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MS-215
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Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust Records
Collection consists of audio-taped interviews with accompanying typed transcripts of 34 Dayton-area individuals who were survivors of the Nazi Holocaust. Not all of the interviewees were incarcerated in concentration camps, but each had his or her life greatly altered by the Nazi regime. Also included in this collection are three video-taped programs produced from the original interviews which are for use in local classrooms to supplement Holocaust curriculum. Subject Area(s): Civic Organizations, Oral History Collections, World War II, Local History |
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MS-239
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Survivors of the Holocaust Oral History Project Records (Dr. Charles Berry’s Papers)
The Survivors of the Holocaust Oral History Project was established in 1977 as a joint effort by Antioch College and Wright State University. Its purpose was to interview and preserve stories of survivors of the Nazi Holocaust who settled in the Dayton, Ohio, area. The records consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, lists of potential interviewees, clippings, and publicity. The Project produced the Emmanuel Ringelblum Collection of Oral History Memoirs of the Holocaust. Subject Area(s): Civic Organizations, Oral History Collections, World War II, Local History |
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MS-296
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1913 Dayton Flood Oral Histories Collection
The 1913 Flood Survivors Oral Histories is a collection of video oral history interviews with survivors of the 1913 Dayton Flood. The videos were made in the 1990s and the participants tell their stories of survival as children during the flood. Subject Area(s): 1913 Flood History, Oral History Collections, Local History |
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MS-396
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Lest We Forget Collection
Lest We Forget was a film and audio project that captured personal and historical reflections and remembrances of people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities, their families, their advocates, and their communities during the decades of statewide institutionalization and subsequent deinstitutionalization in Ohio. The goals of the project were to collect oral, video, and written histories of the personal stories of people with mental retardation who lived in a state institution for any period of time. The project also collected the stories of their family members, professionals who worked in the institutions and advocates who worked toward social and legislative change. The papers for the Lest We Forget Collection contain background and research information about the project, correspondence, transcripts, and photographs and videotapes from the documentary project. Transcripts are available online in CORE Scholar. Subject Area(s): Medical History, Oral History Collections, Local History |
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MS-431
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Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral History Project Records
This collection contains the interviews and records of the Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral History project, a special project funded by a Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management grant. Interviews cover a variety of Cold War Aerospace technology. Transcripts of the interviews are available online in CORE Scholar. Subject Area(s): Cold War History, Inventors and Inventions, Aviation, Local History, Oral History Collections |
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MS-499
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Occupy Dayton Oral History Project
The Occupy Dayton Oral History Project was a graduate capstone project initiated and completed by Wright State graduate student in history, Kyle Pitzer. Mr. Pitzer interviewed six participants and leaders of the Dayton manifestation of the Occupy Wall Street movement which began in New York City in late summer 2011. These demonstrations soon spread throughout the country with Dayton holding its first protest in early October, 2011. Three years later from January to May of 2014, Kyle Pitzer interviewed several of the key players in the Dayton movement. Subject Area(s): Local History, Politics, Oral History Collections |
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SC-262
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Leo Lucas Oral History Interview
The collection consists of an oral history interview audio recording with Leo Lucas, a member of the Dayton City School Board during the battle over busing students for desegregation. The interview was conducted in the summer of 1975 by high school student Mark Benbow. Subject Area(s): Education and Local Schools, African-Americans, Oral History Collections, Local History |
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SC-263
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Stanley Bagnall Oral History Interview
This collection contains a DVD of an oral history interview of Stanley Bagnall concerning his experience as a pilot in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The interview was conducted by Professor Sam Wilson on November 15, 2007. Subject Area(s): Aviation, World War II, Oral History Collections |
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SC-325
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Wright State University Student Oral Histories, 2017
The collection consists of video oral history interviews conducted with ten (10) Wright State University students, primarily graduate students in the Public History concentration, as part of a History 7700: Local History course in Fall 2017. Students were asked a standard series of questions on topics such as why they chose Wright State University and what life has been like as a Wright State student. Each interview averages about 4.5 minutes in length. Subject Area(s): Wright State University, Oral History Collections, Local History |
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SC-327
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Eleanor Must Oral History
The collection consists of a single oral history with Eleanor (Hambury) Must, primarily about growing up a German Jew, in Nazi Germany, prior to World War II, and the trials and tribulations she and her family faced not only in getting out of Germany, but also Europe; and also her immigration to the United States and how her early life took shape here. The oral history was conducted on May 15, 2015, by archivist Gino Pasi. Subject Area(s): Local History, Oral History Collections, World War II |
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SC-349
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Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley, Dayton Refugee Oral Histories
The collection documents the stories of six (6) local Dayton area refugees who originated from Congo, Iraq, Burundi, and Ethiopia. It contains audio oral histories, transcripts, and project documentation. Subject Area(s): African-Americans, Oral History Collections, Local History |
