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.
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Samuel Proctor Fall Open House
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
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.
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Gulf Scholars Oral History Field Excursion
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
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.
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SPOHP alum Dr. Jessica Taylor presents newest book
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.
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SPOHP’s Spring Open House
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
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.
Asian American History Project (ASAH)
The Asian American History Project (ASAH) is an archive of Oral History interviews conducted with Asian Americans within the University of Florida, and throughout the greater South. The collection aims to record the experiences of Asian Americans students at UF, as well as the broader Asian American Experience. Archival Collections: Oral history interviews are currently […]
Challenging Racism at UF
The SPOHP’s Challenging Racism at UF public program series highlights stories of students, community organizers, faculty, and others who have been on the front lines of the effort to create a more just and welcoming world.
(Pictured: People gather after the “OverKome! Creating Pathways for Collective Community-Led Development” event.)
Florida Queer History (FQH)
The Florida Queer History Project, founded in June 2016, is a growing archive of oral histories dedicated to highlighting the queer experience throughout the last century. The project aims to provide a means for queer-identified individuals to express and document how their sexual orientations and gender identities have shaped their lives. The Project also seeks […]
Joel Buchanan Archive
The Joel Buchanan Archive of African American Oral History contains over 700 oral history interviews with African American elders throughout Florida and the wider Gulf South. These interviews and the overall projects associated with them have resulted in numerous public programs, university seminars on African American history and Ethnic Studies, and community-based oral history workshops.The archive contains […]
Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars Program (MFOS)
The Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars Program (MFOS) is a full grant and scholarship package that helps first-generation, low-income undergraduate students who are residents of Florida to earn a bachelor’s degree at the University of Florida. Since its inception in 2006, the program has reached its 15th-year mark with thousands of successful alumni stories. As of […]
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Native American History Project (NAHP)
Native American history initiatives at SPOHP have focused on tribal history in the Southeast, archiving hundreds of interviews with the Catawba, Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Lumbee, Seminole, and Pamunkey since 1967. NAHP Project Origins Archival Collections Oral history transcripts for the Native American collections, including the Lumbee, Cherokee, Catawba, and more, are available online at […]
Pandemic Oral History Project
In March of 2021, the coronavirus pandemic changed all of our lives. Samuel Proctor Oral History Program quickly adapted to continue documenting oral histories for all projects. As the lockdowns were implemented, the new social conditions required the creation of a project that would capture how the pandemic impacted people’s lives. The result is the […]
Welcome to Reanimating African American Histories of the Gulf South
Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (SPOHP), UF Department of Linguistics, and George A. Smathers Libraries are proud to announce the establishment of an NEH-funded collaborative project entitled, Reanimating African American Oral Histories of the Gulf South (RGS). The project’s foundation is the Joel Buchanan African American Oral History Archive, which is ongoing and currently contains over 1000 […]
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Tidewater Main Street Project (TMP)
The Tidewater Main Street Project (TMP) is dedicated to documenting the traditions, folklore, and history of the rural communities in the tidewater region of Virginia through student fieldwork and community engagement. Since 2014, SPOHP has been leading student fieldwork trips to Virginia to build upon its 200+ oral history collection. […]
White Anti-Racist Activism Digital History Project
The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (SPOHP) is proud to announce the establishment of the White Anti-Racist Activism Digital History Project. The White Anti-Racist Activism Digital History Project consists of interviews and artifacts donated by individuals who participated in social justice movements over the past 40 years in states of the Gulf South and present […]
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Mississippi Freedom Project Town Hall
Have you ever wondered how researchers collect primary historical evidence? Well at the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program we preserve history by interviewing the people who lived it! Come and see how you can document civil rights history at the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program in 2024.
End of Year Social
Join SPOHP for our end of year social on Tuesday, December 5th at 12pm! You are cordially invited to the O’Neill Reading Room on the second floor of Pugh Hall for refreshments and merriment. We look forward to seeing you there!
Calling all UF students!
HIS4944 Introduction to Oral History: Stories of Freedom Seekers and Freedom Conductors offers students training in the field of oral history, best practices and ethics, and fieldwork and processing. Email us to get on the waitlist for spring!
Meletios Pouliopoulos interviews Yiorgo Topalidis on “Mondays with Meleti”
SPOHP researcher Dr. Yiorgo Topalidis was recently interviewed on Grecian Echoes – WNTN 1550AM Boston about the Ottoman Greeks of the US Digital History Project and the White Anti-racist Activism Digital History Project.
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Oral History Association Conference Connections for Attendees
UF’s Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and UNC’s Southern Oral History Program are pleased to welcome Oral History Association conference attendees for refreshments and connections!
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Welcoming Black Faculty to Higher Education: A Racial Justice Town Hall
SPOHP, in partnership with the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center, invites the public to “Welcoming Black Faculty to Higher Education: A Racial Justice Town Hall”. The event will be held at the Cotton Club Museum on Thursday, October 12 at 6 p.m. in person as well as in hybrid mode.
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A Racial Reckoning in Gainesville
UF’s Ytori magazine highlights SPOHP’s Challenging Racism at UF initiative. “In oral history, we learn about the power of storytelling. This reveals truths that can sometimes be very uncomfortable,” SPOHP director Dr. Paul Ortiz told Ytori. “If we’re going to be a top-tier research institution, we need to use the tools of historical research to make the university a more welcoming place.”
Join Us for Our Annual Open House on 9/25!
Welcome back UF students, faculty, and staff! Please join us for our first event of the Fall 2023 semester, a SPOHP open house at 5 pm on Monday, September 25th in the Pugh Hall Ocora. Learn about our many projects and opportunities to travel, conduct field research, network, learn oral history methods, digital production skills, and more!
“Interwoven Waters:” Using Oral History to Document Florida’s Waterways
Vasilios Kosmakos, SPOHP researcher and founder of the Florida Naturalist Project, curated a digital exhibit about the “story of water in Florida” for the Matheson Museum. Explore the exhibit here.
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Sharing the Underground Railroad’s Oral Histories
With a $350,000 federal grant, UF researchers will showcase recordings that tell how antislavery activists secretly assisted those escaping slavery.
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Supporting a Forthcoming Federal Resolution Recognizing Thomas Garrett as a Heroic Abolitionist
On Tuesday, May 16th, 2023, the Delaware General Assembly honored the life of Thomas Garrett, who helped more than 2,400 people to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Click “read more” to learn more, or click here to follow Samuel Proctor’s National Park Service grant story.
Oscar Mack versus the Ku Klux Klan
Two years after the Ocoee massacre, and one year before the destruction of Rosewood by a White mob, one Black man stood up to the Ku Klux Klan in Jim Crow Florida. Black WWI Veteran Oscar Mack received a federal appointment as Postmaster in Kissimmee. One hundred years later, interviews with Mack’s descendants reveal the true story.
Thank You!
The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (SPOHP) is thankful for all of the years and contributions that Ms. Hendrix continues to make to the program. Ms. Hendrix is an invaluable member of the SPOHP family. Without her hard work and support, SPOHP would not be where it is today. This piece by the Independent Florida Alligator recently featured Ms. Hendrix’s work.
Documenting White Anti-Racist Activism in the Gulf South
On April 21 at 5:00 pm the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program will host a webinar on the experiences of White anti-racist activists in Alachua and Putnam counties from 1980 to the present.
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OverKome: Persevering with Collective, Community-Led Development
The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center, and the Iota Lambda Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. hosted “OverKome: Persevering with Collective, Community-Led Development.” The panel discussed issues of violence, housing, income, food, health, and education disparities.
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Bringing African American History into the K-12 Classroom
The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, the UF Department of Linguistics, and the All Y’all Social Justice Collective presents Oral Histories as Curriculum: Bringing African American History into the K-12 Classroom, and educational and panelist event supported by the NEH Reanimating African Americans Oral Histories of the Gulf South grant project.
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Film Premiere: Oscar Mack versus the Ku Klux Klan
Two years after the Ocoee massacre, and one year before the destruction of Rosewood by a White mob, one Black man stood up to the Ku Klux Klan in Jim Crow Florida. Black WWI Veteran Oscar Mack received a federal appointment as Postmaster in Kissimmee. One hundred years later, interviews with Mack’s descendants reveal the true story.
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The Future of Florida Springs: A Discussion on Springs Health
A panel of four distinguished spring activists and scientists will present their perspectives on evaluating the health of Florida Springs, followed by audience Q&A. Following the presentation, guests will have the opportunity to participate in one of three workshops: Science communication, wildlife photography, and communicating with different stakeholders.
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“OverKome!” Persevering with Collective Community-led Development
Please join us on February 13, 2023, at 6 pm Eastern Time, at the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center for a community presentation about UF’s impact in the Black communities of Gainesville. The program will focus on housing, healthcare, and income inequalities. The event will take place at the historic Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center: 837 SE 7th Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601
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Stayed on Freedom
Please join us on February 23, 2023, at 5 pm Eastern Time, either remotely or in person, for the book presentation and signing of Stayed on Freedom with the author Dan Berger. The book is the biography of Dr. Zoharah Simmons, who will be a distinguished guest and co-speaker at this event.
SPOHP’s UF students and staff are committed to SPOHP’s community-based oral history philosophy
SPOHP’s UF students and staff are committed to SPOHP’s community-based oral history philosophy. This is the team of SPOHP’s student-staff members who participated in the Rosewood Commemoration Ceremony.
2023 Rosewood Wreath Laying Ceremony
On Sunday, January 8 UF students participated in the commemoration of the massacre of the Black community of Rosewood.
SEISA Conference 2023
Dr. Ortiz and Dr. Yolanda Chavez Leyva will provide the keynotes for the Southeastern Immigration Studies Association Conference taking place at the USC Upstate Greenville campus this coming April. Please follow the link for more information. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=151397484314340&set=a.129347893185966
US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal
Dr. Ortiz’s essay Pathways in Oral History was recently published in the US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal. Please follow the link to access the essay. https://www.utexaspressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.7560/OHJ606
Beyond the Headlines: Exploring Gainesville Sun’s Coverage of Race Relations from Reconstruction to the Present
Our first public event for the Challenging Racism at UF – 2023 Public Program Series was completed this past weekend in collaboration with the Cotton Club Museum. The cosponsored event by SPOHP and the Cotton Club Museum was a great success. To view the day’s proceedings, please click here.
SPOHP Representation at AHA Annual Meeting
Dr. Paul Ortiz and Dr. Yiorgo Topalidis are both presenting at this year’s American Historical Association Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Ortiz will take part in a roundtable titled, Unions in Higher Education—Historical and Contemporary Realities. Dr. Topalidis will present his recent work, Ottoman Greeks in New York City: Negotiating Identity with the Greek Immigrant Community during the Early 20th Century as part of a panel organized by the Modern Greek Studies Association.
Fieldwork Announcement: Eastern Pennsylvania, May 2023
In May of 2023, OGUS oral historians will visit eastern Pennsylvania communities to interview descendants of migrants from Asia Minor, Eastern Thrace, Imbros, Tenedos, and the islands in the Sea of Marmara. If you or anyone you know is interested in being interviewed, please fill in the interview scheduling form using the following link: https://ogus.portal.clas.ufl.edu/spohp-v2/welcome/contact-us/interview-scheduling/
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Fieldwork Announcement: Underground Railroad Project, Washington D.C. January 2023
UF students will represent SPOHP at the National Park Service in Washington D.C. to conduct interviews with descendants of conductors and freedmen this coming January. UF students will also visit the Harriet Tubman museum as part of the collaborative grant between the National Park Service and SPOHP.
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Please join us for our upcoming public program regarding our 15th annual trip to the Mississippi River Delta.
SPOHP’s Director Dr. Paul Ortiz discusses the legacy of Mary McLeod Bethune on the From Florida podcast. Click here to access the podcast.
SPOHP’s OGUS project is cohosting a one-day virtual conference on September 10 titled, Assessing the Ethnic Groups of the Late Ottoman Empire through a Decolonial Lens 1900 -1922. The link for the event can be found here.
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON AFRICAN AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
The University of Florida’s African American and Native American History Task Force was created by President Kent Fuchs in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020. The task force’s responsibility was to create a detailed report pertaining to UF’s historical oppression of People of Color and Indigenous People. Click here to read the report.
Thomas D. Rider
The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program mourns the loss of Thomas D. Rider, longtime Gainesville resident and former co-owner of Goering’s Book Store, who passed away on March 17. Mr. Rider moved to Gainesville in 1972 and started working at Goering’s Book Store, becoming the co-owner in 1981. The bookstore was for many years a treasure for readers and a true hub for the local community. Tom will be deeply missed by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program.
SBSHS Oral History
List of speakers include, Rebecca Bakker (FIU – Digital Collections Librarian), Christopher Jimenez (Broward College – Library Faculty), Historian Emmanuel George, Author and oral historian Dr. Kitty Oliver, and SPOHP Director Dr. Paul Ortiz.
A Community Listening Event
Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 5:30 pm to 7:30pm
The Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center
For more information, please contact:Dr. Amanda Concha-Holmes amanda.d.concha.holmes@gmail.com
SPOHP Spring 2022 Open House
Come join us for SPOHP’s Spring 2022 open house on Tuesday, January 25 at 1:00 PM! We will be meeting in Pugh Hall with food, giveaways, and information about our program. See you there!
Book Launch
Join us on Zoom or SPOHP’s FB on January 27 at 3:00 pm to listen to co-editors Jake Gordon and Paul Ortiz and various chapter authors, as they discuss the making of the book African American Studies: 50 Years at the University of Florida.
Oral History of Civil Rights: Old Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Instructor: Cleary Larkin, Ph.D.
The Old Mount Carmel Baptist Church (dedicated 1944) became an epicenter of Gainesville’s Civil Rights movement when Reverend Thomas A. Wright arrived in 1962 …
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Central Academy
Central Academy High School, in Palatka, Florida, was Florida’s first accredited Black high school. The school was founded in 1882 and accredited in 1924. In 1969, the school was integrated and renamed. The district later closed the integrated school in 1977, and since then, the building has dilapidated significantly. For years now, students, teachers, and […]
December 2021 Newsletter
The SPOHP Light! SPOHP’s End of Year Newsletter is here! SPOHP would like to wish everyone a holiday season full of health, happiness, and love! To learn about our recent and upcoming events and activities, click here.
Mississippi Freedom Project 2021 Trip
The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program’s 13th annual Mississippi Freedom Project Research Trip is scheduled for the week of July 12 – July 19. To participate, please click here to complete the application by June 4, 2021, at 11:59 PM.
Celebrate Women’s History Month with SPOHP! SPOHP holds the largest repository of oral history interviews from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington in the nation. Check out our archives on the UFDC here.
Congratulations to the Peace Poetry and Scholarship Winners!
Watch the Peace Poetry Contest Winners Read Their Poems
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The Making of IBC Watch Party
Join the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program for a live YouTube Premiere where viewers will be able to live chat with producers, writers, and students involved in “The Making of the Institute of Black Culture.” Tune in Friday, May 8 at 7 pm! Then head over to our Instagram @spohp for behind the scenes commentary […]
Solidarity Sessions: Healthcare Disparities and the Coronavirus
The Solidarity Sessions team is continuing its commitment to foster discussions centered on Black and Latinx issues. We intend to continue our originally scheduled Solidarity Sessions at the institutes whenever campus is reopened. However, while COVID-19 is keeping many of us at home to protect our community, now is a critical time to talk about […]
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Dr. Ortiz is teaching an intro to oral history course…
SPOHP Director Dr. Paul Ortiz is teaching a course this spring on oral history! This interdisciplinary seminar is an intensive introduction to the theory and practice of oral history. Students will have access to the resources of the award-winning Samuel Proctor Oral History Program. We will learn the craft of oral history interviewing and digital […]
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Civil Rights Attorney John Due Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters
Today is a great day in the state of Florida! I’m writing to inform you that the University of Florida Academic Senate has just voted unanimously to award Attorney John Due the Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters.
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Scott Camil on “Winter Warrior”
Vietnam War Veteran and Veterans For Peace activist Scott Camil is the subject of a new graphic novel by Eve Gilbert titled Winter Warrior.
12th Annual Mississippi Freedom Project Panel
On Wednesday, October 16th, 2019, the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (SPOHP) at UF will host a public program at Pugh Hall titled “Mississippi Freedom Project Panel.” MFP is an experiential learning initiative where students interview civil rights movement veterans in the Mississippi and Arkansas Delta region. For 12 years, UF students have documented the efforts of teachers, museum professionals, high school students and others to apply the lessons of the freedom movement today. This summer, the SPOHP student team stopped in Montgomery to visit the Equal Justice Initiative’s “From Slavery to Mass Incarceration” museum and memorial to lynching victims. Next, the team traveled to Natchez, Mississippi to help restore a historically black cemetery.
UF African American Studies Program Celebrating 50 years
In 2019, the University of Florida’s African American Studies Program will celebrate its 50th anniversary. The program began in 1969 and selected its first director in 1970. The late Dr. Ronald Foreman was a tireless advocate for the program from 1970 until his retirement in 2000. We will host a number of programs this year […]
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SPOHP Project Works with the GRACE Grows Garden
SPOHP staffer, Roberto G. Muñoz-Pando, volunteers as the networking coordinator for the GRACE Grows Garden, part of the GRACE Marketplace. GRACE Marketplace is a one-stop homeless facility serving Gainesville and Alachua County.
Historic Haile Homestead Discussion: “Emancipation Betrayed” by Paul Ortiz
Historic Haile Homestead Discussion: “Emancipation Betrayed” by Paul Ortiz
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From Segregation to Black Lives Matter Symposium: free registration available now!
2019 marks the 10th anniversary of the African American History Project at the University of Florida. Funded by the UF Office of the Provost, this research initiative has resulted in over twenty-five public history programs, university seminars on African American studies, conference presentations and scores of community-based oral history and Black History workshops across the country. The new collection includes over six hundred oral histories with African American elders in Florida telling stories of memories of slavery, resistance to segregation, anti-black racial violence, the coming of the modern civil rights movement and narratives of Black and Latinx intersectionality among many other topics.
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New Course Offered: A Black and Latinx History of the Gator Nation
For the Spring Semester 2019, SPOHP and African American Studies will be offering a course titled “A Black and Latinx History of the Gator Nation
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New Spring Internship on the Black Freedom Struggle in Florida
SPOHP’s spring 2019 internship will focus on the Black Freedom Struggle in Florida, and will dovetail with our March 21-23 national symposium, From Segregation to Black Lives Matter. Students will work closely with our African American oral history interviews and other archival materials, and help us to conduct and transcribe new interviews to add to […]
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Join us for “La Casita Encuentro (Reunion)” on Wednesday Oct. 3rd in Ustler Hall, at 6pm!
Participate in a public dialogue between founding members of UF’s Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures, known as “La Casita,” and those who were there during its earliest years. Our participants include the students who petitioned and labored to create the house, and the faculty who supported their efforts and/or became involved once the institute was up […]
SPOHP Staff Members Featured in The Loop article, will appear in Muse Magazine
Under the direction of Jeffrey Pufahl, the College of the Arts presented the premier of the documentary play Voices from the March in January 2018 during the closing ceremonies of the University of Florida 2018 Social Justice Summit. Voices from the March pieces together the experiences of UF students and staff involved in the Women’s […]
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UF Hispanic Heritage Week Kickoff
The University of Florida’s 2018 Hispanic Heritage Month begins with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, September 14th. Doors open at 5:30pm at the Gator Wesley Foundation, semi-formal attire requested, featuring spoken word poet and SPOHP alum, Oliver Telusma!!! It’s the largest such HHM celebration in the nation.
Visting Scholar: Indigenous Experience in Guatemala
We’d like to extend a big thank you to Dr. Oscar Llanque for coming to visit our Testimonio in the Americas class today, sharing his experiences and knowledge as an Aymara scientist who works to promote Buen Vivir throughout Abya Yala. His perspectives added a lot to our discussion of Rigoberta Menchú, Indigenous experiences in […]
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Check out SPOHP’s YouTube Channel!
For an easy way to navigate to SPOHP’s wonderful collection of videos, click on the YouTube icon in the upper righthand corner of our website. SPOHP’s YouTube channel can also be found by entering SPOHP 111 in YouTube’s search field. There are close to 400 videos posted at the moment. Enjoy!
Video of Dr. Ortiz Book Talk
Click this link for a videotaped version (87 min.) of the 8/28 book talk presented at Smathers Library East by Dr. Paul Ortiz, Director of SPOHP, on his recent book: An African and Latinx History of the United States. It was kindly co-sponsored and hosted by the Smathers Libraries’ Latin American and Caribbean Collection. YouTube […]
SPOHP Seeking Volunteers
The Veterans History Project is currently seeking volunteers for transcription, archival assistance, and organizing interviews.
SPOHP Contributes Travel Support for OHA Conference Attendees from Hurricane-Affected Areas
The OHA’s Day of Giving last year raised money for scholarships to fund travel to the Annual OHA Conference for those in hurricane-affected areas. With matching funds provided by the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University and the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida, the OHA was able to […]
NEH Digital Humanities Grant Awarded
Smathers Libraries and the Digital Library of the Caribbean has been awarded a $231,093 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to host a week-long in-person workshop and five additional virtual workshops on collaborative Digital Humanities (DH) & Caribbean Studies. Dr. Paul Ortiz, Director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, is a co-Principal Investigator for […]
New Context for Confederate Monuments
Regina Phillips, Co-Director of the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center, an African-American history center in St. Augustine, Fla. and a SPOHP community partner, talks with NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro about how to add context to Confederate monuments. The program, “New Context For Confederate Memorials” from August 5, 2018 can be found here.
UF Student Collects Oral Histories From Community Elders in Fort Myers
SPOHP hopes you enjoy listening to a radio interview with UF history student Julian Valdivia on Gulf Coast Live on WGCU from July 31st, “UF Student Oral Histories From Community Elders” here.
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Home Away from Home: Remembering Refugees in Florida
Welcoming Gainesville and Alachua County and the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida are holding a public event titled “Home Away from Home: Remembering Refugees in Florida” on September 20, 2018 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm at Pugh Hall Ocora (296 Buckman Drive Gainesville FL 32611). The event will feature the oral history of refugees in Jacksonville, Florida, collected by Seyeon Hwang, a doctoral student in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Florida, and various state-wide and national efforts in refugee advocacy, followed by a talk-back session with refugees and refugee resettlement professionals from Florida.
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Check Out Our Students’ Reflections On Our Annual Mississippi Freedom Trip
Check out these reflections our students wrote just after their successful and exciting trips doing oral history fieldwork in the Mississippi Delta as part of our Mississippi Freedom Project! The Mississippi Freedom Project (MFP) is an award-winning archive of 200+ oral history interviews conducted with veterans of the civil rights movement and notable residents of […]
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Try To Keep Up With Us! Our Summer Newsletter is Here!
We have packed this Summer 2018 edition of our newsletter Moving Right Along full of the many things that have been going on at SPOHP. To take a look at all the amazing things SPOHP has been up to, click on: https://spark.adobe.com/page/c8Ml7c5Rbxx7f/
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Welcome to the Ottoman Greeks of the U.S. Digital History Project
The Ottoman Greeks of the United States project (OGUS) is a multifaceted endeavor to preserve and promote the history of immigrants from the Ottoman Empire to the United States. The OGUS project focuses on the chronological period of 1904 – 1924 in order to illuminate the peak in immigration from specific regions of the Ottoman […]
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