Project Jukebox to add "Sea Ice in Barrow" based on traditional knowledge

Project Jukebox, the digital branch of the Oral History Program [http://jukebox.uaf.edu/site7/project/532] at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, has received a grant from the North Pacific Research Board to create a new multimedia segment, “Sea Ice in Barrow.” The $61,205 grant will allow staff from UAF’s Elmer E. Rasmuson Library to record interviews in the Barrow area, and to transcribe exisiting interviews conducted by other researchers.

Panel to discuss oral history project involving Boeing Wichita

A discussion of an oral history project on Boeing Wichita will be held Friday night at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum. The “Boeing Wichita Oral History Project” features hours of videotape from 21 people ranging from politicians, Boeing employees and others in the community affected by the plant’s closure in a city that has long defined itself the Air Capital of the World. Friday night’s presentation will be a discussion of how the project came about and what was learned in the process. “We approached this from the standpoint: ‘What were the questions you might wonder about? Who are the people you are most interested in hearing from?’ ” said Eric Cale, director of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum.

1987: Ovid and Emma Look Back

We conducted this interview in July, 1987 at the home of Ovid and Emma Samples on Massachusetts Avenue back when local oral history had gotten underway in The Big Lemon thanks to people like Dolly Nottingham, the first president of the Lemon Grove Historical Society.

Oral history archive launched online

In order to perpetuate the memory of World War Two, in 2012 the French national railway company (SNCF) asked its former employees and their families to share their recollections of the period. Known for its xperience in collecting life histories, the French Railway Historical Society (AHICF) was commissioned by the SNCF to carry out an oral history project, taking as its starting point an appeal for witnesses published across France between January and December 2012. This appeal has been a real success. 700 people responded and by its deadline, on the 31st of December 2012, we had planned more than 200 interviews.

Wisconsin Veterans Museum telling history of wars, one story at a time

Madison — Adam Holton's memories of Iraq are still fresh, even though it's been nine years since he served as commander of a Marine Reserves company. He vividly remembers the days during Golf Company's 2004-'05 Iraq deployment when five of his Marines were mortally wounded, and he recalls the tedium and excitement of living in a war zone. Holton wanted his memories, and those of his men, preserved for posterity. Because as long as he remembers his five fallen comrades, others will, too. "Keeping their memories alive is really important to us," Holton said.

Iran’s Culture Minster to pen memories

The Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Mohammad Husseini, has said he will write down his memories and compile some of his speeches in a book. IBNA: Speaking on the sidelines of a ceremony held at Bagh Ziba Garden in Tehran to celebrate the day of Pen on Saturday, July 6, 2013, Husseini said he has plans to write his memories and speeches at almost all of the congresses, cultural events and festivals he attended during his term in office as Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

Memoir of Albert Camus by Jean Grenier

Grenier, will be released in Iran. The book has been translated from French into Persian by Saeedeh Bogheiri. IBNA: Entitled ‘Albert Camus – Souvenirs’, the book holds the memoir of Camus according to Jean Grenier. Bogheiri said that the world knows Camus for his philosophical works however only a few know who brought him into philosophy. Jean Grenier is a renowned figure in France but he is still unknown in Iran.

AFRICA, SWAZILAND: Understanding HIV Stigma

Lindiwe Mondy Simelone of SWANHEPPA (Swaziland network of people living with HIV/AIDS) reports on a project that combines quantitative research, oral testimony and media in Swaziland. Lindiwe is a project coordinator, as well as oral testimony interviewer.

Storytelling session: Digging through annals of history

Intertwined with the story of Pakistan are the life stories of those who have seen it evolve over the decades. They have lived through the realities of partition of the Indian Subcontinent and migration to Pakistan. While harbouring hope, they have also known heartache and turmoil and have stories to tell.

Iran to release new title revealing US felony on downing of Flight 655

‘Re-reading the Case of a Crime’ is the title of an article published 3 years ago by the study division of Khatamol Anbia Air Defense Center in Iranian journals, revealing realities about the downing of Flight 655. The article will be published as a book with new findings about the incident.