“Impressions from the Pandemic: Oklahomans Reflect on COVID-19” project will collect, preserve, manage, and interpret documentary sources representing aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic experience in Oklahoma. Through a yearlong oral history project, the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program (OOHRP) in the Oklahoma State University Library will capture impressions, recollections, and analytical reflections of a variety of people impacted by the pandemic through their official employment or their community roles, including a diverse representation of Oklahomans, sampling across racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and occupational categories.

Do you have suggestions on who we should include in this oral history project? We’re seeking recommendations of people to interview for this project as well as suggestions for topics or ideas that you feel we should explore in these interviews. Please share your suggestions for this project by completing this form.

Oral History interviews will be conducted under the guidelines for the Principles and Best Practices of the Oral History Association: https://www.oralhistory.org/principles-and-best-practices-revised-2018/.  Of particular interest to potential participants is the "For Participants in Oral History Interviews" document: https://www.oralhistory.org/for-participants-in-oral-history-interviews/ 

This project is made possible with support from the Institute for Museums and Library Services American Rescue Plan Grant.

Do you have suggestions on who we should include in this oral history project? Thoughts about what we should make sure to include in this archival collection? Please share your suggestions for this project by completing this form.

This project is made possible with support from the Institute for Museums and Library Services American Rescue Plan Grant.

For more information, see the OOHRP website: https://library.okstate.edu/oralhistory/ or contact liboh@okstate.edu