Oral History Resources

Contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) of the Works Progress Administration.

A great example of an online oral history from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on the history of Cold War nuclear testing in Nevada.

A production of he Northwest Women's History Project, now available on DVD.

Over 500 oral history interviews covering six major thematic areas. Part of the Documenting the American South collections from UNC-Chapel Hill.

A selective, annotated compilation of the many existing oral history projects, programs and collections dedicated to recording and preserving the experiences of veterans and civilians from the Library of Congress.

Over 700 digitized oral histories that document the life and culture of Mississippians are available online.

Provides access to the Folklife Resource Center (FRC) at McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina, where deeply rooted traditions like quilting, pottery, basketry, communal foodways, and folk music have been documented through audio, video, and photography.