During these homebound weeks in Baltimore, there is a unique opportunity to share, learn, and communicate how different generations respond to this ongoing COVID-19 health crisis in Baltimore, the United States, and the world. Maryland During COVID-19: Stories from Baltimore Teens, a project of the Public Library of Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, documents that response by collecting first-hand accounts through oral history interviews between teens and their parents or guardians, in the style of StoryCorps. Stories will be cataloged, archived, and made publicly available online through the Pratt Library’s Special Collections Dept.
Category Archives: Oral History
Oral History of Disasters and Pandemics (Columbia University)
On April 16, 2020, Columbia University’s Oral History Master of Arts (OHMA) program held an online workshop on how to plan and conduct oral histories in communities affected by disasters and pandemics. Led by Mary Marshall Clark (Director of the September 11, 2001 Oral History Narrative and Memory Project) and Amy Starecheski (OHMA Director and an interviewer on the September 11 Oral History Narrative and Memory Project), the recording is available on YouTube and Soundcloud.
Covid-19 Memories – Luxembourg
The Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) has launched Covid-19 Memories (covidmemory.lu), a platform to collect COVID19 related photos, videos, stories, and interviews from/with ordinary people living or working in Luxembourg.