Spring 2016 Internship Class Podcasts: Florida Craft Brew

With the help of coordinators Johanna Mellis and Meagan Frenzer, the Spring 2016 interns produced podcasts about the local history of craft brewing in Florida. Image from Visit Gainesville. University of Florida Digital Collections Archive To date, 90+ oral history podcasts are available on the University of Florida’s Digital Collections website, including final projects for internship classes, as […]

Feb. 17, Award Reception for Eastside American History Teacher David Jones

SPOHP and the Center for European Studies will host a reception for Mr. Jones in recognition of his Martha Ross Teaching Award from the Oral History Association last fall. The event will be held in the Keene Faculty Center at UF. Photo from WUFT.org, courtesy of Jacqueline Johnson.

Eastside High School Teacher Wins Oral History Award, WUFT

For the past 20 years, Jones has been incorporating the practice of oral history in his International Baccalaureate American history classroom at Eastside High School, as highlighted in this feature from WUFT-FM. Photo from WUFT.org, courtesy of Dinah Martin.

Fall 2015 Internship Class Podcasts (coordinated by Kyle Bridge and Meagan Frenzer): International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Fall 2015 interns produced podcasts on about the local history of the IBEW. Image from International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Wikipedia article. University of Florida Digital Collections Archive To date, 90+ oral history podcasts are available on the University of Florida’s Digital Collections website, including final projects for internship classes, as well as the Summer 2013 seminar and original […]

Fieldwork in Folklore Research Trip Returns to Virginia in October 2015

Gainesville, FL–This fall, students and staff from the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (SPOHP) will return to the Middle Peninsula of Virginia, continuing the Fieldwork in Folklore research trip into its second year and building interviews for the Tidewater Main Street Project.

SPOHP Prepares for October Oral History Association Annual Meeting in Tampa, FL

Click to read a full listing of SPOHP roundtables, panels, performances, awards, and co-sponsorships for the conference, centered around the theme, “Stories for Social Change and Social Justice.”

Retired Faculty of UF Oral History Project Tells the Story of UF

In Spring 2014, SPOHP embarked on a new oral history collaboration with the Retired Faculty of the University of Florida (RFUF) to highlight the individuals who oversaw UF’s rise to a tier-1 institution. Retired faculty and administrators were asked to reflect on the reciprocal relationship between UF, the region, the state and the nation. This […]

Congratulations to the Spring 2015 SPOHP internship class!

The Spring 2015 class focused on addiction in American history, taught by graduate coordinators Jessica Taylor and Kyle Bridge, and concluded last week with a public presentation of student podcasts.

Congratulations to SPOHP University Scholars for 2014-2015!

Derick Gomez, Raina Shipman, Jennifer Thelusema, and Ellie Portillo presented at the 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on March 18, 2015. Dr. Paul Ortiz supervised each student’s research.

Congratulations to Allison Mitchell, SPOHP’s Student Volunteer of the Quarter for Fall 2014!

Allison Mitchell, who was a volunteer for the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program during the Fall 2014 Semester, is a second year dual major in History and African American Studies at the University of Florida. During this term she spent several hours filling in audio logs as well as transcribing. Allison learned about volunteering when […]

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