{"id":74,"date":"2014-11-25T19:34:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T19:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/specialcollections\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:20:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:20:56","slug":"oralhist_list2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/specialcollections\/oralhist_list2\/","title":{"rendered":"Oral Histories"},"content":{"rendered":"

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These oral history collections include recordings, transcripts, and other materials captured as part of projects to collect personal recollections on various aspects of Rhode Island life in the twentieth century.  A number of these projects are focused on the history of the university.  Other projects are focused on immigrants and other minority groups, labor and activism, local communities, and particular events or eras. University Archives and Special Collections is a depository for these oral history projects, many of which were conducted by other agencies. Electronic guides to the collections are linked from this page.  Those guides note when additional paper indices are available on site. <\/p>\n

The Family in the Fifties<\/a>
Mss.Gr.116; 1994; 29 cassette tapes; transcripts<\/p>\n

Fine, Samuel Family History<\/a>
Mss.Gr.203; 1975-1976; 4 cassette tapes; no transcripts<\/p>\n

Galilee Fishermen<\/a> (finding aid)
<\/a>Galilee Fishermen Oral History Tapes<\/a> (digitized recordings)
Mss.Gr.37; 1979; 13 cassette tapes; partial index, supporting research material<\/p>\n

Mable Graves (Osahadah) Oral History Interview on Narragansett life in the 1930\u2019s and 1940\u2019s<\/a>
Mss.Gr.23; 1976; 2 cassette tapes; transcript<\/p>\n

HERA (Gallery)<\/a>
Mss.Gr.64;1988; 23 cassette tapes; no transcripts<\/p>\n

Immigrant Oral Histories<\/a>
Mss.Gr.32;1976-1978; 4 cassette tapes; transcripts<\/p>\n

In the Wake of \u201938<\/a>
Mss.Gr.30; 1977; 84 cassette tapes; transcripts<\/p>\n

Jamestown Bridge Project<\/a>
Mss.Gr.93; 1989; 29 cassette tapes; indexed; no transcripts<\/p>\n

Jamestown and Newport Ferry Company Oral History<\/a>
Mss.Gr.55; 1986; 37 cassette tapes; indexes<\/p>\n

Bernard LaFayette Oral History Project<\/a>
Mss.Gr.123; 2002-2003; 10 interviews; index; transcripts<\/p>\n

Life Story Theatre<\/a>
Mss.Gr.66; 1987-1988; 13 cassette tapes; transcripts<\/p>\n

Florence Luscomb<\/a>
Mss.Gr.82; 1972-1973; 8 cassette tapes; transcripts<\/p>\n

Mill Life Oral History Collection<\/a>
Mss.Gr.81; 1970-1977; 144 cassette tapes, 42 reel-to-reel tapes; transcripts<\/p>\n

Rhode Island Black Heritage Society Oral Histories<\/a>
Mss.Gr.174; 1998; 9 cassette tapes; no transcripts<\/p>\n

Rhode Island Working Women<\/a>
Mss.Gr.52; 1982; 33 cassette tapes; transcripts<\/p>\n

Rhode Island\u2019s Islands<\/a>
Mss.Gr.54; 1985-1986; 60 cassette tapes; logs
Prudence Island-related interviews<\/a> (recordings)<\/p>\n

South Providence Community Gardener Oral History Project<\/a>
Mss.Gr.122; 1997; 7 cassette tapes; transcripts<\/p>\n

What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?<\/a>
Mss.Gr.85; 1989; 42 cassette tapes; transcripts<\/p>\n

The Whole World Was Watching,1968<\/a>
Mss.Gr.143; 1998; 22 cassette tapes; transcripts<\/p>\n

Yankee Ingenuity<\/a>
Mss.Gr.31;1968; 27 cassette tapes; transcript<\/p>\n

University of Rhode Island-focused oral history projects – <\/p>\n

John C. Weldin and Donald B. Webster Oral Histories of Rhode Island State College<\/a>
Mss.Gr.202; 1958-1960; reel-to-reel and cassette tapes; transcripts<\/p>\n

University of Rhode Island Oral History<\/a>
Mss.Gr.39; 1979; 13 cassette tapes; transcripts<\/p>\n

University of Rhode Island Centennial Oral History<\/a>
Mss.Gr.109; 1992; 52 cassette tapes; no transcripts<\/p>\n

(Re)Presenting a Half Century: Oral History of the College of Arts and Sciences<\/strong><\/a>
Mss.Gr.124; 1982; 9 videocassette tapes; no transcripts<\/p>\n

Graduate School of Oceanography<\/strong> Oral History Interviews<\/a>
Rec.Gr.138; 1999; 7 digital video cassettes; no transcripts<\/p>\n\n\n

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