California State University, Long Beach

VOAHA III: Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive

 
 

Welcome to the new transitional site for the Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive. After ten years, the hardware and software with which VOAHA was built were no longer viable and VOAHA is migrating to a new architecture. The site looks different and will function differently than VOAHA I and II, but even during this transition period, all materials are available. If you do not see the interview you are looking for, please email Chloe.Pascual@csulb.edu


VOAHA enables you to access the full audio recordings of oral histories that have been deposited in Special Collections of the University Library. You can hear the voice, pitch, and rhythm of the narrations as well as the emotions these convey. You will hear the actual spoken words of oral history narrators, rather than seeing a written version of them in the form of a transcript. The CSULB oral history collections have been assembled from a number of sources and cover topics ranging from women's social history, labor and ethnic studies to Long Beach Area history and the musical developments in Southern California. Some of the interviews in the Asian American, Mexican American and women's history collections were recorded as early as 1972 and include interviews with narrators who were born in the mid to late 19th century. Presently, more than 1000 hours with 350 very diverse narrators are available online.


For permissions, please fill out this form: https://www.csulb.edu/university-library/form/voaha-use-permissions-request

Communities within VOAHA III: Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive

  • American Indian Studies [6]
    The American Indian Studies program at CSULB, founded in 1969.
  • Asian American History [2]
    The interviews included in this Collection are limited to those independently collected by the South Bay Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.
  • Labor History [115]
    The four series in this collection focus on the lives and activities of workers in five industries, and cover the period from the 1920s and 1930s to the 1960s: petroleum extraction and refining; men's and women's clothing; ...
  • Long Beach Area History [98]
    Long Beach Area History
  • Mexican American/Chicano [5]
    Mexican American/Chicano oral history interviews
  • Musical Developments in Southern California [0]
    The collection is comprised of four series, the first of which is focused on performing and composing musicians active in southern California, 1920s to mid-1960s.
  • Southeast Asian Communities [0]
    Southeast Asian communities oral history interviews
  • The Sixties: Los Angeles Area Social Movements/Activists [19]
    The series grouped here under the rubric of “the sixties” are comprised of interviews that were conducted as part of various other projects, including classes, and under varying auspices at both the university and in the ...
  • Women's History [169]
    These interviews were initiated in 1972 as part of the Feminist History Research Project (FHRP), a community-based project co-founded by Sherna Berger Gluck and Ann Forfreedom at the Westside Women's Center in Los Angeles.

Collections within VOAHA III: Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive

Recent Submissions

  • Keo, Chetra (audio interview #5 of 5) 
    Keo, Chetra; Pierce, Mark, interviewer (2023-01-05)
    <>INTERVIEW DESCRIPTION<> - This is the last of five interviews with conducted over a three month period with Chetra Keo, a friend of the interviewer. In contrast to the previous interviews, this one is shorter. As before, ...
  • Keo, Chetra (audio interview #4 of 5) 
    Keo, Chetra; Pierce, Mark, interviewer (2023-01-05)
    <>INTERVIEW DESCRIPTION<> - This is the fourth of five interviews conducted over a three month period with Chetra Keo, a friend of the interviewer. As before, the interview was conducted in Keo's room, late at night. It ...
  • Keo, Chetra (audio interview #3 of 5) 
    Keo, Chetra; Pierce, Mark, interviewer (2023-01-05)
    <>INTERVIEW DESCRIPTION<> - This is the third of five interviews conducted over a three month period with Chetra Keo, a friend of the interviewer. As before, the interview was conducted in Keo's room, late at night. It ...
  • Keo, Chetra (audio interview #2 of 5) 
    Keo, Chetra; Pierce, Mark, interviewer (2023-01-05)
    <>INTERVIEW DESCRIPTION<> - This is the second of five interviews conducted over a three month period with Chetra Keo, a friend of the interviewer. The interview was conducted in Keo's room, late at night. Despite both ...
  • Keo, Chetra (audio interview #1 of 5) 
    Keo, Chetra; Pierce, Mark, interviewer (2023-01-03)
    <>INTERVIEW DESCRIPTION <>- This is the fist of five interviews conducted over a three month period with Chetra Keo, a friend of the interviewer. The interview was conducted in Keo's room, late at night. Many of the topics ...