Library Research Guide for E-HIST 1636: Introduction to Harvard History

Oral Histories in HOLLIS

To find oral histories in HOLLIS or WorldCat search: topical keyword (or Subject term) AND (interviews OR "oral histor*"); search (interviews OR "oral histor*") as Subject keyword.  Most oral histories are available as transcripts, but some online sources have recordings, and recording are often available in the holding repository.  Limit to Resource type: Sound recordings and to Videos/Film for recordings In HOLLIS and WorldCat.

• Oral histories conducted by students in the course HIST 1852 The Game: College Sports as History, Fall 2020

• Oral histories conducted by students in the course HIST 1636 Intro to Harvard History, Spring 2021

• Oral histories conducted by students in the course HIST E-1636 Intro to Harvard History, Fall 2021

Oral Histories Online Full Text

• Oral History Online indexes oral history collections, with links to interview-level bibliographic records and to full-text materials, audio files and visual files where these are available.
• HistoryMakers: An African American oral video history archive
• North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories (1800-1950.) includes 342 authors.
• Records of the Oral History of Radcliffe College during the Horner Years, 1998-2014 - Collection consists primarily of audiotapes and transcripts of interviews with 43 individuals involved in the development of Radcliffe College during the years of Matina Horner's presidency. See Niki Janus final interview re: athletics.