> > > >*************************LONG MESSAGE************************* > >The Southwest Oral History Association Annual Meeting >April 25-27, 1997 >Doubletree Hotel >Pasadena, Calif. > >"The Art and Craft of Oral History" > >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. > >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. > >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: > > >FRIDAY, APRIL 25 > > >8:00 -9:00 a.m. REGISTRATION - SAN GABRIEL FOYER > > >8:30 - 4:00 Introductory Workshop - "Introduction to Oral > History Techniques" > > >9:00 - 12:00 Advanced Workshop A - "Oral Historians and Video" > > >12:30 - 1:00 REGISTRATION - SAN GABRIEL FOYER > > >1:00 - 4:00 Advanced Workshop B - Doing Oral History for > Business and Institutions > > >3:00 - 5:00 MEETING REGISTRATION - SAN GABRIEL FOYER > > >5:30 - 7:00 Opening Reception, Pasadena Public Library > > > >SATURDAY, APRIL 26 (Presentations) > > >8:00 - 12:00 REGISTRATION - SAN GABRIEL FOYER > > >8:30 - 10:00 SESSION I > > >"ORAL HISTORY IN THE MUSEUMS: THE BERKELEY EXPERIENCE" > >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 > > >"CROSS CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN ORAL HISTORY" > >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. > > >10:00 - 10:30 BREAK > > >10:30 - 12:00 SESSION II > > >"ORAL HISTORY AND THE CHICANO MOVEMENT" > >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. > >"HISTORY IN WHOSE INTEREST: VOICE AND AGENCY IN ETHNIC COMMUNITIES" > >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 > > >12:00 - 1:30 LUNCH AND PRESENTATION OF THE JAMES V. MINK AWARD > > >1:45 - 3:15 SESSION III > >"ORAL HISTORY AND THE ARTS" > >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 > > >HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION AND DOCUMENTATION" > >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 > > >3:15 - 3:30 BREAK > > >3:30 - 5:00 SESSION IV > >"MAKING SENSE: NARRATIVE FORMS AND ORAL HISTORY" > >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 > >NATURAL SCHOLARS: HMONG ORAL HISTORY FROM THE STORYTELLERS > >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 > > >VIDEO PRESENTATION: "FROM THE EARTH: THE PIONEERS OF LANDER COUNTY" >Presented by Sylvia Arden, Project Director, and Dan Arden, Television >Producer/Writer > > >SUNDAY, APRIL 27 > >8:00 - 9:00 MEMBERS MEETING > > >9:00 - 10:30 SESSION V > >"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. > >"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 > >10:30 - 10:45 BREAK > >10:45 - 12:00 SESSION VI > >"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 > > >12:00 MEETING CONCLUDES > >FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT BRAD WILLIAMS AT (818) 795-0266 or >BARBARA HALL AT (310) 247-3036. > > >****************************FIN************************************ > > >