


Religion, Workers, and Oral History: A Review
Review: Religion, Workers, and Oral History: A Review My father often took me to the factory with him when I was a small boy. Dad was the foreman of the finishing room in a medium sized textile factory in Galt, Ontario. The company made towels of all sizes and...
Dr. Charles Hardy: Oral History and Digital Media
Lecture: Dr. Charles Hardy: Oral History and Digital Media Dr. Charles Hardy III, Professor of History at West Chester University (Pennsylvania), is a pioneer in oral history and new media. Dr. Hardy has decades of experience producing radio, video, and web-based...
Sound Advice at the OHA
Event: Sound Advice at the OHA Engaging audiences with oral history was the theme of this year’s Oral History Association meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sessions on podcasting, audio-walks, and interactive exhibits were well represented as ways to present...
Oral History and Impostors: What to do?
Blog: Oral History and Impostors: What to do? The first time I read about an impostor who had fooled an oral historian was Bruce Jackson’s “The Perfect Informant,” originally published in the Journal of American Folklore in 1990. In this account, Jackson...