC

Newly Available | Columbia Students’ COVID-19 Oral History Interviews

Collection Highlight | Vartan Gregorian (1934-2021) and the Carnegie Corporation Digital Archive

Newly Available Online | Biographical Oral History Interviews Online