Research Guides: CGU HIST 304 / Oral History / Prof. Poblete / SP24: Resources

Oral History Collections at TCCL Special Collections

The following oral history projects represent a sampling of oral history projects held at The Claremont Colleges Library, Special Collections. 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.

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."
Claremont Mormon Studies Collection
The Claremont Mormon Studies Collection features videos and papers from Mormon Studies conferences and lectures, recorded and/or transcribed oral life histories with U.S. and international Mormons, and digitized primary sources about Mormonism outside the U.S.
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."

Resources beyond The Claremont Colleges

Ball State University Oral Histories
Digital collection of audio files and transcripts.
Center for Oral and Public History at Cal State University Fullerton
With close to 6,000 recorded interviews and related transcripts, photographs, and other materials, COPH maintains the largest oral history archive in the state of California.
Library of Congress Digital Collections, Oral Histories
Multiple digital collections of oral histories located at the Library of Congress cover a variety of topics including civil rights, folklife, and slavery.
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."
Oral History in the Digital Age
Oral History in the Digital Age is the go-to place for the latest information on digital technologies pertaining to all phases of the oral history process. This resource is a product of an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership project and a collaboration among the Michigan State University Digital Humanities Center, Matrix; the American Folklife Center (AFC/LOC), the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH); the American Folklore Society (AFS); the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries; and the Oral History Association.
UCLA Oral History Research Center
The UCLA Center for Oral History Research (COHR) conducts in-depth, multi-session oral history interviews with individuals who have been a part of the history of Los Angeles and its many communities. COHR has particularly strong collections in the history of social movements, communities of color, the arts, Los Angeles politics and government, and the history of UCLA.