UNCP begins oral history project

Retired American Indian teachers aged 70 and older are invited to participate in a new oral history project of The University of North Carolina at Pembroke’s Native American Resources Center titled “Telling Our Stories.” The Resource Center, located in Old Main, has began a video project that seeks to capture the stories of retired American Indian teachers from Robeson County. “We are also including those retired teachers who are originally from the local community but who taught in schools in adjacent counties or in other American Indian communities,” said Stan Knick, director of the center. “‘Telling Our Stories’ focuses on teachers telling what is to them their most important, or their favorite story of their teaching experience.”

AUDIO: A People's History of Arnos Vale Cemetery

A series of audio clips have been released from "Your Arnos Vale" - a 24-month community oral history project to collect contemporary and historic materials relating to Arnos Vale and a contentious period in the cemetery’s history in the late 20th century. They wanted to find out from people why Arnos Vale means so much to them, and to hear the history of Arnos Vale told in their words. The project was officially launched at the 25th Anniversary celebrations of the Friends of Arnos Vale Cemetery in 2012.

DeRidder War Memorial hosts WWII oral history recording event

The DeRidder War Memorial Civic Center (WMCC) is collecting WWII oral history in conjunction with its ongoing renovation of its historical exhibits, The First USO and The War Room. The war memorial is recording war stories, memories, songs etc. told by Southwest Louisiana residents who lived during WWII. "I think it's really great because this is going away," said WWII veteran Hershel Frazier of Dequincy. "I'm 81-years-old and a whole lot of those aren't here anymore that had known about this."

Student searching for members of Japanese colony from Clovis

Several generations after World War II and the forced removal of the members of the Japanese colony from Clovis, many have never heard the stories of the men, women and children who once called eastern New Mexico their home. That is all about to change. Clovis native Adrian Chavez has begun bringing to light the stories of those railway workers and their families.

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