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1972 Miners Strike Study
The study was created as an off-shoot of the SSRC project during the course of the 1972 miners' strike. The team set out to record the events as they were taking place, and what exists is an unique account of the feelings of the miners themselves during the strike, and also the aftermath.
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The study was created as an off-shoot of the SSRC project during the course of the 1972 miners' strike. The team set out to record the events as they were taking place, and what exists is an unique account of the feelings of the miners themselves during the strike, and also the aftermath.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Swansea University. South Wales Miners' Library
Topic / Theme
Economics, Labor force
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1984-85 Miners Strike Study
The study concentrates on the 1984-85 miners strike, giving unique first-hand accounts of events during and following the strike. The study mainly concentrates on the views of the mining industry - leaders and miners - regarding the outcome of the strike.
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The study concentrates on the 1984-85 miners strike, giving unique first-hand accounts of events during and following the strike. The study mainly concentrates on the views of the mining industry - leaders and miners - regarding the outcome of the strike.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Swansea University. South Wales Miners' Library
Topic / Theme
Economics, Labor force
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Abilene Christian University Oral History Collection
This is a collection of tapes and transcriptions of oral histories by Lawrence L. Smith and Owen Cosgrove concerning the history of ACU and of Abilene, Texas. An index to this collection can be found in the Special Collections reading area.
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This is a collection of tapes and transcriptions of oral histories by Lawrence L. Smith and Owen Cosgrove concerning the history of ACU and of Abilene, Texas. An index to this collection can be found in the Special Collections reading area.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Abilene Christian University
Topic / Theme
Geography, History
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Acadian Handicraft Project Series
(Louisiana: Louisiana State University. T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History),
Source: www.lib.lsu.edu
Source: www.lib.lsu.edu
The Acadian Handicraft Project existed from 1942 until 1962. It grew out of an earlier effort by the General Education Board to support French language and culture in Louisiana. In 1942, Louisiana State University's General Extension Program picked up the project. Louise Olivier (d. 1962), served as the Extension...
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(Louisiana: Louisiana State University. T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History),
Source: www.lib.lsu.edu
Source: www.lib.lsu.edu
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The Acadian Handicraft Project existed from 1942 until 1962. It grew out of an earlier effort by the General Education Board to support French language and culture in Louisiana. In 1942, Louisiana State University's General Extension Program picked up the project. Louise Olivier (d. 1962), served as the Extension Program's field representative and purchased crafts, mostly textiles, from Acadian women and marketed them throughout the state. Inter...
The Acadian Handicraft Project existed from 1942 until 1962. It grew out of an earlier effort by the General Education Board to support French language and culture in Louisiana. In 1942, Louisiana State University's General Extension Program picked up the project. Louise Olivier (d. 1962), served as the Extension Program's field representative and purchased crafts, mostly textiles, from Acadian women and marketed them throughout the state. Interviewers Pam Rabalais of LSU's School of Human Ecology and Yvonne Olivier conducted these interviews with women who participated in the project for the Southeastern Crafts Revival at the University of South Carolina's McKissick Museum. The original tapes and transcripts are housed at the McKissick.
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Louisiana State University. T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History
Topic / Theme
Domestic life, Ethnic groups
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Birzeit University
Topic / Theme
Politics
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Adams Center (VMI) Cold War History Project
(Virginia: Virginia Military Institute. Preston Library. Archives and Special Collections),
Source: digitalcollections.vmi.edu
Source: digitalcollections.vmi.edu
The Cold War Oral History Project is an initiative of VMI's John A. Adams '71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis. The Adams Center's mandate is "to promote innovation in military history and strategic studies," and its work focuses primarily on the Cold War.
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(Virginia: Virginia Military Institute. Preston Library. Archives and Special Collections),
Source: digitalcollections.vmi.edu
Source: digitalcollections.vmi.edu
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The Cold War Oral History Project is an initiative of VMI's John A. Adams '71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis. The Adams Center's mandate is "to promote innovation in military history and strategic studies," and its work focuses primarily on the Cold War.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Virginia Military Institute. Preston Library. Archives and Special Collections
Topic / Theme
Armed forces, War, Cold War, 1945-1989
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Addicts Who Survived Project
Most of the interviews were conducted with long term heroin addicts, many of them enrolled in methadone programs. This collection also includes interviews with medical doctors, social workers and law enforcement officials concerned with heroin addiction.
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Most of the interviews were conducted with long term heroin addicts, many of them enrolled in methadone programs. This collection also includes interviews with medical doctors, social workers and law enforcement officials concerned with heroin addiction.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Topic / Theme
Health
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Adlai E. Stevenson Project
(Illinois: University of Illinois, Springfield. Archives/Special Collections. Oral History Collections),
Source: research.archivesspace.uis.edu
Source: research.archivesspace.uis.edu
The narrators, political associates of Adlai E. Stevenson II (1990-1965), members of his staff, his son, and others, recall Stevenson's character, achievements, term as Illinois Governor (1949-1953), presidential campaigns (1952 and 1956), his work at the United Nations, later life and death. This series was donat...
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(Illinois: University of Illinois, Springfield. Archives/Special Collections. Oral History Collections),
Source: research.archivesspace.uis.edu
Source: research.archivesspace.uis.edu
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The narrators, political associates of Adlai E. Stevenson II (1990-1965), members of his staff, his son, and others, recall Stevenson's character, achievements, term as Illinois Governor (1949-1953), presidential campaigns (1952 and 1956), his work at the United Nations, later life and death. This series was donated by the Oral History Research Office of Columbia University.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
University of Illinois, Springfield. Archives/Special Collections. Oral History Collections
Topic / Theme
Politics
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African American Artists of Los Angeles
(California: University of California, Los Angeles. Charles E. Young Library. Special Collections. Center for Oral History Research)
Interviews in this series document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possible in part by support from the UCLA Center for African America...
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(California: University of California, Los Angeles. Charles E. Young Library. Special Collections. Center for Oral History Research)
Description
Interviews in this series document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possible in part by support from the UCLA Center for African American Studies, Institute of American Cultures.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
University of California, Los Angeles. Charles E. Young Library. Special Collections. Center for Oral History Research
Topic / Theme
Fine arts, Ethnic groups, Intellectual life
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African American Pioneers in Flagstaff Oral History Collection
(Arizona: Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department),
Source: www.azarchivesonline.org
Source: www.azarchivesonline.org
Ten interviews that chronicle the growth of Flagstaff's African-American community. Following World War II, a significant migration occurred when African-American sawmill workers from the southern states found they could earn a higher income in the southwest. In Flagstaff, they found a small logging town unaccusto...
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(Arizona: Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department),
Source: www.azarchivesonline.org
Source: www.azarchivesonline.org
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Ten interviews that chronicle the growth of Flagstaff's African-American community. Following World War II, a significant migration occurred when African-American sawmill workers from the southern states found they could earn a higher income in the southwest. In Flagstaff, they found a small logging town unaccustomed to their culture. Depending on their place of origin, some migrants perceived the city to be relatively accommodating while others...
Ten interviews that chronicle the growth of Flagstaff's African-American community. Following World War II, a significant migration occurred when African-American sawmill workers from the southern states found they could earn a higher income in the southwest. In Flagstaff, they found a small logging town unaccustomed to their culture. Depending on their place of origin, some migrants perceived the city to be relatively accommodating while others did not. Most interviews include informal discussion of the timber industry, World War II, civil rights, and the Flagstaff police department.
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department
Topic / Theme
Ethnic groups, Geography, World War II, 1939-1945
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