https://spotlightoralhistory.com/events daily 0.75 2022-11-16 https://spotlightoralhistory.com/events/sisterhood-of-war-book-talk monthly 0.5 2022-11-16 https://spotlightoralhistory.com/events/booth-girls-ka2xg-l24te monthly 0.5 2021-09-08 https://spotlightoralhistory.com/events/booth-girls-ka2xg monthly 0.5 2021-09-08 https://spotlightoralhistory.com/events/booth-girls monthly 0.5 2021-09-08 https://spotlightoralhistory.com/events/event-four-245p8 monthly 0.5 2021-05-16 https://spotlightoralhistory.com/events/event-one-9n94z monthly 0.5 2021-03-17 https://spotlightoralhistory.com/events/event-three-24733 monthly 0.5 2021-03-17 https://spotlightoralhistory.com/events/event-two-j55mw monthly 0.5 2022-11-16 https://spotlightoralhistory.com/home daily 1.0 2021-02-08 https://spotlightoralhistory.com/work-with-me daily 0.75 2024-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/1612130377625-6Q7VMMQCTJPTGX9O90VY/Sami+me+equipt+color_CROP.jpg Work With Me Eat Street Oral History Project for the Whittier Alliance; photo by Rasun Mehringer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/1612131090789-G69YTVKRIU3QSINDIC7N/Gordie_1_post3_1100px.jpeg Work With Me Gordie Hampson, Profiles in Courage: Rock Steady Boxers Project; photo by Robyn Mathews-Lingen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/1612130852330-3AEMJX67WD663DME8BH1/OHA+teaching+award.jpg Work With Me https://spotlightoralhistory.com/oral-history-projects daily 0.75 2022-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/7f58e312-59bc-4b3c-a703-d2b93b20ebb5/Lisa+Elias_Art-A-Whirl+OHP.jpg Oral History Projects Lisa Elias, artist, blacksmith, owner of Elias Metal Studio, and Art-A-Whirl original; 30 Years of Art-A-Whirl Oral History Project, for the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA). *This project was made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant awarded to ACHS and funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. (Link to interview materials will be posted when they are available online.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/1785332717314-Z10JCECAKCEJPLUC2MXR/Erik%252BBergling_ACHS%252BEchoes%252BOHP_Sep%252B18%252B2025_2.jpg Oral History Projects Erik Bergling, son of Vietnam Veteran Richard Bergling; Echoes of Bravery Oral History Project for the Anoka County Historical Society (ACHS). *This project was made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant awarded to ACHS and funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/c50c7ba7-623e-40b6-ae89-7bc121ab53eb/Lucinda+Anderson_COWC.JPG Oral History Projects Lucinda Anderson, company manager and performer in In the Heart of the Beast Puppet & Mask Theater's Circle of Water Circus (COWC); COWC Oral History Project for Hennepin History Museum (HHM). *This project was made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant awarded to HHM and funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/94e62398-1f27-4a8f-a86a-98f6ede43bae/Julie+and+Ann+portrait+vignette.jpg Oral History Projects Ann Vanvick and Julie Ollila, current and former presidents of AAUW Minneapolis; AAUW Minneapolis Oral History Project. *This project was made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant awarded to AAUW Minneapolis and funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/d7ceb0f3-9628-4be0-a3ee-abd661881e8e/Uranchimeg+smiling.jpg Oral History Projects Oyuna Uranchimeg, Women and Sport Oral History Project, Minnesota Historical Society, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/f808eac0-26fe-42eb-996c-63bdbabeef80/Joyce+Yamamoto+and+Nan+Skelton_2.jpg Oral History Projects Joyce Yamamoto and Nan Skelton, Face to Face Oral History Project, 2022-2023. *This project was made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant awarded to Face to Face and funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/64328046-7099-4d24-9146-8dfe2f2f6f3d/Dick+Mueller+Park+sign_closeup+CROP.jpg Oral History Projects Dick McChesney, Lowry Hill East Oral History Project, LHENA, 2021-22 . *This project was made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant awarded to the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association and funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/1611198597816-792CZAAZGEVVE5LFVYHI/Booth+Girls+1800px+w.jpg Oral History Projects Booth Memorial Hospital Oral History Project, with the Minnesota Independent Scholars Forum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/1611196918243-ORPAT2Q1UM0FZZJZ7A8S/Ortiz+photo_March+11+2020_2000.jpg Oral History Projects Carolina Ortiz, Women and Voting Rights Oral History Project, Minnesota Historical Society, 2019-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/1611197239986-II8BTFPUEYHC1KG1CA60/Sara+Driscoll+April+3+2017_2000w.jpg Oral History Projects Sara Driscoll, Minnesota in the Vietnam War Era Oral History Project, Minnesota Historical Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/1611196978285-FSHAG3LZRJRX084MXYQV/Hung+Duong+color_crop_2000w.jpg Oral History Projects Kim and Mrs. Hung Duong, Eat Street Oral History Project, Whittier Alliance, 2017; photo by Rasun Mehringer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/1611446896666-XQKLMJT74OQ3KK05S052/Mary+Beth.png Oral History Projects Army Nurse Mary Beth Crowley in Vietnam. Women Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project, Minnesota Historical Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/1611447485331-OPGSL4292HL4QD9ZJYEC/MN+Court+bldg+2000.jpg Oral History Projects Minnesota Court of Appeals Oral History Project, for the Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society https://spotlightoralhistory.com/story-sharing-projects daily 0.75 2021-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/1611540354726-AA7UC7F7KZDKEKCRFSZM/HHM+exhibit+room_2000w.jpg Story-Sharing Projects "Eat Street at 20: In Their Own Words," exhibit at Hennepin History Museum based on the Whittier Alliance's Eat Street Oral History Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/1611540700367-MQE4EZQ7VXFQWS925ELU/Harry_5.jpg Story-Sharing Projects Harry Pontiff, Profiles in Courage: Rock Steady Boxers Project; photo by Robyn Mathews-Lingen 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to women at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/1611536088430-1W8L723HBST0H0JD83LC/Weight+of+Silence_Booth+talk+image.jpg Workshops and Consultation I gave a public talk about my research for my book, Booth Girls, which draws on oral history interviews. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/1611536024438-A1FLHS55YU9GUAF5KSRV/Sisterhood+talk+image.jpg Workshops and Consultation I delivered more than 35 public presentations about my book, Sisterhood of War, which is based on oral history interviews with women Vietnam veterans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6008c6aff7c72b4e21d1e294/1611537183515-4XE4W1TH0OX7LV23KA6O/Katies+through+the+ages_image.jpg Workshops and Consultation I presented the results of the St. Catherine University Legacy Oral History Project at a meeting of alumnae. 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