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23. Oral History Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: 23

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Dorothy Vann Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 23-1
Scope and Contents

The Dorothy Vann Oral History Collection contains audio recordings created by Dorothy Vann who recorded interviews with residents of Chicago North Park neighborhood. The bulk of these recordings are from the 1970s and 1980s and were interviews conducted with long time residents of the North Park neighborhood. They document the neighborhood, North Park College (now North Park University), North Park Covenant Church, and Swedish-American aspects of the neighborhood.

Dates: 1977 - 1996

Individual Oral History Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: 23-0
Scope and Contents

Collection includes oral history transcriptions, audio recordings, and related materials that are not part of other oral history projects with the F.M. Johnson Archives and Special Collections.

Dates: Various

Oral History Collection - Evangelical Covenant Church History

 Collection
Identifier: 23-5
Scope and Contents

This collection contains oral histories conducted by seminary students for the course HSTY 6300: History and Theology of the Covenant Church.

Dates: 2010 - 2018

Retired and Former Evangelical Covenant Church Leader Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: 23-4
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview recordings; interviews conducted by Philip J. Anderson with former superintendents, missionaries, North Park University administrators, and Evangelical Covenant Church president Glenn Palmberg. All of the interviews occurred at the 2010 Annual Meeting in St. Paul, Minnesota, except for the Palmberg interviews. The 125th anniversary of the Evangelical Covenant Church prompted this project.

Dates: 2010