Featured Projects

• Recollection Wisconsin Guidelines for Oral History Projects: A brief but detailed guide about: issues to consider when approaching oral history, best practices for conducting interviews, and a list of resources related to the entirety of the oral historical process.

• Oral History by Joyce Steward is featured on Writing Across the Curriculum’s showcase of Writing Program Administration pioneers. Professor Steward was the founder and director of the UW Writing Laboratory (now the Writing Center) and director of introductory courses in the Department of English.

• “In People’s Faces for Lesbian and Gay Rights”: Stories of Activism in Madison, Wisconsin, 1970 to 1990: This article was published in the Oral History Review LGBT special issue and uses oral history to trace the role of local Madison organizers in the wider struggle for equality.

• Waco History episode featuring Lewis “Les” Ritcherson: This podcast/website features an excerpt from our oral history interview with Ritcherson, which was a part of our African American Athletes at UW Oral History Project.