Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
10-11-2023
Abstract
Oral histories provide insight into the experiences of individuals and communities. These recorded memories and stories are a legacy to future generations through the voices of people who lived in and made their communities. Such stories are of lasting importance and need to be accessible to the story tellers, their families and friends, community members and researchers etc. while being preserved for future generations. This is where archivists come in. I work in the University of Nebraska at Omaha Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections, and our purpose is to acquire unique, rare, and specialized materials, such as oral history collections. My job is to make our collections as accessible as possible via online portals to the UNO community and beyond, and preserve those materials for generations to come. Over the course of the past two years, the Archives and Special Collections has made 22 Voices of a Pandemic oral histories available online. These interviews, collected by the Director of UNO’s Office of Latino and Latin American Studies (known as OLLAS), were transferred to both UNO archives and the University of Texas at Austin, as some were conducted in partnership with the Voices Oral History Center there.
Recommended Citation
Guerra, Wendy and Jiménez Frei, Cheryl, "Voices of a Pandemic Oral History Collection" (2023). Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations. 165.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/crisslibfacproc/165
Comments
This was presented at the Latinx Voices of a Pandemic: Public health, Public history, and addressing silences through digital collections, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, 2023 and is part of the Conversaciones: Latino and Latina Voices of Omaha Project