Oral Histories in Special Collections

Collections with Finding Aids and Additional Resources

All Collections listed A to Z

Searching for Oral Histories in JMU Library Catalog

• I have particular search terms and want to limit results to oral histories.

• List all oral history interviews by interview number.

• How do I search among them?

• How do I conduct an Oral History interview?

I have particular search terms and want to limit results to oral histories...

• From the Special Collections Webpage, you may use the oral histories tab in the search box to limit your search to oral histories.

List All Oral History Interviews by interview number

• This will give you a numeric list of all interviews, as seen in the screenshot below.  Most interviews were conducted as part of a person's research on a particular topic or were donated from an organization.  SdArch stands for "Sound Archives."  ex.: an interview numbered SdArch 5-1 is related to an interview numbered SdArch 5-2.

How do I search among them?

• Further refine your search by clicking "Limit Search" shown in the screenshot above, which will give you the following options shown below.  The only selection box that will be useful for refining your oral history search is the box shown below that defaults to Title--change that to Author or Subject then enter your name or term.

How do I conduct an Oral History interview?

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