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ANNOUNCING H-ORALHIST, H-Net Discussion List on Oral History
Sponsored by H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online, Oral History
Association, and Michigan State University
H-ORALHIST is the successor to OHA-L, which began in 1993. H-ORALHIST is
a network of people interested in oral history. Oral history is commonly
defined as a method of collecting and preserving tape-recorded
remembrances of past experiences. Although historians have been
interviewing people since the ancient Chinese dynasties, the modern oral
history movement is considered to have begun in 1948 when Allan Nevins
established the Columbia University Oral History Research Office. The
Oral History Association, with 1,200 members, promotes oral history
internationally. H-ORALHIST invites subscriptions from people with a
broad range of backgrounds, including public historians, students, local
historians, and university faculty members. Active editing will stimulate
discussions which reflect the theory as well as the practice of oral
history interviewing. The list also seeks to provide an interactive forum
for individuals interested in using oral history as defined above or for
those who wish to contest the above definition.
The H-ORALHIST list is co-edited by Jeff Charnley, Michigan State
University <[log in to unmask]>; Gene Preuss, Texas Tech University,
<[log in to unmask]>; Cheryl Oakes, Forest History Society,
<[log in to unmask]>; and Michael Gordon, University of Wisconsin -
Milwaukee, <[log in to unmask]>. The editors serve two-year renewable
terms, with the approval of the H-Net Executive Committee and rotate their
duties. The current editor will be identified in all messages coming from
the list. The editors will solicit postings (by email, phone and even by
regular mail), will assist people in managing subscriptions and setting up
options, will handle routine inquiries, and will consolidate some
postings. Anyone with suggestions about what H-ORALHIST can and might do
is invited to send in ideas. The editors will solicit and post
newsletter-type information (calls for conferences, for example, or
listings of sessions at conventions.) They will also commission book and
article reviews, and post book announcements from publishers. H-ORALHIST
will be moderated to filter out extraneous messages (like requests for
subscription) and items that do not belong on H-ORALHIST. They may belong
somewhere else, or in the judgment of the editors they do not aid the
scholarly dialogue. The editors will not alter the meaning of messages
without the author's permission. It is advised by a board of scholars and
is sponsored by the Oral History Association. More information about the
Oral History Association may be found at the Association's web site:
http://www.baylor.edu/~OHA
Logs and more information about H-ORALHIST can also be found at the
H-Net Web Site, located at
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/
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ABOUT H-NET
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scholars in the humanities and social sciences that creates and
coordinates electronic networks, using a variety of media, and with a
common objective of advancing humanities and social science teaching
and research. H-Net was created to provide a positive, supportive,
equalitarian environment for the friendly exchange of ideas and
scholarly resources. H-NET sponsors dozens of e-mail lists and Web
sites for them in a variety of disciplines and fields, publishes
reviews of scholary books and articles on the internet, and provides a
weekly Job Guide. Our host is Michigan State University. More
information can be obtained by sending an e-mail message to
[log in to unmask] or by browsing our Web site at
http://www.h-net.msu.edu.
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SUBSCRIBING TO H-ORALHIST
To subscribe, send an e-mail message (no signatures or styled text),
from the account where you wish to receive mail to
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SUBSCRIBE H-ORALHIST firstname lastname, institution
Example: SUBSCRIBE H-ORALHIST Jane Smith, Pioneer State U
Please follow the instructions you receive by return mail. For
additional information please write:
Jeff Charnley, <[log in to unmask]>
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Thank you for your interest in H-ORALHIST!
The H-Oralhist Editors
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