Yale – Latinx Studies Oral Histories – I was thinking the page in our course guide would look something like this.
Oral Histories from Nuestra historia, nuestra voz: Latinas/os/es/x en Duke - This exhibit documents and celebrates the history of Latinx students at Duke University by examining their contributions, the various ways they have been included or excluded from campus life over time, and how the current generation is imagining a different kind of Latinx future at Duke. One component of the exhibit was the oral history project.
The Immigrant Archive Project - “The Immigrant Archive Project is the nation’s leading oral history project on the modern immigrant experience. Our mission is to record, archive and share the stories of immigrants in the United States in order to help us understand the modern immigrant experience and its vital contributions to American society.”
StoryCorps – Historias - “Launched in 2009, StoryCorps Historias is an initiative to record the diverse stories and life experiences of Latina/Latino people in the United States. Sharing these stories celebrates our history, honors our heritage, and captures the true spirit of our community.”
Nuevas Raices – “New Roots - Welcome to New Roots: Voices from Carolina del Norte! This is a bilingual oral history archive that explores Latin American and Caribbean heritage in the U.S. South. Listen to the first-hand perspectives of North Carolinians who share experiences of migration, settlement, demographic change, and leadership.”
Luis Botifoll Oral History Project - “This series of oral history interviews will help record and make available Cuba’s undocumented history, culture, people, and the exile experience. If this history is not collected and preserved now, it may be lost forever.”
Humanizing Deportation - “Humanizing Deportation is a community based digital storytelling project that documents the human consequences of contemporary regimes of migration and border control in the United States and Mexico. Since early 2017, with funding from various grants, and institutional sponsorships from both UC Davis and five Mexican partner institutions, our teams in six Mexican cities, California and Ecuador have offered a platform for migrants to share personal experiences regarding borders, migration and repatriation on our bilingual open access website.”
Other Examples of Oral Histories
Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide from the Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage.
Interview with Spud Campbell from the "Maritime Voices" collection.
Oral History Interviews from Library of Congress' American Folklife Center
Guides to doing Oral History from the Oral History Association
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