Resources
Oral History
Hawaiʽi Resources
General Resources
Military Organizations
World War I
WWI: The World War I Document Archive http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/memoir.html: Archive of primary documents from World War I; links to numerous memorials and personal reminiscences, with links to other WWI sites worldwide.
World War II
Teaching resources
Interview Samples
- Center for Oral History. U.H. Manoa. https://ethnicstudies.manoa.hawaii.edu/center-for-oral-history/ A program started in 1976, this website has a plethora of resources and oral histories that have been conducted over the years.
- DLNR and the Sea Grant program: http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/hawau/hawaut90003.pdf Waimanu Valley oral histories.
- Iolani https://iolani.libguides.com/c.php?g=564373&p=3894696 Library guide for oral history.
- Kona Historical Society: www.konahistorical.org/index.php/oral_history/ Oral histories and other historical resources.
- Kumu Pono Associates http://files.hawaii.gov/luc/dockets/a07774northkona/a07774amended11232009/a07774feis_volume2_part2.pdf Oral history interviews conducted by Kepa Māly with Kumu Pono Associates.
- Pacific Worlds: http://www.pacificworlds.com/ A website that has stories of various areas of the Pacific, including Kawaihae on Hawaiʽi Island.
- Ulukau http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=d-0maly5-000Sec--11en-50-20-frameset-book--1-010escapewin&a=d&d=D0.5.13&toc=0 A collection of historical accounts and oral history interviews with elder kamaʻāina fisher-people from the Kapalilua region of South Kona, island of Hawaiʻi (He wahi moʻolelo no na lawaiʻa ma Kapalilua, Kona Hema, Hawaiʻi)
- U.H. Manoa Library oral history resources: https://guides.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/c.php?g=105294&p=686537
General Resources
- American Folklife Center: http://www.loc.gov/folklife/ Audio recordings from 1933-1950.
- Chicago History Museum. http://www.studsterkel.org/ Official website for Studs Terkel.
- Floyd County, Indiana Oral History Project http://homepages.ius.edu/Special/OralHistory/INTERVIEWS.html: Includes interviews and photographs from World War II and the Korean War.
- Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: http://www.gilderlehrman.org/
- StoryCorp—Every Story Matters: http://storycorps.org/?gclid=CJ-5_MemtKoCFYsbQgodJTyHzg
- Telling their stories: http://www.tellingstories.org/index.html Sample oral histories.
Military Organizations
- U.S. Coast Guard. http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/OralHistoryIndex.html: U.S. Coast Guard website. Includes oral histories from former commandants, general oral histories, and primarily WWII experiences; is expanding and has already added Viet Nam experiences.
- U.S. Naval Institute Oral History Program http://www.usni.org/navalinstitutepress/OralHistory.asp: Comprehensive, tape-recorded interviews with people who have made history in the naval profession; these interviews are then transcribed, annotated, indexed, and bound. Have also included some specialized projects involving early WAVE officers, and Vietnam War prisoners of war.
World War I
WWI: The World War I Document Archive http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/memoir.html: Archive of primary documents from World War I; links to numerous memorials and personal reminiscences, with links to other WWI sites worldwide.
World War II
- 70 Infantry Division Association. http://www.trailblazersww2.org/ :Includes 3 reels of combat footage, discovered in the National Archives, featuring the 70th Infantry Division.
- 91st Bomb Group (H) Memorial Association http://www.91stbombgroup.com/:Site includes photos, music, memorabilia, and over fifty stories.
- 384th Bomber Group http://www.384thbg.iwarp.com/index.html :A collection of 17 stories about members of the 384th BG, submitted by veterans and their relatives. Also contains photographs.
- 392nd Bomb Group http://www.b24.net/ :Includes stories and diaries of those who flew in the B-24, also links to extensive research and documentation on POW Stalag Lufts.
- Albert R. Panebianco=s WWII Site http://www.45thinfantrydivision.com/ :Account of his experiences in the 45th Infantry Division, 157th Regiment; includes many links to main infantry division and armored division sites
- American Airpower Heritage Museum http://www.airpowermuseum.org/oralhistory/index.shtml World War II Veterans Oral History Program; has a significant collection of over 2,000 oral histories from WW II veterans of aviation.
- Charlie of 666: A Memoir of World War II http://www.nathanielblumberg.com/charlie.htm :Personal memoir of combat by Corporal Nathan Blumberg and Nathaniel Blumberg.
- Dover Air Force Base Museum: WWII Oral Histories
- http://www.amcmuseum.org/Collections/OralStories/WorldWarII/WorldWarII.htm :Includes histories, as well as numerous links to related websites.
- The Oryoku Maru Online http://www.oryokumaruonline.org/index2.html :On the transport of American POWs aboard the Oryoku Maru, from Dec. 13, 1944 through Jan. 29, 1945; includes links to survivors' stories, the text of a legal deposition, pages dedicated to nonsurvivors, as well as links for further research, such as full text interview with Guy Gabaldon.
- Private Art. A Collection of WWII Letters To and From The Home Front. http://www.private-art.com/ This site serves as a tribute to the 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion.
- Rutgers Oral History Archives of World War II http://fas-history.rutgers.edu/oralhistory/orlhom.htm Records the personal experiences of men and women who served on the homefront and overseas; based on in-depth interviews of individuals who lived through World War II, beginning with an initial target group of Rutgers College alumni and Douglass College alumnae (formerly, New Jersey College for Women). Currently features about 238 oral history interviews. Interviews are searchable with Google search engine.
- A Scrapbook of Memories from Navy Veterans Aboard LCI(L)489 http://www.jun6dday.com/Includes memoirs, photos, and links to several other excellent sites.
- South Dakota World War II Memorial http://www.state.sd.us/military/VetAffairs/sdwwiimemorial/ Includes "Stories from the Front" and Testimonies from the Midwest and South Dakota WW II Veterans and the Concentration Camps;
- Stalag Luft I http://www.merkki.com/ :Site contains a collection of reminiscences written by the POWs detailing their experiences during World War II, before and after being shot down and imprisoned. Includes photos and poetry as well as links to numerous other ex-POW sites. Also contains watercolor drawings, cartoons, sketches and carvings of the prisoners of war at Stalag Luft I.
- TANKBOOKS.com http://www.Tankbooks.com/ :Audio clips from over forty veterans and spouses; requires RealPlayer software. Also includes pages of stories and poems, interviews, and links to approximately 75 other World War II sites, some oral.
- The Troubleshooters.com http://www.thetroubleshooters.com/ww2/pt0001.html :Patton's "Troubleshooters" and the story of the 702nd Tank Battalion; includes links to several sites dealing with personal reminiscences.
- The Voices of WWII for Use in the Classroom http://www.wwiihistoryclass.com/ :Includes numerous pages of teacher and student resources, lesson plans and ideas, over 130 interview transcripts, a step by step "How to do Oral History" section, as well as a wealth of information on grants, scholarships, contests, and links to veterans organizations, maps and geographical resources, research sites, photographs and documents, translations, graves registration and oral history sites.
- What did you do in the war, Grandma? http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html An oral history of Rhode Island women during World War II. Twenty-six veterans are interviewed by students in the Honors English Program at South Kingstown High School.
- Center for Life Stories Preservation http://www.storypreservation.com/ : stories from World War II to the Gulf War.
Teaching resources
- Voice of witness: http://www.voiceofwitness.org/teachers
- Oral History Association: http://www.oralhistory.org/
- Interviews with Hawaiians: http://www.pacificworlds.com/homepage/education/essays/essay2a.cfm
Interview Samples
- http://www.apimovement.com/keoki-kahumoku/interview-hawaiian-slack-key-guitar-master-keoki-kahumoku
- http://www.bishopmuseum.org/research/library/audio.html
- http://www.bishopmuseum.org/research/library/audio.html
- http://www.hawaiialive.org/topics.php?sub=Early+Hawaiian+Society&Subtopic=115
- http://www.nps.gov/ethnography/training/TAPS/surveying.htm
- http://kaiwakiloumoku.ksbe.edu/