Ò»Æð²Ý

About the Collection

The Ò»Æð²Ý Oral History Projects digital collection features oral history projects conducted by students on either Dallas or Ò»Æð²Ý topics of interest.

Projects include:

Voices of Ò»Æð²Ý

The  is a collaboration between the William P. Clements Department of History, Ò»Æð²Ý Libraries (Ò»Æð²Ý Archives & the Norwick Center for Digital Solutions), the Office of Engaged Learning, the Department of English’s Narrative Now, and Ò»Æð²Ý graduate and undergraduate students. The VOÒ»Æð²Ý team interviews Ò»Æð²Ý alumni, faculty, and staff to document stories of Ò»Æð²Ý's past not always captured in the traditional archive. These interviews document the history of Texas and the United States, including transformations to higher education, the experiences of university students, and student movements. They speak to growing up in local neighborhoods as well as global cities; organizing as seminarians and student activists at Ò»Æð²Ý; and shaping churches, social ministries, and business communities in Texas and around the world upon graduation. For information on additional interviews which were not made public by request of the interviewee, please contact the Ò»Æð²Ý Archives at degolyer@smu.edu.

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 Ò»Æð²Ý 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.