Essex Fire Museum in Grays given £39,500 grant
ESSEX Fire Museum has been given a £39,500 grant to create an oral history of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. The cash, from the Heritage Lottery Fund, will be used to capture the living memories of former firefighters and fire service staff and create a smartphone and tablet app which will enable virtual access to the museum.Bret Harte students listen to living history
Wearing their pressed uniforms, veterans representing World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Cold War era filed into the Bret Harte High School gym to participate in Bret Harte’s annual Veteran Oral History Project.Larry Bird vs. Dominique Wilkins duel
NBA.com released an oral history of the legendary Game 7 duel between Larry Bird-Dominique Wilkins in the 1988 NBA playoffs on Wednesday, the 25-year anniversary of the contest. The game still resonates so many years later mostly because of fourth-quarter heroics from Bird and Wilkins. The former finished with 34 points, including 20 in the fourth quarter, to help Boston stave off a stiff effort from Atlanta, 118-116.Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and SPOHP Premiere Church History Documentary
The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida announces the release of a new documentary, "The Fire Within: The Rebuilding of a Downtown Community," which tells the story of the destruction and rebirth of Trinity Episcopal Church in Gainesville, Florida.Unfinished Notes published on Sacred Defense operations
The Unfinished Notes is a new title published by Khorshid Baran Publications in Iran encompassing martyr Mehdi Khatami’s memories of five Sacred Defense operations. IBNA: Compiled by Zahra Yazdinejad, the book focuses on operations Badr, Valfajr 1, Valfajr 8 and Karbala 1.Paul Auster in Iran with his Winter Journal
Translated into Persian by Khojasteh Keyhan, Paul Auster’s memoir entitled Winter Journal has been released in Iran. IBNA: The novels of American author Paul Auster have hit Iranian bookshelves since some 10 years ago and they were indeed welcomed warmly.Official underlines export of Islamic Revolution literature
Caretaker of the oral history section of the Islamic Revolution Literature Bureau underlined the need for translation of books on the Islamic Revolution into other languages in a bid to export the literature. IBNA: Hujatoleslam Saeid Fakhrzadeh stated that many people in the world are interested in the Islamic Revolution literature of Iran and their desire should be satiated by translation of such works into different languages.Best Sacred Defense works to be honored
Manager of Sacred Defense Museum Garden announced that the books published on Sacred Defense within the next 4 months will be considered by the garden’s experts and the best ones will be honored.Political memories of Ayatollah Mohammad Khamenei unveiled
Political Memories of Ayatollah Mohammad Khamenei was unveiled during the 17th Conference held to mark Mula Sadra. IBNA: On Wednesday, May 22, 2013, a conference was held to praise Mula Sadra in the presence of Ruhollah Husseinian, member of the Islamic Assembly and head of the Islamic Revolution Document Center, at Adineh Cultural Complex.MARTHA J. ROSS, Death Notice
Martha Jackson Ross, 89, a long-time resident of Bethesda and Frederick, Maryland and award-winning former President of the Oral History Association, died April 5, 2013 in Fremont, Ohio. In 1976, Ross helped co-found the Oral History in the Middle Atlantic Region (OHMAR) regional professional organization and In 1982, she received OHMAR's Forrest C. Pogue Award "for distinguished, unique and continuing contributions to oral history....
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Attack on Halabcheh narrated
With wet saliva, we are having the lunch which that loving Isfahani man gave us from the back of his van when he said goodbye in the city entrance. Adaspolo [lentils with rice] with yoghurt! We were just started having it when the plane dives, we go down and shelter behind the runnel, and a few moments later, when the plane raises up, we also raise our heads, and while eating, we see the high sides ...The Arab People Committee
Another event that happened in Khuzestan Province and I followed up was the Arab People Committee. One day, we were informed that the Arabs had set up a committee special for themselves. At that time, I had less information about the Arab People , but knew well that dividing the people into Arab and non-Arab was a harmful measure.Kak-e Khak
The book “Kak-e Khak” is the narration of Mohammad Reza Ahmadi (Haj Habib), a commander in Kurdistan fronts. It has been published by Sarv-e Sorkh Publications in 500 copies in spring of 1400 (2022) and in 574 pages. Fatemeh Ghanbari has edited the book and the interview was conducted with the cooperation of Hossein Zahmatkesh.Is oral history the words of people who have not been seen?
Some are of the view that oral history is useful because it is the words of people who have not been seen. It is meant by people who have not been seen, those who have not had any title or position. If we look at oral history from this point of view, it will be objected why the oral memories of famous people such as revolutionary leaders or war commanders are compiled.
