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From Interview to Archive: An Introduction to Oral History Workshop

From Interview to Archive: An Introduction to Oral History Workshop

Tuesday March 24, 2026

Join the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program for an introductory workshop on the practice of oral history.
Congratulations to Isabella Castro

Congratulations to Isabella Castro

Wednesday October 22, 2025

Congratulations to Isabella Castro, 2025-2027 Voyager Scholarship Recipient! Created by the Obamas and Airbnb’s Brian Chesky, this scholarship supports young leaders who are ready to make their mark in public service. We’re proud to have Isabella representing us!
International Oral History Practicum

International Oral History Practicum

Wednesday October 22, 2025

Join the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, Center for African Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, and the Department of History for the inaugural International Oral History Practicum!
The University of Florida is holding its first International Oral History Practicum (IOHP) on November 4th from 2pm – 7:30pm in the Pugh Hall Ocora.
SPOHP Fall Open House

SPOHP Fall Open House

Monday August 4, 2025

Join the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program for our Fall Open House on September 8 at 4 p.m.! Come learn about our ongoing oral history initiatives, courses in oral history, and ways to get involved in UF’s award-winning oral history program.
SPOHP Participates in Grass Scholars Program as a Research Project Sponsor

SPOHP Participates in Grass Scholars Program as a Research Project Sponsor

Tuesday February 18, 2025
Join the Student’s Oral History Club

Join the Student’s Oral History Club

Tuesday February 18, 2025

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

UF Gulf Scholars bring hope and healing to coastal communities

Tuesday February 18, 2025

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.
Samuel Proctor Fall Open House

Samuel Proctor Fall Open House

Monday August 26, 2024

The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program invites UF students, faculty, staff, and community members to our Fall Open House at 4pm in the Pugh Hall Ocora on Wednesday, September 11th.
Linguistics and SPOHP Awarded Digital Justice Grant

Linguistics and SPOHP Awarded Digital Justice Grant

Friday May 24, 2024

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.

Gulf Scholars Oral History Field Excursion

Gulf Scholars Oral History Field Excursion

Monday April 29, 2024

As part of UF Gulf Scholars, SPOHP and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service invite you to take part in an exciting oral history fieldwork trip from June 11-14, 2024. Apply by Sunday, May 19, 2024
Spring Walking Tour: Black Thursday & Beyond at UF, on Feb. 29

Spring Walking Tour: Black Thursday & Beyond at UF, on Feb. 29

Thursday February 15, 2024

The Brown Center for Leadership & Service, Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, and Beyond120 are partnering to host our Spring walking tour of UF historical sites centered around the April 1971 events of Black Thursday, the power of storytelling, and collective student organizing.
SPOHP alum Dr. Jessica Taylor presents newest book

SPOHP alum Dr. Jessica Taylor presents newest book

Tuesday February 13, 2024

Taylor will present on her newest book, Plain Paths and Dividing Lines: Navigating Native Land and Water in the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake Bay, on Tuesday, March 5th, at 6pm at the Matheson History Museum! We invite the public to join us for this free event. Dr. Taylor’s work explores escape attempts of indentured servants and enslaved people in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake.
SPOHP’s Spring Open House

SPOHP’s Spring Open House

Monday January 22, 2024

Join SPOHP for our spring 2024 open house “meet and greet” on Tuesday, January 30th, from 3-5pm in the O’Neill Reading Room on the second floor of Pugh Hall!
Mississippi Freedom Project Town Hall

Mississippi Freedom Project Town Hall

Monday January 22, 2024

Join us on Wednesday, February 7th from 5-7pm in the Pugh Hall Ocora. SPOHP’s Mississippi Freedom Project (MFP) brings students into the Mississippi and Arkansas Delta regions to conduct interviews with civil rights activists and organizers. Interested in taking part? Come and see how you can help document civil rights history with the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program.