Welcome to the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program

Join the Student’s Oral History Club

Undergraduates—have you heard? There’s a new oral history club at UF! The Student’s Oral History Club bring students of all backgrounds together through the education of oral history. Consider joining to explore the process of oral history, examine different oral history projects, and assist in potential project creation.

UF Gulf Scholars bring hope and healing to coastal communities

SPOHP’s collaboration with the UF’s Gulf Scholars Program brings students to Pensacola, Florida to document stories of community organizing and resilience in response to the toxic legacies of Escambia County’s many superfund sites. Read more about the Pensacola Environmental Oral History Project and the inaugural student cohort.

Linguistics and SPOHP Awarded Digital Justice Grant

This grant from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) will deepen work started on an NEH grant, Reanimating African American Oral Histories of the Gulf South. We will focus on the oral histories of students within Putnam County, Florida who attended the first Black schools in Florida before integration.

SPOHP is an award-winning, social-justice research center engaged in experiential learning initiatives all over the world. Our team of student researchers, interns, volunteers, and staff are dedicated to gathering, preserving, and promoting living histories of individuals from all walks of life. SPOHP is committed to using critical historical inquiry and digital humanities production to encourage civic engagement and dialogue between the past, present and the future.

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