Oral History Comes of Age

Abstract

History Comes of Age is the theme for the tenth annual national Colloquium on Oral History to be held October 1975 in Asheville, North Carolina. It is an apt title, both for the oral history movement and the Oral History Association. From a modest beginning in November 1967, when 145 people met at Arden House, Columbia University's conference center outside New York City, the Oral History Association has had a major influence on scholarship both here and abroad. The Association has experienced a rapid membership growth, almost phenomenal for a professional organization. More than 1,200 individuals, libraries, and institutions representing the United States, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, and Africa are affiliated. The publication of the Oral History Review, edited by Dr. Samuel Hand of the University of Vermont, a quarterly Newsletter, edited by Bernard Galm of the University of Southern California at Los Angeles, a directory of oral history projects in the United States, compiled by Gary L. Shumway, and a Bibliography on Oral History, compiled by M. J. Waserman, reveal the Association's efforts to spread the word about all aspects of oral history.