Links
New Zealand:
Oral History Centre, Alexander Turnbull Library
http://www.natlib.govt.nz/collections/a-z-of-all-collections/oral-history-centre
New Zealand History on Line - Ministry for Culture and Heritage
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/
Memories of New Zealand and the Vietnam War
http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/
Professional Historians' Association of New Zealand/Aotearoa PHANZA
http://www.phanza.org.nz/
Funding oral history:
New Zealand Oral History Awards
http://www.mch.govt.nz/awards/history/oral.html
Jack Ilott Oral History Education Operating Fund
http://www.natlib.govt.nz/about-us/scholarships/scholarships-and-grants
Funding Information Service
http://www.fis.org.nz/index.php?page=Home
NZlive.com: Searching for funding
http://www.nzlive.com/en/index?type=funding
Discussion Lists:
H-Oralhist Discussion list
http://www.h-net.org/%7Eoralhist/
Projects:
Vietnam War Oral History Project
http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/about
28th Maori Battalion
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Kilbirnie-Lyall Bay Community Centre Oral History Project
http://kilbirnie.natlib.govt.nz/
Ohariu Valley Oral History Project
http://www.wcl.govt.nz/heritage/ohariu/
Looking for oral history collections?
There are more than 15,000 recordings in the Oral History Collection held at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington. The collection catalogue is not yet available on line. For information about the collection see here
For oral histories held elsewhere you might want to consult Oral History in New Zealand: A Directory of Collections 1992 published by NOHANZ and the Oral History Centre in 1992
For oral history records in New Zealand that relate to the social and economic history of Maori see Monty Soutar's work for the Crown Forestry Rental Trust in 2003 here
Search Local History Online for digital images and indexes to community newspapers, archives and oral histories relating to West Auckland, Rodney and the North Shore held at the following Auckland libraries: Takapuna (North Shore), Waitakere (West Auckland) and Whangaparoa (Rodney).
International:
International Oral History Association
www.iohanet.org
Oral History Association of Australia - with links to state associations
http://ohaa.org.au/index.html
Forgotten Australians - oral history recordings with people from all over Australia talking about their experiences in institutional care, including ‘Lost Innocents’ (former child migrants) and ‘Forgotten Australians’.
http://forgottenaustralianshistory.gov.au
Australian Generations Oral History Project, Monash University
http://arts.monash.edu.au/australian-generations/ with links to national and international oral history associations, projects and collections using oral history, along with scholarly institutions and centres around the world.
Oral History Society (UK)
www.oralhistory.org.uk
Oral History Association (US)
http://www.oralhistory.org/
Oral History Association (US) wiki (for resources and links)
http://www.oralhistory.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Storycorps - a national project to provide Americans with the opportunity to record, share and preserve stories http://storycorps.org/
And a similar project being run in Australia The Story Project
And in the UK The Listening Project
Columbia University Oral History Research Office (US)
www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/oral
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
www.nla.gov.au/oh
International Oral History Association conference, 2008
www.congresoioha2008.cucsh.udg.mx
Oral History Association of South Africa
www.ohasa.org.za
Illinois State Museum's Oral History of Illinois Agriculture project. Searchable recordings and transcripts.
http://avbarn.museum.state.il.us
Oral History and related documentaries:
Search "oral history" on the Radio New Zealand website http://www.radionz.co.nz/listen# and you will find a number of programmes including interviews with practising oral historiansBBC Memory Wars a two part documentary in which Alan Dein hears voices of experience from across the globe and from those using oral history to challenge the past. First broadcast on 29 September, 2010
Alessandro Portelli reflecting on his work, illustrating his intellectual journey with reference to the stories of the personal, and the historical, victories and defeats that have inspired his critical contribution. Talking Heads The Royal Society Science 2010 Lecture Series on Brain and Behaviour in which some of New Zealand’s most distinguished experts on brain and behaviour explore what makes us tick, including: how we learned to talk, how we know who we are, how memories are made, why we do bad things, and what happens when things go wrong?