Oral history interviews
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:
Nelle Coats oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH060
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a transcript and an audiotape reel of an oral history interview with Nelle Coats, conducted by Hazel W. Hopper and Randall Jehs for the Indiana State Library on February 4, 1975, about the formation and growth of the Indiana State Library, construction of the new building, and changing archival and library methods and policies.
Dates:
1975/02/04
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Nelle Coats oral history
Oral history and audio collection
Collection
Identifier: L640
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises the breadth of the oral history collection at the Indiana State Library, ranging from circa 1904 to 2019. The bulk of the collection contains oral histories created during the ISL Oral History Project during the 1960s-1980s and recordings of events, meetings, recitations, and radio interviews created and acquired by library staff during that period. The remainder are oral histories created by various outside institutions and organizations, such as universities, public...
Dates:
circa 1904-2019
Ralph F. Gates oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH020
Scope and Contents
The collection contains two copies of a transcript and a reel-to-reel audiotape of an interview with Ralph F. Gates conducted by Randall Jehs for the Indiana State Library Oral History Project on February 3, 1971. There are also clippings from 1976 to 1978.Gates discusses his family and childhood; his political views; Indiana Republican politics and his involvement; practicing law; the Ku Klux Klan; the American Legion; and running for Governor and his term in office. He also talks...
Dates:
1971/02/03
Reginald Hall Sullivan oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH019
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a transcript, 3 audio cassette tapes, and a reel-to-reel audiotape of four oral history interviews with Reginald Hall Sullivan conducted by Jerry Handfield for hte Indiana State Library Oral History Project in March-April, 1976. Sullivan was interviewed at Hooverwood Home in Indianapolis, Indiana. Only three of the four interviews were transcribed because some of the tapes were inaudible.In the transcribed interviews, Sullivan discusses his youth in...
Dates:
1976 March-April
Robert D. Coleman oral history
Collection — Folder OH022
Identifier: OH022
Scope and Contents
The collection contains one transcript and 3 cassettes of three oral history interviews with Robert Davis Coleman, conducted by his daughter, Mary Jane Meeker during January 1-9, 1979. During the first interview, Coleman discusses his childhood (p. 1-38). The second interview continues the discussion of his childhood. He also discusses his parents and extended family, his father’s law practice, and his own early years as a lawyer (p. 39-73). During the third interview, Coleman tells about his...
Dates:
1979/01/02-1979/01/09
Roy Conrad oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH061
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a transcript, a reel-to-reel audiotape and an audio cassette tape of an oral interview with Roy Conrad, conducted by Jerry Handfield for the Indiana State Library in Monticello, Indiana on October 5, 1977 and December 6, 1978. Topics include: farming methods, rural society, and early family life.
Dates:
1977/10/04; 1978/12/06
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Roy Conrad oral history
Vigo County Public Library, Donald Eugene Foltz oral history
Collection — Box 73, Folder: OH173
Identifier: OH172
Dates:
1981/06/29
Vincennes University oral histories
Collection
Identifier: OH058
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 23 transcripts from oral history interviews with various residents of Vincennes, Indiana conducted by Thomas Krasean for Vinncennes University. Topics covered include family lineage, early Vincennes, childhood, teaching methods and policies in Indiana, the local African American community, and Prohibition.
Note: Page 21 of the Mabel Purcell Clark transcript is missing.
Note: Page 21 of the Mabel Purcell Clark transcript is missing.
Dates:
1971-1973
Wabash Carnegie Public Library oral history transcripts
Collection
Identifier: OH033
Scope and Contents
This collection contains oral history transcripts of interviews with 45 individuals, conducted by George Dingledy for the Wabash Carnegie Public Library Oral History Project ranging from 1971 to 1986, regarding their lives and the history of Wabash, Indiana and the surrounding area.
Dates:
1971-1986
