2. Review of HLFs Investment in Oral History Projects Final Revised Report 22_10_13_SM (28.8.19)Download
| Collection name | Institution | Year | Info | link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Radstock Museum oral history video archive project | The Radstock museum | 2003 | School children were trained in oral history. The made learning resources, an exhibiton, bookelt and DVD, because “ensuring the heritage is now better interpreted and explained for future generations.” (HFL website). On the website of the Radstock Museum I searched oral hsitroy in their online catalogue but got nothing back. | https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/projects/radstock-museum-oral-history-video-archive-project https://radstockmuseum.co.uk/ |
| Capturing the stories of London’s Chinatown | Chinese Mental Health Association | 2005 | “The project created 50 oral history recordings, the documentary How Far Do Leaves Fall?, and a children’s booklet, Dragons and Teacups. Over 30 volunteers developed oral history interviewing and recording skills. The project raised awareness of the heritage of the UK’s Chinese community nationwide. The project was so successful that CMHA went on to deliver another HLF-funded heritage project.” (HLF website) The website link on the HLF website is a dead link. I cannot find the website anywhere. NHS project A copy of the DVD is in the British Library. | https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/projects/capturing-stories-londons-chinatown |
| Capturing 1940s-1960s stories of Nigerian immigranst to Manchester | Afristar Foundation | 2015 | The made an exhibition and a documentary film. “Members of the Nigerian community are proud that these early memories are safely lodged in Archives+ at Manchester Central Library.” (HLF website) The website link on the HLF website is a dead link. I cannot find the website anywhere. I also struggled to find the original recordings in the Manchester Central Library | https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/projects/capturing-1940s-1960s-stories-nigerian-immigrants-manchester |
| Hadhari Oral History Project | Hadhari Project | 2011 | 36 young people were trained in oral history. They had formal launch event and an exhibition, a resource pack, and DVD. NHS project. | https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/projects/hadhari-oral-history-project |
| Rebellious Sounds Archive: women and activism | Dreadnought South West | 2017 | Funding from HLF was specifically for setting up an online archive. It is still online. On th ewebiste they have clips of the oral history recordings and most have transcripts. | https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/projects/rebellious-sounds-archive-women-and-activism http://dreadnoughtsouthwest.org.uk/rebellious-sounds-archive/ |
| 2016 Punk London project | Museum of London | 2016 | I found the punk porject because I search the Museum of London catalogoue for oral hsitroy recordings. And ther first recording said which exhibtion it belonged to. There were however other oral history recording which did not say what they were recorded for. | https://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/online/object/952817.html |
| Cambodian Recollections | SEA Arts | 2014 | Project was run by Dayanny So and was supported by Hackney Museum and SOAS and the Khmer Arts & Heritage Gallery. They had an exhibiton, made a booklet and had workshops. The recordings are on youtube. 8 are free to view and 15 are hidden. There is very little meta data available. The recordings are not archived at Hackney Museum. SEA arts website is not registered anymore | https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/projects/cambodian-recollections-0 https://hyperallergic.com/221784/an-artist-collects-the-stories-of-cambodian-refugees/ |
| ARKive | Wildscreen | 2003-2019 | At the time of the launch ARKive was supported by some big dogs. It aimed to become the world’s biggest encyclopedia of on Earth. It closed in 2019 due to funding issues. “the complete collection of over 100,000 images and videos is now being stored securely offline for future generations” (yippy.life/brand/arkive) The porject had been mentioned in Review of HLFs Investment in Oral History Projects Final Revised Report | https://yippy.life/brand/arkive https://www.gov.uk/government/news/minister-announces-new-arkive-of-rare-wildlife-images https://www.stem.org.uk/elibrary/collection/2776 |
| Captive Memories | Liverppol School of Tropical Medicine | 2009 | An oral history project on Far East prisoners of war. They worked with a High School. They do have a page on the HLF webiste but no information is available except how much money they got. On the LSYM website I found a link to the Captive Memories website which is a dead link. The page also has a link to an episode of Radio 4’s woman’s hour. I have now found the Captive Memories website. It is .org.uk not .co.uk. The websiet has clips of oral history recordings. The project had been mentioned in Review of HLFs Investment in Oral History Projects Final Revised Report | https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/news/womans-hour-and-lstm https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/news/fepow-bamboo-garden-launched-at-ness https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/history/far-eastern-prisoners-of-war-fepow/captive-memories |
| African Heritage Initiatives: Contributions of African Migrants in Birmingham | Cameroon Advice and Support Service UK | 2009 | The project had been mentioned in Review of HLFs Investment in Oral History Projects Final Revised Report. They do have a page on the HLF webiste but no information is available except how much money they got. I can find very very lilttle on the project, but there is a book that was published. It was written by Frederick Ebot Ashu. I can’t be sure who he is. | https://www.communityarchives.org.uk/content/organisation/african-heritage-initiatives-contributions-of-africans-to-birmingham |
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