This evening I will be giving a Zoom talk on "Getting Started with Oral History" for the Milton Historical Society. Check out the info below. I've also created a written guide to accompany the talk, which you can download here. Milton Historical Society Presents:The Voices of the Past:Getting Started with Oral History Speaker: Kate Wilson, Ph.D.Associate… Continue reading “Voices of the Past: Getting Started with Oral History,” March 8, 2022, 6:30 PM
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Pandemic Rhymes: Oral history and the 1918 Flu pandemic
This week in my oral history class, I shared with students some oral histories collected in 2007/8 with survivors of the 1918 Flu pandemic. It’s often said that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes, and in this case, the resonances with our own pandemic era were very pointed for me and my students. Descriptions… Continue reading Pandemic Rhymes: Oral history and the 1918 Flu pandemic
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