Research Guides: Oral History Toolkit: Resources

Oral History Collections at TCCL Special Collections

The following oral history projects represent a sampling of oral history projects held at the Honnold/Mudd Special Collections Library. Performing more general searches with the Special Collections Website "search" button will show both oral history collections and publications that have used the Special Collections' oral histories. See "Oral histories by theme" on the SCA Collections Overview webpage for a variety of oral history topics.

China Missionaries Oral History Project
Harvey/Mudd College oral history project on the Atomic Age
Oral history interview with David Donald Mulford: oral history transcript: California State Assemblyman, 1957-1970 / 1988-1989.
See other interviews in the collection as well.
Mormon women have their say : essays from the Claremont Oral History Collection

Oral Histories in the Claremont Colleges Digital Library

American Occupation of Japan, Voices of the Key Participants
"The Pacific Basin Institute produced a 10-part documentary series The Pacific Century, in 1993. This collection contains digitized video from Part 5, "Reinventing Japan," which focuses on post-World War II Japan. Key figures of the American occupation government were interviewed about their contributions and views."
Connie Martinson Talks Books
"Connie Martinson taped more than 2,500 interviews with prominent authors of fiction and nonfiction for her television show that spanned over 30 years. Included in the collection are interviews with Maya Angelou, Ray Bradbury, Al Gore, Rosa Parks, Gore Vidal, Barack Obama, Studs Terkel and Joyce Carol Oates."
Remembering The Claremont Colleges
"The interviews of Remembering The Claremont Colleges were conducted as part of the final project for an oral history class at Scripps College. More interviews, featuring memories from all of The Claremont Colleges, will be added to this collection in the future."

OHA's Guides to Doing Oral History

OHA's Guides to Doing Oral History
The Oral History Association hosts a number of excellent resources for conducting oral histories. The URL above links to their page titled "Web Guides to Doing Oral History."