OHMAR FALL 2007 WORKSHOP

Schedule

Friday, November 2, 2007, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture
830 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202

8:30 a.m.– 9:00 a.m: Registration and coffee

9:00 a.m.– 9:10 a.m: Welcome and opening remarks

9:10 a.m. – 12:00 noon: Concurrent morning sessions

Sessions (Choose One)

Oral History in the Classroom: Glenn Whitman's session focused on ways to integrate oral history into the grade through graduate school classroom. The class encompassed an overview of oral history as an educational methodology and examined the growing body of material available to all levels of educators. In addition, the session evaluated successful classroom oral history projects currently being conducted. The class provided a detailed discussion of the oral history project process and the products it produces, and addressed how oral history projects enable students to meet national and state standards of learning.
Adding Video to an Oral History Program: Brien Williams led a half-day workshop designed to discuss and demonstrate the technical, aesthetic, and other issues encountered when incorporating video in oral history projects. The workshop was designed for those already experienced in doing oral history who were adding video to their repertoire or considering doing so.

12:00 noon to 1:15 p.m: Lunch on your own in Little Italy

1: 15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m: Concurrent afternoon sessions

Sessions (Choose One)

Beginning Oral History: Laura Kamoie led the half-day workshop on the basics of oral history interviewing. The wide-ranging workshop addressed topics such as preparing for the interview, developing questions, conducting the interview, editing the transcript, and arranging and storing the audio files and transcripts.
Going Sound on the Web: Fred Stielow led a workshop on the presentation and manipulation of digital recordings for the Web and other uses. The workshop offered an overview of the programmatic and technological factors involved with putting oral history and sound collections on the Web.

Presenters

Laura Kamoie: Dr. Kamoie is an Assistant Professor of History at the U.S. Naval Academy. She holds a Ph.D. in American history from The College of William and Mary. Though trained and published as an historian of Colonial America, Laura became involved with oral history through her public history work in Washington, D.C. She directed the Public History Program at American University for five years, which included teaching oral history, overseeing graduate students’ oral history projects, and conducting community-based research projects in D.C. that frequently included oral history components.
Fred Stielow: Dr. Stielow is currently the director of Virtual Libraries at the American Military University. He was previously the Dean of libraries at the American Public University System and the director of the Walter P. Reuther Labor Archives at Wayne State University in Detroit.
Glenn Whitman: A teacher at St. Andrews Episcopal School, he has been conducting The American Century Project (www.americancenturyproject.org)with his students for the last fourteen years. He is also the author of Dialogue with the Past: Engaging Students and Meeting Standards Through Oral History, published by American Association for State and Local History as well as numerous articles on the use of oral history as a historical and educational methodology. In 1997 Whitman's work was honored by his earning the Oral History Association's Pre-Collegiate Teaching Award
Brien Williams: Dr. Williams is an independent oral historian and video producer. He holds a Ph.D. in radio, television, and film from Northwestern University, and has taught media production and produced documentary and oral history programming at George Washington, Indiana, American, and Galluadet universities. Since 1985 he has produced has conducted audio and video oral history interviews for a wide range of clients including the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution. Brien has also produced, directed, and written video productions for a variety of government and educational organizations including the Smithsonian Institution and National Park Service. Between 1998-2005 Dr. Williams was the historian at the American Red Cross where he directed a national oral history program designed to capture, preserve, and use the stories of Red Cross staff, volunteers, and clients.