Oral histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Society of American Archivists website - Oral history: An interview that records an individual's personal recollections of the past and historical events; the audio or video recordings, transcripts, and other materials that capture and are associated with such an interview. Art & architecture thesaurus online - oral histories: 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 16 Collections and/or Records:

Reno/Sparks YWCA History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 96-04
Abstract Victoria Ford is a Reno, Nevada author, oral historian, and public relations specialist. Collection includes a manuscript of Making Their Mark, a history of the Reno/Sparks Young Women's Christian Association. Also included are oral history narratives of the following women who played key roles in the Y's development and administration: Mary Margaret Barrett, Patricia Herz Cooke, Shirley Fleming, Alleta Gray, Marcella Herz, Tosca Means, Mildred Myers, Cynthia Pyzel, Darlene Reed, Jeanne...
Dates: 1996
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Reno/Sparks YWCA History Collection

Rollan D. Melton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-28
Scope and Contents

Includes materials relating to his time in journalism, especially with the Gannett newspaper corporation in Reno, Nevada; files relating to his oral history; speeches and writings; volumes of the University of Nevada, Reno's yearbooks; and miscellaneous items of historical interest given to him by various people. Includes some 1856 San Francisco items. Preliminary inventory available in the department.

Dates: 1960s-2010
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Rollan D. Melton Papers

Slavin-Reed Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-27
Abstract

The Slavin-Reed Family papers include genealogical notes, oral histories, and other documents about the 19th and 20th century history of the Slavin and Reed families and those families connected by marriage. The bulk of the collection appears to have passed through the hands of Lucille Slavin Clark, and builds on the recorded memories of her grandmother, Maude Rose Hanley Reed Bruno (1882-1965).

Dates: 1870-2001
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Slavin-Reed Family Papers

Stewart Indian School Oral History Project Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-61
Abstract The Stewart Indian School operated from December 17, 1890-1980 in Carson City as a federal commitment to pursue Native American education in Nevada. Student curriculum included classes in reading, writing, and arithmetic but focused on vocational training in various trades, agriculture, and the service industry. In May 2015, the Nevada 150 Foundation awarded the Nevada Indian Commission a $20,000 grant as part of the yearlong celebration of Nevada's founding and legacy project. Collection...
Dates: 2016-2017
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Stewart Indian School Oral History Project Records

Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency Oral History Project Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC1371
Abstract The Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency (TMRPA) oral history project was initiated by the TMRPA in 2018 as part of its 2019 Regional Plan update. It intended to document the origins and development of the TMRPA through oral histories with individuals who could relay their firsthand experiences and knowledge related to those topics. The collection contains the project's original audio interviews, transcribed oral history volume, and the copyright assignment forms signed by...
Dates: 2018-2019
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency Oral History Project Records

Yahooskin (Northern Paiute) Oral History Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: 96-24
Abstract Tim Thornes was a graduate student in Linguistics at the University of Oregon whose field work was completed among the Yahooskin of the Northern Paiute Indians in southeastern Oregon. The collection contains interviews with Irwin Weiser a Klammath Falls, Oregon, Northern Paiute Yahooskin speaker, and copies of fieldnote books by Thornes. Weiser speaks of the Yahooskin language, culture, lifeways, myths and tales, history, and relation of the Yahooskin to other southern Oregon, northern...
Dates: 1995-1996
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Yahooskin (Northern Paiute) Oral History Interviews