The Oral History Collection
The Youngstown State University Oral History Collection, begun in 1974, collects and preserves first-person narratives of northeastern Ohioans who have participated in, or closely observed events which have significantly affected both the state and nation. The Oral History Collection houses over eleven hundred interviews including personal narratives focusing on World War II, Vietnam, Youngstown College (University), Greek, Puerto Rican, Romanian, Russian and Italian culture, industry (steel, pottery, brick, labor relations, coal, and railroads), politics, the Holocaust, and religion.
The Youngstown State University Oral History Program seeks to foster a critical, yet democratic understanding of northeastern Ohio--its history, culture, problems, and prospects. Human beings make sense of their lives in story. Oral history allows us to use those first-person narratives to explore the private dimensions of public careers, add new voices to the historical record, track the creation and recreation of historical memory, and present history to the public in creative new forms. A sense of urgency informs our work, for the stories we preserve in tape and transcript will soon be irretrievably lost.
For more information about the Oral History program, contact Dr. Donna M. DeBlasio.
The Oral History Collection Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
B
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
- Banks and Banking -- Ohio
- Barbers -- Ohio -- Youngstown -- Interviews
- Baseball Players
- Berkowitz, Sidney
- Blind -- Education
- Boxers (Sports)--Biography
- Brackett, Leigh
- Brickmaking -- Ohio
- Buchenwald(Germany : Concentration camp)
- Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac Group. Lordstown Assembly Plant
- Butler Institute of American Art -- History
C
- Camp Reynolds (Greenville, Mercer County, Pa.)
- Campbell (Ohio) -- History
- Canfield Fair (Ohio) -- History
- Canfield (Ohio) -- History
- Catholic Church -- Ohio -- Youngstown
- Cattle -- Purchasing
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- History
- Clary, Robert
- Clay Industries -- United States
- Clements Family
- Coal Miners -- Ohio -- Interviews
- Coal Mines and Mining -- Ohio
- Coal Mines and Mining -- Ohio -- Youngstown
- Coitsville (Ohio) -- History
- Collective Bargaining -- College Teachers -- Ohio -- Youngstown
- Commercial Shearing
- Crucible Steel Company (Midland, Pa.)
E
- Earthquakes -- Mexico -- Mexico City
- East Palestine (Ohio) -- History
- Ecumenical Coalition
- Education -- Ohio
- Education -- Pennsylvania
- Educational Assistance, American -- Botswana
- Educational Assistance, American -- Vietnam
- El Salvador -- Social Conditions
- Emigration and Immigration
- Erie Railroad Company
- Ethnic Groups -- Ohio -- Youngstown
H
- Hanahan, Strollo & Associates, Inc.
- Historic Buildings -- Conservation and Restoration
- Historic Buildings -- Ohio
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) – Personal Narratives
- Home Savings and Loan Company (Youngstown, Ohio) -- History
- Homer Laughlin China Company -- History
- Household Appliances -- History
- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area
- Hubbard (Ohio) -- History
- Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1956
M
- Mahoning Coal Rail Road Company
- Mahoning County (Ohio)
- Mahoning Valley Historical Society
- Maronites -- Ohio -- Youngstown
- Marshall Plan
- Mclaughlin Family
- Mecca (Ohio)
- Medicine
- Metropolitan Savings Bank (Youngstown, Ohio)
- Military Training Camps
- Mill Creek Park (Youngstown, Ohio)
- Missions
- Morlunda Farms (W. Va.)
- Murphy, Anthony
P
- Pallante, Dan
- Peace Corps (U.S.)
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
- Persian Gulf War, 1991
- Physical Therapists -- Ohio -- Youngstown
- Poland Methodist Church (Youngstown, Ohio)
- Political Cartoons
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder -- Women
- Pottery Industry
- Printing Industry
- Printing -- Ohio -- Salem.
- Prohibition -- Ohio -- Youngstown
- Public Housing -- Ohio
S
- Salem Community Theater (Salem, Ohio)
- Satre, Lowell J.
- Science Fiction--Technique
- Second Christian Church (Youngstown, Ohio)
- Seneca Indians
- Single Parents -- Ohio -- Youngstown
- Small Business -- Ohio
- Smoky Hollow (Youngstown, Ohio)
- Social Service
- South High School (Youngstown, Ohio)
- Soviet Union -- Armed Forces
- St. Edward Parish (Youngstown, Ohio)
- St. John's Episcopal Church (Youngstown, Ohio)
- St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church (Youngstown, Ohio)
- St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church (New Middletown, Ohio)
- Steel Industry and Trade -- Ohio
- Steel Strike, 1937
- Stewart, Thomas M., 1844-1928
- Strikes and Lockouts
- Struthers (Ohio) -- Politics and Government
- Swedish Americans -- Ohio
- Swedish Baptist Church (Youngstown, Ohio)
- Syria -- Social conditions
- Syro Steel Company
U
- Ukrainians -- Ohio
- Undertakers and Undertaking
- Unemployed -- Ohio
- United Local School District (Hanoverton, Ohio).
- U.S. Army Reserves
- United States -- Description and Travel
- United States. Marine Corps -- Reserves
- United States -- National Guard -- History
- Ursuline High School (Youngstown, Ohio)
- Ursulines
W
- Warren (Ohio)
- West Virginia
- WFMJ (Radio station : Youngstown, Ohio)
- Williamson, Warren P.
- WKBN
- Women -- Ohio
- Woodstock Festival (1969 : Bethel, N.Y.)
- Working Class -- Ohio
- World War, 1914-1918 – Personal Narratives, American
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 – Personal Narratives, American
- WYSU Radio Station
Y
- Young Men’s Chistian Association (Youngstown, Ohio) -- History
- Catholic Church. Diocese of Youngstown (Ohio) – History
- Youngstown, Ohio
- Youngstown Playhouse
- Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
- Youngstown State University
- Youngstown State University -- History.
- Youngstown Telegram
- Yugoslavs -- Ohio -- Youngstown