Our colleagues in the Oral History Master’s Program (OHMA) have an exciting line-up of talks and workshops for spring semester. Oral history as a research tool has been at times almost synonymous with a certain kind of interviewing: one-on-one, biographical, long-form, recorded, and intended for the archive. In this year-long series of events, are exploring […]
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Collections highlight | Sam Higgins on the Sidney Kramer paperbacks
Sidney Kramer was a major figure in the 20th-century publishing world, a literary agent and a founder of Bantam Books, an early paperback company that flourished during WWII. Bantam Books reprinted hardbacks and out-of-print titles at cheap prices and its line of classics, including pocket editions of Shakespeare, made the firm a leader in mass-market […]
An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia | D is for the legendary Carol Doda
An A-to-Z of Oral History at Columbia is a monthly posting featuring the people, events, and organizations in the Oral History Archive at Columbia’s collections, as well as behind-the-scenes info about oral history methodology. Interview title: Oral history interview with Carol Doda, 1971 Collection title (and book by the same name): Good Times: […]
Remembering Ronald J. Grele
It is with great sadness, but joy in his legacy and memory, that the Oral History Archives at Columbia (OHAC) and the oral history community observes the passing of Ronald J. Grele, Director Emeritus, Columbia Center for Oral History (CCOH). OHAC staff were privileged to get to know Ron and his thinking behind his oral […]
Oral History | Newly processed and available collections for October 2023
Kevin Schlottmann shares newly processed and available collections, as well as some exciting updates to oral history records. Big cheer to archivists Chelsea Reil and David Olson for their efforts in creating pathways to discovering and using these collections, and thanks to our CUL colleagues in other units for their assistance. Newly Processed Collections Oral […]