Practicing Oral History to Connect University to Community

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-60547-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 148 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 396 g

Reihe: Practicing Oral History

Practicing Oral History to Connect University to Community illustrates best practices for using oral histories to foster a closer relationship between institutions of higher learning and the communities in which they are located.

Using case studies, the book describes how to plan and execute an oral history project that can help break down walls and bring together universities and their surrounding communities. It offers advice on how to locate funding sources, disseminate information about the results of a project, ensure the long-term preservation of the oral histories collected, and incorporate oral history into the classroom. Bringing together "town and gown," the book demonstrates how different communities can work together to discover new research opportunities and methods for preserving history.

Supported by examples, sample forms, and online resources, the book is an important resource both for oral historians and those working to improve relationships between university institutions and their neighboring communities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Montoya, Fawn-Amber

Allen, Beverly

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1 Building Relationships Between the University and the Community 2 Community Outreach 3 Funding an Oral History Project 4 The Process of Oral History: Planning 5 The Process of Oral History: The Interview 6 Ethics and Best Practices for Oral History 7 Telling the World: Sharing the Project and Making it Accessible to the Community 8 Oral History in the Classroom 9 Preservation 10 Community Collaborations Conclusion Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Beverly B. Allen received her M.A. in History from the University of Missouri, St. Louis and her M.S. in Library Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign. She is currently University Archivist at Colorado State University, Pueblo, and has written several articles about building ethnically diverse archival collections, including “Yo Soy Colorado: Three Collaborative Hispanic Cultural Heritage Initiatives” (Collaborative Librarianship, 2012).

Fawn-Amber Montoya received her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 2007. Montoya currently serves as the Director of the Honors Program at Colorado State University, Pueblo, and Montoya edited the collection Making an American Workforce: The Rockefellers and the Legacy of Ludlow (2014).