Oral History Resources

Download Workshop Handout
Read the chapter “Learning to Listen” from the Oral History Reader (nice examples of actual interviews and how interviewers unintentionally interrupt the memory process).
Review one or more of the oral history online archives (links on Oral History home page). Notice how the archives are organized and which LGBT+ issues are represented; experience / listen to some of the stories. We’ll hear some of these during the workshop too.

LGBT Oral History Hub – Fairly comprehensive listing of LGBTQ oral history libraries – from which many of the listings below come.
Country Queers – multimedia project documenting the diverse experiences of rural and small town LGBTQIA folks in the US
Ozarks Lesbian and Gay Archives Oral History Project– 150 interviews with area residents
Queer Appalachia Oral History Project-18 interviews of LGBTQ people in Central Appalachia/Eastern Kentucky
ACT UP Oral History Project – Video interviews of surviving members of AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, New York
LGBTQ Religious Archives Network Oral Histories – Collection indexed by faith, subject, geography
African American AIDS Activism Oral History Project – Documenting the struggle against HIV and AIDS in black communities.
Lesbian Herstory Archives, Herstories Audiovisual Collection – ~ 3,000 audio and 950 video.
Archives of Lesbian Oral Testimony – inclusive of Two Spirit, queer, bisexual, and lesbian women, transmen, and others
Rainbow History – Preserving history of LGBT community in metropolitan Washington DC.
New York City Trans Oral History Project – documents transgender resistance and resilience in New York City.
OUTWORDS – first project to travel America recording the stories of LGBTQ pioneers and elders
Oregon State Queer Archives – experiences of LGBTQ+ people within the OSU and Corvallis communities
Milwaukee Transgender Oral History Project – 7 Interviews from 2011

Have we missed one? Email a title, description and link.