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What SOHA is, and why my husband and I joined . . . .
SOHA - Southwest Oral History
Association - is an association of folks who work in oral history disciplines
either in the private sector or in public institutions. It is a non-profit
corporation, but I'm not sure of the designation. We have a board which meets
4 times a year and we hold an annual conference in the Spring. This year it
was in San Diego. The organization spans Southern California, Nevada, Arizona
and New Mexico thus the name "Southwest".
SOHA offers mini grants
and conference scholarships to deserving students who must go through an
application process. Awardees are selected by a scholarship committee.
We offer beginning and
advanced workshops at our annual conference time. Usually workshops are held
on Friday and the main body of the conference is on Saturday and Sunday
morning. Papers are presented and we usually have some kind of interesting
presentation or performance during the plenary session on Sunday. Our annual
meeting is also held on Sunday morning where any business is taken care of and
new officers are elected.
Membership is very
reasonable at $20 a year and includes a directory of current members as well
as a quarterly newsletter. If you would be interested in becoming a member, I
can have a membership brochure sent to you.
My husband, who did an
extensive oral history with photographist Robert Heinecken for UCLA, and I
have been SOHA members for the past ten years and have enjoyed friendships
with many other oral historians. I trust this answers your inquiry. If I can
be of further help or if you wish to contact other members, please do not
hesitate to email me again.
Kathleen Lehmer |
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