The article award is presented biannually in even-numbered years. The next award will be made at the OHA's 2008 annual meeting. The winning author(s) will receive a framed award certificate, a one-year membership in the OHA, and complimentary registration for the annual meeting.

Articles published between April 1, 2006 and March 31, 2008, are eligible for consideration. The OHA welcomes entries that represent the work of academic scholars, public historians, professionals in history-related disciplines, and community-based individuals and groups. Entries are welcome from around the world but must be in English.

Submissions will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Contribution to socio/historical inquiry
• Contribution to the practice of oral history
• Adherence to sound methodology in the conduct of interviews, including the deposit of completed interviews in a public repository for subsequent use and reinterpretation, where appropriate
• Skillfulness and originality of presentation.

To Submit:  Send one copy of the article or essay to each member of the article awards committee below.  Each submission must include a nomination letter that assesses the work's significance, current impact, and contributions to knowledge and/or the practice of oral history.  Submissions must be postmarked by April 1, 2008.
 
 

Doug Boyd, Chair Louis B. Nunn Center for Oral History 101A Margaret I. King Building University of Kentucky Libraries Lexington, KY 40506-0039 doug.boyd@uky.edu

Lisa Boehm Worcester State College 486 Chandler Street Worcester, MA 01602 lboehm@worcester.edu

Paul Ortiz 1675 River Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060 portiz@ucsc.edu

Horacio N. Roque Ramírez 603 West Walnut Avenue Monrovia, CA 91016 roqueramirez@chicst.ucsb.edu

The Postsecondary Teaching Award of the Oral History Association is presented biannually in even-numbered years. Established in 1993, the award recognizes a distinguished postsecondary educator involved in undergraduate, graduate, continuing, or professional education who has incorporated the practice of oral history in the classroom in an exemplary way. The next award will be made at the OHA's 2008 annual meeting. The award-winning educator will receive a framed award certificate, a one-year membership in the OHA, and complimentary registration to the annual meeting.

Criteria for the award are:

• The educator has developed an innovative philosophy or strategy for the use of oral history; and/or successfully implemented an existing strategy for doing oral history with students; and/or used oral history in print or other medium to enhance learning;
• The educator's work or approach is a model for the use of oral history in education;
• The educator has demonstrated familiarity with both oral history scholarship and the literature relating oral history to educational practice;
• The project or curriculum adheres to appropriate standards for historical research and interpretation, oral history interviewing, preservation of recordings (and transcripts, where applicable), and presentation;
• The oral history project or curriculum has a civic or community component.

• A two- or three-page statement describing both the educator's philosophy or goals relating to the use of oral history in an educational setting and the details of the oral history project or curriculum the educator has developed;
• Supporting materials such as syllabi, assignments, transcripts, press releases and other promotional material, publications, media productions, et cetera;
• A nominating or supporting letter describing both the educator's use of oral history and the rationale for nomination.

Nominations may come from educators themselves or from colleagues, students, administrators, or community members who recognize the accomplishments of an educator in using oral history to enhance education. In all cases, nominations must be for work completed between April 1, 2006 and March 31, 2008. Submissions must be postmarked by April 1, 2008. For further information, contact the committee chairperson, Gene Preuss.
 
 
 

In 1993 the Oral History Association established an honorific award to recognize an outstanding oral history project, which is presented biannually in even-numbered years. There will be two awards given: one for a small projects and one for major projects. The next Project Awards will be made at the OHA's 2008 annual meeting. The winning entrants will receive framed award certificates and one-year memberships in the OHA; the persons accepting the awards will receive complimentary registrations to the annual meeting.

Projects completed between April 1, 2006 and March 31, 2008, are eligible for consideration. The OHA welcomes nominations for projects with an institutional affiliation, including those undertaken by libraries, archives, colleges and universities, museum and historical organizations, community-based institutions, and others; as well as those undertaken by academic scholars, independent researchers, and ad hoc groups. The awards will not be given to an ongoing project or oral history program, although it may be given to a distinct project or interview series within such a program. Entries are welcome from around the world but must be in English. Submissions will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• The project entails a research design that addresses significance, objectives, manner of selecting interviewees and interviewers, outline of major topics of inquiry, schedule of questions, plan of work, quality controls, staff, budget, user access, and use.
• The project possesses noteworthy scholarly and social value.
• The project advances both the understanding of an important historical subject, issue, or theme, and also the disciplined practice of oral history.

To Submit: Nominations must include samples of the project interviews (e.g. audio- and/or videotapes, transcripts); examples of products associated with the project (e.g. anthologies, photo essays, media presentations, finding aids); and a nomination letter that outlines the project's research design/methodology and addresses its scholarly and social significance. One copy of all material submitted is to be sent to each member of the awards committee below as indicated by the dollar size of the project.

Nominations may come from the individual(s)/institution responsible for the project or from some other source.  If a nominee wishes entry material returned, send a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage to each member of the award committee.

Projects- Small

Alphine W. Jefferson, Chair Randolph-Macon College 204 Henry Street Ashland, VA 23005 awjefferson@rmc.edu

Gloria Cuadraz Arizona State University 4701 West Thunderbird Road Glendale, AZ 85306 gloria.cuadraz@asu.edu

Victoria Haas 306 South Third Avenue Maywood, IL 60153 victoriahaas@cs.com