Looking for other OH/environmental history scholars

Hi Mary,

Kathryn Newfont's book, "Blue Ridge Commons: Environmental Activism and Forest History in Western North Carolina" (University of Georgia Press, 2012) is one example of how oral history can be used in the context of environmental history. The book demonstrates an argument for using the tools and methods of social movement history to more accurately depict environmental movements and ecological history.

I hope this is helpful to you!
Sarah Dziedzic

I would suggest contacting my former advisor Dr. Andrew Hurley at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He has done work on environmental history and has done some oral history projects, although I'm not sure if there is an overlap (or if anything was published yet).

http://www.umsl.edu/~umslhistory/About%20The%20Department/People/Faculty...

Adding onto what others have posted, Kathy Newfont's & Debbie Lee's edited book, The Land Speaks: New Voices at the Intersection of Oral and Environmental History might help.

Troy Reeves

A couple of items from the UK to add to the conversation!

National Life Stories (NLS) at the British Library has involvement in a number of projects encompassing environmental history:
An Oral History of British Science: https://www.bl.uk/projects/national-life-stories-oral-history-of-british...
An Oral History of Farming, Land Management and Conservation in Postwar Britain: https://www.bl.uk/projects/national-life-stories-oral-history-of-farming
NLS is the archive partner for two exciting projects just underway:
Oral History of the Environmental Movement at Royal Holloways: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-teaching/departments-and-sc...
Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach (RENEW) at the University of Exeter (specifically the X3 strand): https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_898086_en.html

The Oral History Society (UK) is also supporting debate and knowledge exchange via the Special Interest Group for Environment and Climate Change (ECC SIG): https://www.ohs.org.uk/environment/ . Rib Davis, Chair of this Special Interest Group writes: "I am not sure that there is an oral history methodology that is specific to environmental history. However, Leslie McCartney (Curator of Oral History at University of Alaska Fairbanks), who is very experienced in this field, may have some pointers for you. I would also be interested in knowing more about your own work, and including it in our world map of environment and climate change oral histories. Perhaps you would like to contact me at rib.s.davis@gmail.com."

With best wishes

Mary Stewart

Lead Curator, Oral History
Director, National Life Stories
mary.stewart@bl.uk
The British Library
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LONDON
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Mary, I'd like to call your attention to a new oral history project in Hawaii.

Land Stories: Farming and Kaua’i Culture.
"Land Stories is about preserving the cultural wealth of our island as a basis for building respect and appreciation for one another and the land we share and depend upon. It’s about providing our community with a rich history of this precious land and how to care for it. It’s about building historical perspective and inspiration for present and future generations to sustain,
protect, and care for our beloved ‘aina."

For more information, please contact
Project Director Angela Zusman at angela@storyforall.org

Thanks for initiating this discussion. The resources all very interesting,
Nancy MacKay