Oral History Training Workshops

What follows are workshops that educators, historians and oral history practicioners have found most useful. Please note that URLs do change and material is sometimes removed from the World Wide Web. If you would like to suggest additions to this list e-mail the project coordinator (gwhitman@saes.org).

Advanced Oral History Summer Institute, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkley

Columbia University Oral History Research Office, Summer Institute on Oral History

Foxfire Museum and Center

Oral History Training Institute sponsored by The Ohio Humanities Council, The Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums, The Ohio Historical Society and The Rural Life Center at Kenyon College

Oral History Training Workshop, LEGACY Oral History Program. San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum

The Oral History Workshop led by Charles Morrissey, former president of the Oral History Association (1-802-828-8764)

Oral History Workshop on the Web. Baylor University Institute for Oral History. PO Box 97271 Waco TX 76798-7271.

Portland State University: Oral History Workshop. Led by Charles Morrisey.

Virginia Folklife Program: Oral History Workshop

Workshops are also available through national, regional and state oral history and related associations:

American Association for State and Local History 1717 Church Street Nashville, Tennessee 37203-2991. Phone 615-320-3203.

American Folklife Center Library of Congress. 101 Independence Ave., SE Washington, DC 20540.

Canadian Oral History Association

Consortium of Oral History Educators. (COHE), COHE P.O Box 24 Ellicott City, MD 21041. Phone 410-744-5565. COHELanman@aol.com.

International Oral History Assocation -- Alexander Von Plato, Secretary Fernuniversitat Hagen Leibigstr. 11 D-58511 Ludenscheid Germany.

Martha Ross Center for Oral History at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Michigan Oral History Association. 5580 West State Road Lansing, Michigan, 48906. Phone 517-321-1746.

National Council on Public History. 327 Cavanaugh Hall-IUPUI, 425 University Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46202. Phone (317) 274-2716.

New England Association for Oral History.

Northwest Oral History Association. c/o Idaho State Historical Society 450 North Fourth Road Boise, ID 83702.

Oral History Association of Australia.

Oral History Association. Dickinson College, P.O. Box 1773 Carlisle, PA 17013. Phone 717-245-1036. E-mail.

Oral History Association of Minnesota.

Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region (OHMAR). 4041 Fragile Sail Way Ellicott City, MD 21042-5017.

Oral History Society. c/o Department of History Essex University Colchester C04 3SQ England. Phone 020 7412 7405.

Southern Oral History Program

Southwest Oral History Association

Texas Oral History Association. PO Box 97271 Waco, Texas 76798-7271. Phone: (254) 710-3437.

Last updated January 27, 2005