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Oral histories (document genres)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Works that record interviews conducted to preserve the recollections of persons whose experience or memories are representative or are of special historical or social significance.

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Stanhope Bayne-Jones papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1271
Abstract: Memoirs, correspondence, reports, and printed matter largely reflecting Stanhope Bayne-Jones' service as dean of the Yale School of Medicine, 1935-1940. The most significant part of the papers are his memoirs in the form of a transcript of an oral history interview conducted by Dr. Harlan Phillips for the National Library of Medicine in 1966. In the interviews, Bayne-Jones describes his education, his service in World War I, his research and his career. Included also are papers relating to...
Dates: 1935-1972

James Alport Donovan, Jr. papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1249
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, memoranda, writings, printed matter, photographs, and personal material documenting Donovan's coursework in the Linguistics department at Yale (1937-1940), his career as a translator and special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1941-1946), and in his various service positions in the Department of State (1946-1980). The bulk of the papers relates to his work for the State Department on various cultural exchange programs, particularly with...
Dates: 1891-1981

Isidore Sydney Falk papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1039
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, professional files, research materials, writings, personal papers, and printed matter documenting Isidore Falk's career as an advocate of national health insurance and other programs related to public health. Of particular significance are the materials from his years with the Social Security Board (1936-1954), which document the campaign for government supported health insurance in the United States. Falk conducted public health and medical care surveys...
Dates: 1918-1984

Griswold-Brewster Oral History Project, Yale University

 Collection
Call Number: RU 217
Abstract:

The records consist of audiotapes and transcripts of the Yale Griswold-Brewster Oral History Project.

Dates: 1990-1993

Roger Kent papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1401
Abstract:

The papers consist of an oral history typescript entitled, "Building the Democratic Party in California, 1954-1966," containing interviews with Roger Kent conducted by Anne H. Brower and Amelia R. Fry in 1976 and 1977. The volume was compiled and published by the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, in 1981.

Dates: 1970-1981

Jacques E. Levy research collection on Cesar Chavez

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2406
Abstract: The collection consists of audiotapes, transcripts, notebooks, correspondence, documents, printed material, and writings accumulated by Levy while conducting research for his book, Cesar Chavez: Autobiography of La Causa. The collection documents the life of Cesar Chavez as well as the early history of the United Farm Workers union. The collection contains a large oral history component, 314 audiotapes totalling ca. 500 hours of interviews, with extensive interviews of Chavez, Chavez family...
Dates: 1959-1997

Oral histories documenting New Haven, Connecticut

 Collection
Call Number: RU 1055
Abstract:

The materials consist of audio recordings and transcripts of oral histories conducted by New Haven Oral History Project staff with New Haven, Connecticut, citizens.

Dates: 2003-2007

Oral histories documenting Yale University women

 Collection
Call Number: RU 1051
Abstract:

The materials consist of audio recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by Florence Minnis with women faculty, administrators, and staff affiliated with Yale University.

Dates: 2007-2010

Oral History Project Documenting Yale University

 Collection
Call Number: RU 1037
Abstract:

The materials consist of audio recordings and transcripts of oral histories conducted by Judith Schiff with Yale University affiliates. The materials document the administrations of Yale presidents Hanna Gray, A. Bartlett Giamatti, Benno Schmidt, Jr., Howard R. Lamar, and Richard C. Levin.

Dates: 2007-2009

Henry Schmidt papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1381
Abstract:

Typescript Henry Schmidt, "Secondary Leadership in the ILWU, 1933-1966," an oral history conducted 1974-1981 by Miriam F. Stein & Estolv Ethan Ward, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1983.

Dates: 1933-1966

Toba Pato Tucker photographs and papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2604
Abstract: Portraits of individuals from other communities and locales include street portraits of pedestrians in New York City; residents of a drug rehabilitation program at facilities throughout New York State; the people of Heber Springs, Arkansas, the rural town photographed decades earlier by Mike Disfarmer; and African American members of the First Baptist Church of Riverhead, New York. Tucker's commission work includes portraits of individuals, couples, and families. Her personal photography...
Dates: 1950-2015, bulk 1977-2017

Yale University Women's Organization oral history project records

 Collection
Call Number: RU 924
Abstract:

The materials consist of audiotapes, a videotape, transcripts, and project and background files relating to "One Story, Many Voices: An Oral History of the Yale University Women's Organization."

Dates: 1965-2002