Indiana Oral History Roundtable collection
Collection
Identifier: L419
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, newsletters, receipts, workshop papers, photographs, negatives, 35mm slides, newspaper and magazine articles, and audio recordings from the Indiana Oral History Roundtable in Indiana, ranging from 1962 to 1985, regarding the organization, its members, and its activities.
Dates
- 1962-1985
Creator
- Indiana Oral History Roundtable (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Administrative History
The Indiana Oral History Roundtable was conceived in 1970 by Hubert Hawkins, director of the Indiana Historical Bureau and executive secretary of the Indiana Historical Society. The roundtable was founded in Indianapolis, Indiana in March of 1971 by fourteen people who represented the major campuses, the Indiana State Library and the Indiana Historical Society. The goals were to promote regular meetings of people engaged in oral history to compare programs; share new ideas; discuss means of furthering the cause of oral history in Indiana; stimulate programs already in existence and promote the formation of new ones. There are many possibilities for programs and actions, including workshops and to maintain a statewide bibliographical record of available oral histories. Dr. Martin Ridge of Indiana University was chosen as the first president. There were individual and institutional memberships, it met once a year and published a newsletter. The roundtable was sponsored by the Indiana State Library and the field agent/director of the library's oral history project served as the roundtable's secretary. A constitution and bylaws were developed in 1976. The organization was still making financial transactions at the end of 1984.
There were a number of organizations which were collecting oral histories, including the Indiana Division of the Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. Tom Krasean was the first director, in 1967, of this statewide project to gather oral reminiscences of Hoosiers in all areas of activity. There are many oral histories, both audio recordings and printed transcripts, in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division of the Indiana State Library. Other directors have included John Newman, Randall Jehs and Jerry Handfield.
The Indiana University Oral History Research Project and the project at DePauw (IN) University were among others working in this field.
The Oral History Association was founded in 1966 and is an international organization.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Oral History Association. "About." Accessed November 11, 2016. http://www.oralhistory.org/about.
There were a number of organizations which were collecting oral histories, including the Indiana Division of the Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. Tom Krasean was the first director, in 1967, of this statewide project to gather oral reminiscences of Hoosiers in all areas of activity. There are many oral histories, both audio recordings and printed transcripts, in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division of the Indiana State Library. Other directors have included John Newman, Randall Jehs and Jerry Handfield.
The Indiana University Oral History Research Project and the project at DePauw (IN) University were among others working in this field.
The Oral History Association was founded in 1966 and is an international organization.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Oral History Association. "About." Accessed November 11, 2016. http://www.oralhistory.org/about.
Extent
1.7 Cubic Feet (5 manuscript boxes, 1 small box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2016/10/18 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid created 2016/10/18 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid updated 2023/01/13 by Lauren Patton. EAD finding aid revised 2025/05/20 by Brittany Kropf.
Creator
- Indiana Oral History Roundtable (Organization)
- Title
- Indiana Oral History Roundtable collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
