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About Digital Collections
This page lists digital collections available for online research. Most are open and freely available. Please remember that these are only some of the records that a site may offer for research. Most institutions cannot put everything they have in their holdings online. When you find digitized items of interest, you might wish to contact the site for more information and to see if there are additional holdings relating to what you are viewing.
Oral History
- 9-11 Digital ArchiveUses electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the history of September 11, 2001 and its aftermath.
- AIDS Oral History Project (UCSF)The AIDS Oral History Projects document the experience of physicians, nurses, and scientists who played key roles in the early years of the AIDS epidemic.
- Baltimore 68: Riots and RebirthInterviews about the urban disturbances of April 1968 in Baltimore, Maryland.
- Bracero History ArchiveThe Bracero History Archive collects and makes available the oral histories and artifacts pertaining to the Bracero program, a guest worker initiative that spanned the years 1942-1964.
- Stockton University Digital CollectionsDigitized oral histories include those of Stockton Presidents Richard E. Bjork and Peter M. Mitchell.
- C-SPAN Oral Histories300+ oral histories of veterans, politicians, and leaders.
- Critical Infrastructure Protection Oral History ProjectDocuments the history of the nation’s efforts to protect the systems and structures that are vital to the smooth and safe functioning of our economy, society, and way of life.
- Hurricane Sandy Oral History Project (The College of New Jersey)The Hurricane Sandy Oral History Project aims to preserve the memories of people whose lives have been affected by the storm and its aftermath.
- Alan Lomax Collection of Michigan and Wisconsin Recordings (Library of Congress)In 1938 the Library of Congress dispatched the pioneering folklorist and song collector Alan Lomax—already a seasoned field worker at age 23—to conduct a folk song survey of the Great Lakes region.
- North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories This link opens in a new window
This database documents the personal experience of immigrants to Canada and the United States over more than two centuries. In addition to letters, diaries and oral histories, there are a limited number of other sources, including immigration guides and cartoons. Indexing that allows users to search by place of birth, place of entry, occupation and gender.
- Occupational Folklife Project (Library of Congress)A project by the American Folklife Center (AFC) to document the culture of contemporary American workers during an era of economic and social transition. Contains more than 900 interviews with workers in scores of trades, industries, crafts, and professions.
- Oral History Association Centers and CollectionsLinks to a list of oral history collections.
- Oral History Online This link opens in a new window
Oral History Online is an index to free oral history information on the Web. Working with archives, repositories and individuals, it indexes oral histories held by organizations around the world.
- Re:Collection (Azrieli Foundation)The Holocaust Survivors Memoir Program features an interactive online exhibit with clips from oral histories of the survivors and their families.
- Remembering Jim CrowCreated by America Public Media, this site contains a collection of oral histories that document African American experiences of Jim Crow.
- Studs Terkel Radio Archive: The Art of ConversationOral histories collected by radio host Studs Terkel on multiple issues including the Great Depression, Race, and World War II.
- Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive at USC This link opens in a new window
Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive allows users to search through and view more than 53,000 video testimonies of survivors and witnesses of genocide. Registration is required for new users.
- Stories of Atlantic CityStories of Atlantic City is a collaborative project focused on telling restorative, untold stories about the city and its people.
- StoryCorpsA quarter of a million Americans have recorded interviews about their lives. It is the largest single collection of human voices ever gathered.
- Veterans History ProjectHoused in the Library of Congress, this oral history project contains submissions of interviews from veterans from World War I to the present. Some of the interviews are available online.
- Voices from Atlantic CityVoices from Atlantic City tells the story of the rise and fall of this gambling and entertainment mecca through the unique perspectives of local stakeholders – once prosperous card dealers, cocktail waitresses, construction workers and others.
- Voices Remembering SlaveryFormer Slaves Tell Their Stories.