oral history

Writers share advice on how to sensitively interview family members about painful or traumatic memories. These conversations may get loved ones to open up -- and deepen our connections with them.

Researchers with the Civil Rights in Black and Brown Oral History Program traveled across Texas to gather oral histories of communities of color in civil rights movements. Their stories are complied in the book, "Civil Rights in Black and Brown: Histories of Resistance and Struggle in Texas."

Over the last two years, students at the University of Texas at San Antonio and Our Lady of the Lake University have collected the oral histories of more than 70 women who served in the U.S. armed forces. They digitized and transcribed them for posterity. The public can now listen to their work.

Museo del Westside captures the unique stories and culture of San Antonio's historic West Side.

Two UTSA professors are looking to preserve the stories of the city’s West Side through the West Side Sound Oral History Project.

Oral history has a way of transforming black-and-white, two-dimensional events from the past into full technicolor stories with a personal touch. Since…

Oral history has a way of transforming black-and-white, two-dimensional events from the past into full technicolor stories with a personal touch. Since…

The Voces Oral History Project marks its second decade in 2019. The project’s founder, Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, said they’ve “gotten very fancy” in the…

Encouraged by a Library of Congress initiative, volunteers and non-profit groups around the country are recording and preserving veterans' voices.