vHassan Bagheri: Had he just been alive!

On the sidelines of the 29th anniversary of Major General Gholamhussein Afshordi (Hassan Bagheri), a high-ranking Sacred Defense commander said if Bagheri were still alive, "he could have provided us invaluable resources and documents about the war."

v50-year History of Iran underway

Manager of Negah-e Moaser Publications announced the publication of "The 50-Year History of Iran: sociopolitical transformations 1892-1942".

vIrans National Archives house to Sacred Defense docs, pictures

The donated documents collection of martyr Ali Ghouchanis family has been added to the National Archive by the experts of the National Library and Archives of Iran.

vIranians to read Gyorgy Lukacs political notes

Gyorgy Lukacss political notes taken during the years 1919 to 1929 are converted into Persian by Omid Mehregan and will be released in a volume entitled as Blooms Theses.

vTranscribing, Editing and Processing Guidelines

Transcribing and editing an oral history interview is a matter of personal style, but there are some important guidelines for basic transcript production. Some oral historians instruct their transcribers to record the interview word for word, while others allow for greater latitude.

vNew oral history of William Ruckelshaus, key figure in environmental policy, now online

An oral history of the career of William D. Ruckelshaus, the first and fifth administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency, whose career parallels the growth of the environmental movement in the United States, is now available in three locations in the state of Washington.

vMohammadreza Pahlavi in Documents underway

The Historical Documents Study Center is preparing two volumes of 'Mohammadreza Pahlavi in Documents' for publication. The series will be kept on to 10 volumes.

vBoise offers oral history training for young interviewers

The Boise City Department of Arts & History, with support from OfficeMax Boise Community Fund, announces a series of free oral history training sessions for youths between the ages of 9 and 18 years.

vSpecial stand for veterans at TIBF

Cultural deputy of Guidance Ministry announced the ministry's readiness to endorse works by Sacred Defense veterans at the Tehran International Book Fair.

vJanuary 20: QQML 2012 deadline for works submission

The 4th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2012) has invited, abstracts, posters and workshops. The abstracts will be submitted to the conference's secretariat by January 20, 2012.

vThe Autobiography of a Spy

My Silent War by Kim Philby has been recently translated into Persian by Arash Tahmasebi. The book is Philby's personal memoirs of his spying activities for the Soviet government.

vOral History Project Guidelines

PUTTING TOGETHER AN ORAL HISTORY PROJECT:
OVERALL GUIDELINES

1. Identify your narrator—who can tell interesting stories, who has lived through a unique time period, who can document an era for which little other information exists? Make sure this person is in reasonable health for their age, with a good memory and has, preferably, an enjoyment of conversation.
2. Obtain consent—be sure the narrator understands why this interview is important and what your plans are once the interview is completed. Make the interview as professional as possible by scheduling an unhurried, private appointment with your narrator.

vFilm an oral history of Dr. Carver

Diamond, Mo. — Ever wonder what it would be like to hear from someone who knew or worked or studied under George Washington Carver?

vSayreville book captures fading town memories

SAYREVILLE — Jason Slesinski spent 18 months sifting through archives at the Sayreville Historical Society Museum and reviewing oral history presentations from residents, but for the sixth-generation borough resident, it was a labor of love.

vSenior Power… Oral history

Oral history is the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of interviews.

vIrvine welcomes middle age

IRVINE — Tina Williams, 68, moved here in 1970, when the mailing address was still Santa Ana.

"It was so attractive with the agriculture that we had all around," Williams said of moving into a new house in a largely undeveloped suburb.

vDromard and St. Francis club notes

Dromard
There will be a short get together in the clubhouse this Friday night 16th Dec 2011 at 8pm concerning the GAA Oral History Project. This is a project that has been commissioned by the GAA. The Project aims to record the fullest possible picture of what the GAA has meant to the Irish people, in their own words.

vStorie Orali: Racconto, Immaginazione, Dilogo

No contemporary oral historian (at either the praxis or the theory ends of the spectrum, which this author has never divorced) can have ignored Alessandro Portelli’s contributions to the field: for example, The Death of Luigi Trastulli and Other Stories: Form and Meaning in Oral History, 1990;

vNew Directions in Palestinian Oral History

In different ways, these four books represent how Palestinian oral history is breaking new ground while continuing to document the nakbah (what is known as the catastrophe, the displacement of the indigenous Palestinian Arabs with the formation of the state of Israel on May 15, 1948).

vReflections OnThe Practice of Oral History: Retrieving What We Can From an Earlier Critique

Oral history research as an academic discipline emerged in the 1940s and 1950s; this article explores its development and continuing challenges. During its first decades, the main focus was on the production of documents and new information, especially on the lives of people previously ignored by historians.

vMigrations and societies in Africa and the Middle East: a long term perspective

The 4th Global Migration History Conference (Rabat, 19-21 May 2012)
The conference seeks to map and understand patterns of cross-cultural migration in Africa and the Middle East from 1500 until the present. We are interested in local, internal, international and intercontinental movements of people, as well as in free and unfree migration. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 1 December 2011. The deadline for submission of papers will be 1 May 2012.

vPhale highly accomplished poet and cultural enthusiast


Meet Morake Phale, a poet and cultural enthusiast with a fascinating historical inclination. The 77-year-old from Mmathubudukwane-Dikalakaneng in Kgatleng East has never been to school but his knowledge of the oral history of Batswana tribes, especially Bakgatla, gives him that aura of an accomplished scholar.

vOral History Project Captures Stories of Haiti Earthquake Survivors


Two years after Haiti was rocked by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake near Port au Prince, a New York University (NYU) graduate student and staff at the University of Kentucky (UK) Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History are teaming up to capture, save and share the stories of survivors of the terrible event and its aftermath.

vUN launches oral History collection


New York, Jan 20 : A collection of more than 200 interviews covering major events in the history of the United Nations was launched on Thursday at the world body’s Headquarters in New York, and will be accessible to the public through a website.

vBC Ordered To Hand Over Belfast Tapes, Will Not Appeal Ruling


Judge William G. Young Will Review 24 Subpoenaed Belfast Project Interviews

Editor\'s Note: This story is part of an ongoing series chronicling the subpoena of the Belfast Project.

vYale acquires oral history of choral conductor Sir David Willcocks


Sterling Memorial Library has acquired a substantial collection of interviews on the prominent choral conductor and composer, Sir David Willcocks. Perhaps best known as the director of music at King’s College, Cambridge University, Willcocks also held the directorship of London’s Royal College of Music, and published the popular anthologies “Carols for Choirs.”

vGorji: Poor data wrecks history novels


Talking about history novels, history researcher Zahir Siamian Gorji says the most significant matter of history novels is holding poor information about real past events and characters."

vBook containing interviews with Kim Jong Ils eldest son to be published


Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of Kim Jong Il, provides his own frank account of the late North Korean supreme leader, including his fathers reluctance to let any of his sons take power, in a book to hit stores on Jan. 20, an editor in charge at publisher Bungei Shunju Co. said Friday.

vMoorhead students keeping the memory of Pearl Harbor alive


Moorhead, MN (WDAY TV) - It wasn't that long ago that school teachers in our area were able to mark Pearl Harbor Day by bringing in a survivor from that tragic day. But with so many World War Two Veterans gone, that live oral history is disappearing.

vSandy vet sharing wartime experiences he’d rather forget


Nick Lopez will do just about anything for an old Marine Corps buddy — even talking about wartime experiences he’d rather forget.

vCatching Stories: A Practical Guide to Oral History


Oral history levels the playing field of historical research” (vii), the authors assert, and this practical guide does indeed show how it can be beneficial to anyone interested in transforming the oral history of their family or community group from an idea to reality.

vRowell Fund for Tibet Announces Grants to Projects on Oral History


The Rowell Fund for Tibet's Board of Advisors has decided to award funds for 2012 to seven projects that deal with maternal health care, oral history, journalism, education and photography.

vWar tales


Veterans History Project collects veterans' stories in their own words
Coloradans share their memories for America's largest oral-history event.

vThe New Woman in Uzbekistan


This book is an impressive undertaking. Marianne Kamp, Professor of History at the University of Wyoming, has added greatly to the study of the changing roles and the changing pressures exerted on women in predominantly Islamic cultures throughout the twentieth century.