Journal correspondence, M-R Includes some minutes from the North-West Oral History Society and copies of their newsletters for: Feb and Jul 1983 Feb and Jul 1984.
‘Oral History and The Crafts’ Conference (31 Mar-2 Apr 1989)
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Correspondence; participant, attendee and other related organisations' subscribers' lists; publicity (an A3 black and white poster); funding applications; and conference meeting minutes. The conference was sponsored by the Crafts Council. Conference location: Central School of Art and Design, L...
Comprises mainly correspondence (Paul Thompson’s; a mixture of incoming and outgoing) and Society minutes (Committee, Campaign Sub-Committee and AGM). Some of the minutes relate discussion of the Society's plans for involvement in education. Also contains: A document relating to an OHS confere...
OHS Secretarial correspondence (requests for information and to use OHS material, subscription errors etc.). Mostly in reverse chronological order. Includes some designs for OHS headed paper and a letter of concern from the OHS to the Minister for Culture and The Arts (Western Australia) about...
‘Landscapes of Memory: Oral History and the Environment’ Conference (15-16 May 1999)
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The file of conference papers includes: Ephemera such as publicity flyers (also for the 1998 conference 'Moving On: Testimonies of Migration') A booklet of abstracts Instructions for conference chairs Conference sessions and tours information Directions to the locationCorrespondence Meeting agen...
‘Technology Talks: Oral History and New Media’ Conference (20 Apr 2002)
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Contains: a leaflet design; Rob Perks' planning notes on topics to cover in the conference (for e.g. digitisation, digital standards for audio, recording formats - digital/analogue, video, storage, recommendations); an attendance list and spreadsheet printout; photocopied press cuttings; and con...
International Yearbook of Oral History and Life Stories: General
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Paul Thompson's general/administrative correspondence regarding the International Yearbook of Oral History and Life Stories. Includes: Summary information about the publication, its Editorial Board, Associate Editors and Support Groups Editorial and administrative correspondence. Correspondent...
Early Papers V (Paul Thompson Correspondence and Leicester Oral History Conference, 1972)
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Paul Thompson's correspondence, including invitations/responses and arrangements for the ‘Problems of Oral History’ conference, Leicester, March 1972, organised by Thompson for the SSRC. Includes some commentary on oral history as a research method in the course of various letters, for example t...