The following guide is intended to support students, faculty, and independent researchers who are interested in conducting oral history interviews about Northwestern University’s history and depositing them with the University Archives.
Oral histories are meant to be shared and accessible. For example, your project can be shared through books, exhibits, podcasts, and documentaries. Here are a few resources and examples of how you can share your project:
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The Digital Humanities research guide lists digital tools, including online exhibit platforms, Omeka, Scalar, and WordPress, that can be used for curating oral history exhibits.
“Their Stories: Oral Histories from the NAACP Virtual Tour” is a 3-d virtual tour of a museum exhibit that features portraits and audio recordings from ten oral history narrators recalling events in Berkshire, Massachusetts.
The “Philadelphia Immigration” project features oral history interviews about the experiences of immigrants to Philadelphia from the past century. It was created by graduate students in a digital history graduate at West Chester University.
"Northwestern Community Ensemble: Black Sacred Music and the College Campus" is an online exhibit that tells the origins of the choral group and concentrates on the first ten years of the organization. It includes oral history interview clips with the founders, early leaders, and student organization members.