Akira R. Toki on being Japanese American during World War II
...reported and then I went to--they had us all meet uptown. If you know where Washington Building is up on the Square, it's an old--ah--it's a new state building up...
Eau Claire Veteran J. Birney Dibble Recalls Korean War
...started and there was a ruling that affected a lot of doctors, that if they’d been in seventeen months or more in the Second World War as a doctor, they...
Book a Speaker
...Theory, Process, and TechniquesOral History Interviewing PracticumHow to Use Past Perfect for Oral HistoriesHow to Catalog Oral Histories Using OCLCImplementing the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS) at Your OrganizationHow to...
Oral History
What You'll Hear in the Oral History Collection The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Oral History Collection contains personal stories and military experiences of Wisconsin veterans of the Spanish-American War through present-day....
The Price of a Name by Kevin Hampton
...through the bloody cornfield on the morning of September 17th at the Battle of Antietam, the brigade paid for the distinguished nom de guerre at a heavy price. Pvt. Asahel...
Tarra Gundrum on What is Possible
...Project podcast in March 2022. Below are key excerpts from her oral history interview with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Oral History Program on October 11, 2022. Here, Gundrum talks about...
WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM PUTS ORAL HISTORY RECORDINGS ONLINE
...interviews recorded with local veterans. The museum is enhancing access to oral history online by incorporating the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS) program. OHMS is an open source, web-based application...
I AM NOT INVISIBLE 3.0: WOMEN VETERANS TELL THEIR STORIES
...up to him because he was just a little guy wearing ACUs, shook his hand and gave him a coin-- SPRAGUE: --Oh my god. BECKEL: Four years old, gave him...
How to Index Oral Histories Using the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS)
This beginner-level workshop will focus on using the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS) for quickly providing access to oral histories utilizing the index function. The class explains the general purpose...
WORLD WAR I STORIES FROM A CENTURY AGO TOLD IN VETS’ OWN WORDS IS A FIRST FOR WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM
...approach, drawing on its substantial oral history collection and archives to share the stories of the Wisconsin soldiers, sailors, nurses and airmen who helped shape global history. In making the...