Confidentiality Right Rejected

A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a lawsuit by two researchers seeking to quash a subpoena for access to oral history records held at Boston College.

In Memory of Shemirān

The Research Center of Tajrish Neighborhood House and the Youth Center of Municipal District One of Tehran intend to hold the festival In Memory of Shemirān. The event will cover such fields as memory-writing and document-collection.

Bancroft Library’s Regional Oral History Office looks for Bay Bridge accounts that span the years

Interviewers at the Bancroft Library’s Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) are betting there are just as many cool stories to tell about the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge as its colorful cousin across the bay.

‘Four Bears’ document added to notable list

The North Dakota Department of Transportation has announced that “Crossing the Water: An Oral History of Four Bears Bridge” has been named to the list of Notable Government Documents for 2011.

Court: Interview with IRA car bomber for Boston College oral history project can be released

BOSTON (AP) Boston College must give police recorded interviews its researchers conducted with a convicted Irish Republican Army car bomber after an appeals court Friday rejected an effort to stop their release.

Whaling National Park wins grant to preserve New Bedfords oral history

The African-American experience over the passage of time in the local community will be chronicled thanks to a grant from the National Park Foundation. The Whaling National Historical Park has received an $8,750 impact grant for the oral history project. Jasmine A. Utsey, a Brown University alumna who graduated with a concentration in African-American studies, will conduct 10 interviews for the series known as Having Our Say: From Civil War to Civil Rights.

Oral history: Veteran still ‘amazed’ at the bravery of Marines in Iraq

Michael Schoenfeld spent the first days of the United States-led invasion of Iraq in the back of a seven-ton truck that offered little protection aside from a canvas cover and sandbags that quickly turned hard as concrete.

Oral History Awards reflect extraordinary diversity

New Zealand Oral History Awards reflect extraordinary diversity Almost $110,000 has this year been awarded to 14 oral history projects that will span a huge range of subjects including workers on the Manapouri Hydro Dam, women living in the Chatham Islands and Auckland’s West Coasters Club – a group of Auckland residents with connections to the South Island’s West Coast.

Naticks Oral History Project Could Receive $30,000 From State

Massachusetts potential 2013 budget, as voted upon by the state legislature, includes $30,000 for Naticks Oral History project, which contains spoken accounts of military service from World War I to present.

Trap’s Army: an oral history of how Ireland’s fans stole European hearts

DUBLIN, NOVEMBER 2011: As Status Quo’s classic ‘Rocking all over the World’ blared over the PA, the Republic of Ireland squad soaked up a lap of honour in front of a delighted Aviva Stadium.
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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 ...
Part of memoirs of Seyed Hadi Khamenei

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.
Book Review

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.