Category: Developments

In July 2012, the SRMA Board authorized a two-year Task Force to explore the formation of a regional oral-history association that would include Colorado and Wyoming. The Task Force mission is to confirm the interest in, need for, and feasibility of a regional oral-history association. SRMA is providing financial support for annual workshops, with the understanding that profits may be used as seed money to start the regional association.

For more information about the Task Force and its activities, contact co-chairs Kate Legg and Cyns Nelson: klegg@ucar.edu or cynsnelson@voicepreserve.org

Colorado and Wyoming are two states not currently affiliated with any regional oral-history association (e.g. Southwest OHA, Mid-Atlantic OHA, etc.). A working group comprised of folks from our shared “Square States” is exploring the enthusiasm for and feasibility of an alliance between Colorado and Wyoming. The group has begun identifying areas of opportunity and need that would be served by such an association; we’ve begun evaluating pros and cons of this two-state regional proposal. Stay tuned for more info.

Contact for working group is Nancy Freeman, National Wildlife Research Center in Fort Collins: nancy.a.freeman@aphis.usda.gov.

In March 2012, Voice Preserve partners conducted a survey to assess oral-history interest and activity in Colorado and Wyoming. Data from that survey are summarized in a simple Word document: Oral History Needs Assessment Survey Summary