"localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu" Archive - 2010 WI OH Day: updates to program

The Wisconsin Oral History Da y (WOHD)is an effort to build a community of oral historians around the sta te by bringing people together for one (or one-plus) day to present on or h ear of the great oral history work being done in the state, region, and cou ntry.

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The program for the 2010 WOHD has prog ressed nicely over the past few weeks. Here's an update:

Sunday afternoon (1:30-3:30pm at Jewis h Museum Milwaukee): Sally Jacobs, archivist at the Wisconsin Historical So ciety, will present in advance of our keynote speaker, Jon Pollack, on the WHS's Wisconsin Holocaust Survivors web presentation, which can be fou nd at http: //www.wisconsinhistory.org/holocaustsurvivors/

Monday: Our Monday morning mini-worksh op (90 minutes) will be driven by Julia Stringfellow, University Archivist, Lawrence University, who will discuss tips and tricks for the one-person o ral history shop.

As mentioned previously our keynote on Monday (probably late morning) will be J. Todd Moye, talking about his wor k (and new book) with the Tuskegee Airmen. New to that presentation w ill be Stephen Kercher, who will not only comment on Moye's presentation bu t also talk about UW--Oshkosh's Black Thursday oral history project and rel ated mid/late 20th Century civil rights issues in Wisconsin.< /div>

Last (but not least) our Monday lunch presentation will be Michelle Danforth (with perhaps others from the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin), who will discuss efforts to gather/preserv e/publish the Nation's stories.

A more detailed program will be availa ble online next year, but I thought you would like to see the updates to it now.

Two more things: Last year's student p anel was so well received that we hope to do it again. I have a few s tudents here that I can/will tap, but I'm interested in finding students ou tside of UW--Madison who are willing and able to present and attend. So, if you know a student who has done oral history recently (or is doing i t now), please let me know.

And, we are looking for funders. We run this Day on a shoe string budget, both getting in-kind donatio ns of room, A/V rental, or publicity and grants or other direct fundin g from groups around the state. We are going to try those avenues aga in, but we also hope to get new individuals or groups to donate anywhere fr om $50 to $250 to help with the Day's costs. If you have any leads on that, please let us know.

That will do for now. Thanks for reading.

Troy