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Jumpstart Your Studies With Help From Oral History
Posted in Updates Tagged with: ethics, Louisiana State University (LSU), oral history, oral history in the classroom, research, T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History
“Holding the Welfare of Three Million People in Your Hands”: The British Voices from South Asia Series
By Erin M. Hess Today marks the sixty-seventh anniversary of the Indian Independence Act of 1947, and the establishment of India and Pakistan as sovereign nations after nearly ninety years of British rule. Happy Independence Day to all who are…
Posted in Interview Excerpts, Updates Tagged with: British Colonial India, British Voices from South Asia, Frank de Caro, Indian Civil Service, Indian Independence from Britain, John Stubbs, Louisiana State University (LSU), oral history, oral history blog, oral history exhibit, Robin Adair, Rosan Jordan, T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History, University of Cambridge Centre of South Asian Studies
LSU Oral History Bids Farewell to Elaine Smyth
By Jennifer Abraham Cramer Elaine Smyth retires soon from LSU after serving for over twenty-six years. To see her accomplishments, of which there have been many, I encourage you to check out this blog post. What I’d like to think…
Posted in Updates Tagged with: digitization of oral history, Elaine Smyth, History of 1927 Flood, History of Standard Oil, LSU Williams Center for Oral History
OSBR Site Shares McKinley High School Oral Histories Online
The Old South Baton Rouge Community Dreaming website is including several of the Center’s interviews that belong to the McKinley High School Oral History series. Select interviews from the collection are available via OSBR for audio streaming and patrons can read along with…
Posted in Featured Partners, Updates Tagged with: Baton Rouge African American history, Baton Rouge Bus Boycott, East Baton Rouge Parish Public Library Carver Branch, LSU Community University Partnership, LSU Department of Curriculum and Instruction, McKinley High School Oral History, Old South Baton Rouge, T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History
