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Samuel Proctor Oral History Program

Oral History Project Directory

This directory contains the most up-to-date list of our oral history projects. Before the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program transfers any interviews into the UF Libraries’ Digital Collection they undergo a thorough revision process. At this time, not every transcript is completed nor uploaded into the UFDC. For instant access to SPOHP’s entire collection, you can visit the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program located on the 2nd floor of Pugh Hall. The following are project collections that include audio, and some may contain transcripts. SPOHP is always looking for individuals that may assist in expanding the collections. Please contact us if you are interested in accessing any of the oral histories in this file for research purposes.

Joel Buchanan Archive

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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 […]

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Latinx Diaspora in the Americas Project

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The Latinx Diaspora in the Americas Project, founded in 2014, is a growing, award-winning archive of 100+ oral histories dedicated to creating space for Latina/os to share their historical experiences related to identity, immigration reform, labor conditions, education, and civil rights. LDAP Familia Blog LDAP Familia is a blog maintained by project coordinators of LDAP. It was […]

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Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars Program (MFOS)

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  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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Mississippi Freedom Project

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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 the Mississippi Delta. The collection centers on activism and organizing in partnership with the Sunflower County Civil Rights Organization in Sunflower, Mississippi. Upcoming MFP Trips: MFP 2023: In July […]

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Native American History Project (NAHP)

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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 […]

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Pandemic Oral History Project

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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 […]

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Welcome to Reanimating African American Histories of the Gulf South

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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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