The Oral History Society's Blog
Sharing Stories
Welcome to the Oral History Society’s blog. Here we share stories and updates from oral history projects all over the United Kingdom – from community projects to student research and museum curation. Whatever your involvement in oral history, we would like to hear from you.
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Portsmouth Rape Crisis: A Collective Story
PARCS Grows Everybody is an intergenerational oral history project commemorating the history and legacy of the Portsmouth Abuse and Rape Crisis Service, 1981-2021 Portsmouth Abuse and Rape Counselling Service (PARCS) began
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Recording veterans of the Korean War
The role of British soldiers in the Korean War which lasted from 1950 to 1953 has been largely forgotten in this country whereas in America there are massive libraries of
Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain
Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain – from co-produced exhibition to research, website, films, public events and publication
George Ewart Evans blue plaque in Blaxhall
Author Robert Ashton is leading a campaign to erect a blue plaque to mark where Evans wrote Ask the Fellows who Cut the Hay.
Oral History Society (UK) statement on the destruction of libraries and archives in Gaza during the current conflict
At the OHS committee meeting held on Friday 8th December 2023, the Trustees agreed to the following statement on the destruction of libraries and archives in Gaza. The statement will be posted
Preserving History: The Citizens Archive of Pakistan
The Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP), initially established to preserve 1947 Partition stories, is now dedicated to the cultural and historic preservation of diverse South Asian narratives.
Oral History Meets Creative Writing in Stories of Adoption, Surrogacy and Egg Donation
A PhD in Creative Writing involved oral history techniques alongside poetry, re-imagined scenes, personal essay and quotation collage to curate and create voices of adoption, surrogacy and egg donation.
Happy Birthday OHS!
Today is the Oral History Society’s fiftieth birthday. All ‘significant’ birthdays deserve celebrating and all year we’ve been reflecting on what the Society has achieved over its first five decades,
Listening to our members
2023 marks our 50th birthday and happily coincided this year with our periodic strategy weekend in March where trustees got together to reflect on the Society’s current strengths and challenges, and
‘Explorers afoot in a new world’: Reflections on the OHS at fifty
Rob Perks writes: Fifty years ago an eclectic group gathered in York to form the Oral History Society. They declared that the ‘interview method presents a tremendous opportunity for historians’