Guest Post | Oral history and the history of American philanthropy

  The legacy collections in our oral history archive reflect the Oral History Research Office’s (OHRO) focus on “great men” in business history and philanthropy in its early years. From the Carnegie Corporation of New York to the Ford Motor Company to McGraw Hill publishers, interviewing the elite while also drawing on narrators throughout the […]

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An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia | C…is for the Cuban Voices Oral History Collection

  An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia is a monthly posting featuring the people, events, and organizations in the Oral History Archive at Columbia’s collections, as well as behind-the-scenes info about oral history methodology.   Collection title: Cuban Voices oral history collection, 2004-2010 Interview contents summary from its catalog record: “The Cuban Voices oral […]

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Oral History | Newly processed and available collections for October 2023

Kevin Schlottmann shares newly processed and available collections, as well as some exciting updates to oral history records. Big cheer to archivists Chelsea Reil and David Olson for their efforts in creating pathways to discovering and using these collections, and thanks to our CUL colleagues in other units for their assistance. Newly Processed Collections Oral […]

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An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia | B…is for Schlesinger Library’s Black Women’s Oral History Project

  An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia is a monthly posting featuring the people, events, and organizations in the Oral History Archive at Columbia’s collections, as well as behind-the-scenes info about oral history methodology. Collection title: Black women oral history project : oral history, 1976-1985 Interview contents: Undertaken by the Schlesinger Library of Radcliffe […]

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