The Worcester Women’s Oral History Project will present Telling Our Stories is What Saves Us: Why Autobiographies, Oral Histories, and Family Stories Matter, a talk by Dr. Lucia Knoles, on Tuesday, December 3, at 5:30 p.m. in the Saxe Room of the Worcester Public Library. Dr. Knoles is a professor of English at Assumption College.
Maureen Ryan Doyle and Charlene Martin, of the Worcester Women's Oral History Project, presented a workshop at the New England Archivists Conference held at the College of the Holy Cross on March 23, 2013.
The Worcester Women’s Oral History Project (WWOHP) has entered into a partnership with the New England Archivists (NEA), the Worcester Historical Museum, and the Worcester Cultural Development Office in an effort to collect the oral histories of members of Worcester’s immigrant community. WWOHP will hold an oral history workshop on March 23 on the campus of the College of the Holy Cross during the New England Archi-vists’ Spring Conference.
Dr. Karen Turner, professor of History at the College of the Holy Cross, and Dr. Kristin Waters professor of Philosophy at Worcester State University, are pictured at a WWOHP December event at the Worcester Public Library. Dr. Turner's documentary film, Hidden Warriors: Women on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, was presented to a standing-room-only audience. The film focuses on the vast number of North Vietnamese women who went to war and documents their daily lives and struggles. The documentary is based on Dr.
Dr. Karen Turner, film maker, writer, and College of the Holy Cross professor, will be the principal speaker at a lecture hosted by the Worcester Women’s Oral History Project at the Worcester Public Library. Dr. Turner will introduce her documentary, Hidden Warriors: Women on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
As part of WWHP’s ongoing commitment to the Worcester community, the Worcester Women’s Oral History Project (WWOHP) held a community workshop on May 9 at the Worcester Public Library. Topics included a brief history of Worcester as the site for the 1850 national call to action for the Women’s Movement, the beginnings of WWHP, and the formation of WWOHP. Discussions on how to create a family history using memories of relatives, how to start a community oral history project, and how to use oral history in the classroom took place.
Students from Dr. Maryanne Leone’s Spanish V-Conversation and Grammar Review class at Assumption College had the privilege and challenge of interviewing several local Latina women in their native language. The students conducted, recorded, and transcribed interviews completely in Spanish for their course requirement, and turned these files over to the Worcester Women’s Oral History Project (WWOHP) at the conclusion of the semester. Dr.
Over one hundred and fifty people jammed the Saxe Room of the Worcester Public Library and others lined up in the hall and doorway to attend the book launch of Voices of Worcester Women: 160 Years after the First National Woman’s Rights Convention on December 6. The book is the work of Charlene L. Martin and Maureen Ryan Doyle, Co- Chairpersons of the Worcester Women’s Oral History Project (WWOHP), and is the result of 18 months of writing and research.
Have you ever wondered how to conduct an oral history? Would you like to preserve the memories of relatives for a family history? Are you a teacher who is thinking about incorporating oral history into your classroom? If you answered yes to any of these questions, please join us for a free Oral History Community Workshop. Presenters from the Worcester Women’s Oral History Project (WWOHP) will discuss many topics, including proper preparation for an interview, required legal documents, recording devices, and transcription of the interview.
Charlene L. Martin, Linda Rosenlund, and Maureen Ryan Doyle led an Oral History Community Workshop on May 26 at the Worcester Historical Museum. This free workshop focused on methods of collecting and sharing oral histories. Topics that were covered included: Developing Questions for the Interview, Listening Intently, The Importance of Follow-Up Questions, Transcription Tips, What to Bring to the Interview, and Legal Documents.
