The StoryCorps-Warmamas Community Archive at the University of Miami Libraries: A Collaborative Oral History Project and Case Study

Authors

  • Patricia Figueroa Sowers Warmamas
  • Bryanna Valentine Herzog University of Miami
  • Beatrice Colastin Skokan

Abstract

The StoryCorps-Warmamas Community Archives is a collaborative project between StoryCorps’ Military Voices Initiative, Warmamas — a Miami-based grassroots organization — and the University of Miami Libraries Special Collections. The Warmamas’ initiative gives a voice to the mothers of service members who serve, or have served, in the military during a time of war by providing a public space to share these mothers' individual stories. This essay examines and considers the StoryCorps-Warmamas Community Archives initiative and resulting digital collection as a case study for community-driven oral history work for institutional archives. 

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Published

2022-05-05

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022): Society of Florida Archivists Journal

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