Oral Histories
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Oral Histories
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These interviews are a part of a project titled, “From Hitler’s Europe to the Golden State” which are housed at CSU Fullerton. It is archived at the Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History (COPH). Please use the full citations below if used in research. Jennifer’s culminating experience to receive a history masters degree was completing an oral history project at CSU, Fullerton. It was composed of six oral histories with transcription and sixty-five pages of research analysis. Her personal collection contains European women from Germany, France, and Czechoslovakia who migrated to California. Jennifer primarily observed the home life conditions during and after war.
The Keil sisters utilize their cross-disciplinary skills to capture and preserve narratives. Jennifer and Cindy implemented the oral history Legacy Program at the Balboa Island Museum which has captured more that fifty interviews. This was a community history project of the island and the individuals who shaped the culture. A project proposal outlining all the stages was provided to the board prior to filming the candidates. The video archive contains over forty interviews. Four highlight reels were created to engage visitors at the oral history station. They are the following: Over the Bridge, Holiday Memories, Jolly Roger Memories, and Celebrity Encounters.
The Keil sisters utilize their cross-disciplinary skills to capture and preserve narratives. Jennifer and Cindy implemented the oral history Legacy Program at the Balboa Island Museum which has captured more that fifty interviews. This was a community history project of the island and the individuals who shaped the culture. A project proposal outlining all the stages was provided to the board prior to filming the candidates. The video archive contains over forty interviews. Four highlight reels were created to engage visitors at the oral history station. They are the following: Over the Bridge, Holiday Memories, Jolly Roger Memories, and Celebrity Encounters.
Collection Items
The Home Front
The Home Front
Jennifer Keil
19 Pages, Oral history
Society typically associates wartime memories with battlefield experiences, but women endured an entirely different dimension of the war—the home front. Jennifer Keil argues oral histories…
Gisela Bandurraga
Gisela Bandurraga, interview by Jennifer Keil, October 10, 2012, OH 5061.1, Center for Oral and Public History, California State University, Fullerton.
Gisela Bandurraga
Gisela Bandurraga, interview by Jennifer Keil, March 6, 2013, OH 5061.2, Center for Oral and Public History, California State University, Fullerton.
Michéle Cooke
Michéle Cooke, interview by Jennifer Keil, November 15, 2012, OH 5089, Center for Oral and Public History, California State University, Fullerton.
Edith Erickson
Edith Erickson, interview by Jennifer Keil, March 27, 2013, OH 5179, Center for Oral and Public History, California State University, Fullerton
Margo Delp
Margo Delp, interview by Jennifer Keil, April 11, 2013, OH 5180, Center for Oral and Public History, California State University, Fullerton.
Juliane Hodjera
Juliane Hodjera, interview by Jennifer Keil, May 8th, 2013, OH 5181, Center for Oral and Public History, California State University, Fullerton.
Balboa Island Museum Oral Histories
The poster was presented at the 2016 Southwest Oral History Association session at the Center for Oral and Public History at CSUF. Cindy and Jennifer presented, “Over the Bridge: Creating a Sustainable Oral History Program” at the Southwest Oral…