{"id":1697,"date":"2024-03-25T10:32:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T10:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/?page_id=1697"},"modified":"2025-01-25T12:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T12:41:16","slug":"oral-history-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/initiatives\/oral-history-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Oral History Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n        \n          \n          \n          \n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--editorial-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--editorial-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Our Projects\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"cards-container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/initiatives\/oral-history-digitization\/cal-history-armenian-experiences\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about California History Through Armenian Experiences\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2024\/06\/DSC03098-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2024\/06\/DSC03098-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2024\/06\/DSC03098-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Manuk Avedikyan seated with Cindy Norian in her home\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Project<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/initiatives\/oral-history-digitization\/cal-history-armenian-experiences\/\" >\n                  \n                    California History Through Armenian Experiences\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An oral history project that documents the diversity and history of the Armenian presence in California. The initiative, supported by the California State Library, is part of the Institute\u2019s continued work in collecting primary source material for academic researchers and educators.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/initiatives\/oral-history-digitization\/my-armenian-story\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about My Armenian Story\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2024\/05\/april13-39-scaled-e1718153211562-768x432.jpeg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2024\/05\/april13-39-scaled-e1718153211562-1280x720.jpeg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2024\/05\/april13-39-scaled-e1718153211562-768x432.jpeg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Gegham Mughnetsyan interviewing a participant of My Armenian Story at the Armenian History Celebration at Pacific Park\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Project<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/initiatives\/oral-history-digitization\/my-armenian-story\/\" >\n                  \n                    My Armenian Story\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An oral history project that collects Armenian life stories across the United States through crowd-sourced interviews and serves as a resource base for researchers. The purpose of the project is to record, gather, and document individual stories and reconstitute them as part of Armenian history in the diaspora.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/initiatives\/oral-history-digitization\/understanding-independence\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Understanding Independence\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2024\/05\/Rustamyan-Ninel-3-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2024\/05\/Rustamyan-Ninel-3-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2024\/05\/Rustamyan-Ninel-3-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"An interviewer and interviewee seated during an oral history interview\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Project <\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/initiatives\/oral-history-digitization\/understanding-independence\/\" >\n                  \n                    Understanding Independence\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>An oral history project which aims to understand the experiences and processes that led to Armenia\u2019s independence from the Soviet Union. Interviews from political leaders, intellectuals, students, teachers, and others who lived through the tumultuous period of 1988 to 1996 make up this collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/initiatives\/oral-history-projects\/displaced-persons-documentation-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Read more about Displaced Persons Documentation Project \">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2024\/03\/tempImageAFVgSk-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2024\/03\/tempImageAFVgSk-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"A family photo from the Displaced Persons Documentation Project Archive\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Project <\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/initiatives\/oral-history-projects\/displaced-persons-documentation-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                  \n                    Displaced Persons Documentation Project \n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>An oral history project about the Armenian Displaced Persons community formed during and after World War II. The collection of interviews and photographs serve as a primary source for researchers interested in World War II, post-Genocide Armenian history, and Diaspora Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":2552,"parent":274,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1697","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oral History Projects - Institute of Armenian Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The USC Institute of Armenian Studies documents the diversity and history of Armenian experiences through various oral history projects.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/initiatives\/oral-history-projects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oral History Projects - 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