About the Collection
The SMU Oral History and Digital Humanities Student Projects digital collection features oral history projects conducted by students on either Dallas or SMU topics of interest.
Projects include:
Voices of SMU
The is a collaboration between the William P. Clements Department of History, SMU Libraries (SMU Archives & the Norwick Center for Digital Solutions), and SMU graduate and undergraduate students, who interview SMU alumni, faculty, and staff from underrepresented groups. Additional information about the project can be found in the .
The Voices of SMU project contains interviews in the following series:
For information on additional interviews which were not made public by request of the interviewee, please contact the SMU Archives.
Anti-Apartheid Movement in North Texas
The oral history project was conducted in 2017. Working with the and in local archives, students in Dr. Jill Kelly’s upper-level course “Oral Sources in African History” identified people at SMU and across North Texas who sought to end apartheid in South Africa by isolating it internationally with sanctions and divestment.
Oral History of the Meadows School of the Arts
The oral history project focuses broadly on the experiences of students, faculty, and staff within the Meadows school of the Arts. The project first developed from the course “Music and Ethnography,” where a student interviewed several faculty members. The project will continue to grow with future iterations of the class, and focus on the rich heritage of the Meadows School of the Arts, including music, performing arts, film and media, studio art and art history, and other areas of study.
