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>The Southwest Oral History Association Annual Meeting
>April 25-27, 1997
>Doubletree Hotel
>Pasadena, Calif.
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>"The Art and Craft of Oral History"
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>The Doubletree Hotel at the Plaza Las Fuentes in Pasadena is
>the site of this year's conference which brings together scholars
>engaged in oral history.
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>Registration for the conference is $65.00 for SOHA members,
>$75.00 for non-members, and $50.00 for students.  These
>registration fees include Saturday's luncheon.
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>Workshops:  On Friday, April 25th, SOHA is offering an all-day
>introductory workshop and two half-day advanced workshops.
>The workshops will be conducted by experienced oral historians,
>and each workshop participant will receive a packet of materials.
>Registration fees are $35.00 for the all-day introductory workshop,
>$25 for each advanced workshop, and $45.00 for both advanced
>workshops:
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>FRIDAY, APRIL 25
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>8:00 -9:00 a.m.                REGISTRATION - SAN GABRIEL FOYER
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>8:30 - 4:00            Introductory Workshop - "Introduction to Oral
>                       History Techniques"
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>9:00 - 12:00           Advanced Workshop A - "Oral Historians and Video"
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>12:30 - 1:00           REGISTRATION - SAN GABRIEL FOYER
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>1:00 - 4:00            Advanced Workshop B - Doing Oral History for
>                       Business and Institutions
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>3:00 - 5:00            MEETING REGISTRATION - SAN GABRIEL FOYER
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>5:30 - 7:00            Opening Reception, Pasadena Public Library
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>SATURDAY, APRIL 26 (Presentations)
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>8:00 - 12:00           REGISTRATION - SAN GABRIEL FOYER
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>8:30 - 10:00           SESSION I
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>"ORAL HISTORY IN THE MUSEUMS: THE BERKELEY EXPERIENCE"
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>Moderator: Gail Kurtz, Berkeley
>"Ethnic Oral History" - T. Robert Yamaha, Berkeley Historical Society
>"Film and Video Production" - Ellen Drori, Video History Project,
>Berkeley Historical Society
>"Historical Society Oral History Projects" - Therese Pipe, Berkeley
>Historical Society
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>"CROSS CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN ORAL HISTORY"
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>Moderator: Jeanne Harrah, Reno, Nevada
>"You're Going to Marry an American Boy? A Nice Japanese Girl Like You?':
>The Marriage of Japanese Women and American Soldiers During the Allied Occupation
>of Japan"  - Regina F. Lark, University of Southern California
>"Miraculous Appearances of St. Michael: Examining Cultural Persistence
>and Construction in Socorro, Texas," - Lois Stanford, New Mexico
>State University.
>"Cultural Continuity Between Ancestral Taino and Contemporary Puerto Rico
>Women," - Nilsa Olivero, Consultant, New York City Board of Education.
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>10:00 - 10:30  BREAK
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>10:30 - 12:00  SESSION II
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>"ORAL HISTORY AND THE CHICANO MOVEMENT"
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>Moderator: Carlos Vasquez, University of New Mexico
>"Origins of Chicano Generational Leadership" - Mario T. Garcia,
>University of California, Santa Barbara
>"The Chicano Movement and the Vietnam War" - Jaime Pelayo, Yale University
>"Oral History, TV Documentation, and the East Los Angeles School Blowouts,
>1968" - Susan Racho, Independent film producer.
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>"HISTORY IN WHOSE INTEREST: VOICE AND AGENCY IN ETHNIC COMMUNITIES"
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>Moderator: Art Hansen, California State University, Fullerton
>"Mexican/Mexican-American Community Studies and Oral History: Investing
>High School and College Students in Documentation Efforts" - Maria Eva Flores,
>Arizona State University
>"Oral History in Interpretive Exhibits: African-American Projects of the
>National Museum of American History and the National Portrait Gallery" -
>Dawn Nave, Arizona State University
>"Insider - Outsider Interviews: Effective Partnerships in Nevada's
>Japanese-American Community" - Andy Russell, Arizona State University
>Comment: Rose Diaz, Arizona State University
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>12:00 - 1:30   LUNCH AND PRESENTATION OF THE JAMES V. MINK AWARD
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>1:45 - 3:15            SESSION III
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>"ORAL HISTORY AND THE ARTS"
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>Moderator: Teresa Barnett, UCLA Oral History Program
>"The Rise and Fall of the Pasadena Art Museum, 1954-1974" - Steven J.
>Novak, UCLA Oral History Program
>"Oral History at the Archives of American Art" - Paul Karlstrom, Archives
>of American Art
>"Frontera Artists: Mexican and Chicano Artists in El Paso, A Video Oral
>History Series" - Miguel Juarez, El Paso Community College
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>HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION AND DOCUMENTATION"
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>Moderator: Jan Dodson Barnhart, University of New Mexico
>"Authenticating the Role of Families in Community History" - Stacey
>Chekal, Arizona State University
>"Using Oral History in Registering Historic Places: The Cattletrack
>Artists Community" - Sandra Snider, Arizona State University
>"The Importance of Oral History in Public Broadcasting" - Suzanne Stock,
>Arizona State University
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>3:15 - 3:30            BREAK
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>3:30 - 5:00            SESSION IV
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>"MAKING SENSE: NARRATIVE FORMS AND ORAL HISTORY"
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>Moderator: Diana Savas, Pasadena City College
>"Contested Histories: Oral History and Heritage in Posey County, Indiana"
>- Lucy Jayne Kamau, Northeastern Illinois University
>"Muroc Dry Lake: Hot Rod Birthplace, A Forgotten Chapter of Air Force
>History" - Marcianne Miller and Linda Stowe, California City
>"Why They 'Rope for Short Pay': Oral History as Context for Contemporary
>Cowboy Poetry" - Kathy Ogren, University of Redlands
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>NATURAL SCHOLARS: HMONG ORAL HISTORY FROM THE STORYTELLERS
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>Moderator: Karen S. Harper, Independent Researcher, Long Beach
>"The Story of the Hmong," See Lee, Needlework Artist, Fountain Valley
>"Analyzing the Oral Tradition of the Hmong," Fong Xiong, Hmong Community
>Leader, Fountain Valley
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>VIDEO PRESENTATION: "FROM THE EARTH: THE PIONEERS OF LANDER COUNTY"
>Presented by Sylvia Arden, Project Director, and Dan Arden, Television
>Producer/Writer
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>SUNDAY, APRIL 27
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>8:00 - 9:00            MEMBERS MEETING
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>9:00 - 10:30           SESSION V
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>"THE WORK OF INDEPENDENT ORAL HISTORIANS"
>This session will offer a look at the variety of projects that
>Independent oral historians conduct as part of owning and
>operating their own businesses.  The panel will focus on
>three different types of projects: corporate oral history, family
>oral history, and the oral history of a non-profit foundation.
>As each panelist talks about the history of her particular
>project, she will also cover marketing issues, winning contracts,
>project design, client relations, and format and archiving
>issues.  The presenters will be Elizabeth Wright, who will
>discuss The Dentists Insurance Company Oral History Project;
>Gail Kurtz, who will discuss the Golden State Nursing Foundation
>Oral History Project; and Ellie Kahn, who will discuss family
>oral history, focusing on one or two family oral history clients.
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>"CHICANO/A RELIGION IN THE U.S.- MEXICO BORDERLANDS"
>"Las Hermanas: Chicano/Latino Religious Activism, 1971-1996" - Lara Medina,
> Claremont Graduate School
>"Campesino Religion: An Oral History of the Life and Ministry of Antonio
>Meza, a Oneness Mexican Pentecostal Minister, 1907-1996" presented by Gaston
>Espinosa, National Association for the Study of Chicano/a Religions,
>Santa Barbara
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>10:30 - 10:45  BREAK
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>10:45 - 12:00  SESSION VI
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>"ORAL HISTORY IN THE 21ST CENTURY"
>"Digitizing Oral History Archives" - Maria M. Rogers, Boulder Public Library
>"Oral History on the World Wide Web: The University of Arizona's Library's
>Project" - Micaela Morales & Stuart Glogoff, University of Arizona
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>12:00                  MEETING CONCLUDES
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>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT BRAD WILLIAMS AT (818) 795-0266 or
>BARBARA HALL AT (310) 247-3036.
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