Oral histories are collected on an ongoing basis. Projects are often embedded within courses and have resulted in several distinct oral history collections:
Students of Color Oral History Exhibit
Faculty Strike Oral History Exhibit
Oral Histories in Millersville’s Repository
For more information on oral history methodology, review the resources created by the Oral History Association: https://www.oralhistory.org/
The link below is for the One Millersville Project, a joint venture of the Millersville University archives and the Department of Communication & Theatre. We are trying to compile the shared stories of the university community in whatever form of media is most meaningful to each individual. Make a video, record an audio file, write an essay or story, take a photo or create some other form of art. Just share with us something that tells your story in this time while the university, and the world, is dealing with the challenge of the Coronavirus.
Access digital collections based on resources from our collections (rare books, manuscripts, photographs, postcards, oral histories, university archives, theses and dissertations):
Millersville Repository & Archives
Connect to these collaborative digital initiatives, within Pennsylvania and beyond:
Slavery & Abolition in the U.S.
Slavery & Abolition in the US – Dickinson College
Digital Public Library of America:
Jackie Werts is a post bacc/grad student in Early Childhood Education. She was an undergrad student at MU 20 years ago and currently is employed at St. Leo the Great Catholic School. When schools announced their closures on March 13th, Jackie used the skills she had learned in her Education Foundations Technology class and quickly got to work creating trainings for her fellow teachers at her school, utilizing Google Classroom, Zoom, Flipgrid and many more programs to help get the the school’s transition to distance learning off the ground and running!
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Chromatic Expansion Virtual Acappella Group)
“When you need a friend I’m sailing right behind. Like a bridge over troubled water, I will ease your mind” (Simon and Garfunkel). This song symbolizes so mu…
Chromatic Expansion Virtual Acappella Group
3/27/2020 – Leslie Gates – Art
OneMillersville – Leslie Gates 3/27/2020
Featuring Autographs, Books and Political Buttons of James A. Jolly who was a member of the Millersville History Department from 1966 until his retirement in 1998. He collected these materials as part of his interest in the American political system.
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James A. Jolly Collection
Several racist and anti-Muslim events took place at Millersville University following President Trump’s election in November, 2016. In a case that received national attention, two white students in blackface shared their photo through Snapchat. In another, a Muslim student had her hijab pulled off by a group of young white men on campus.
The Students of Color Oral History Project explored the campus environment for students of color at Millersville University during the academic year 2017 – 2018
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Students of Color Oral History Project
Highlights the life at Millersville University 75 years ago.
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1943: Millersville State Teacher College
Special Bindings, Handmade Papers and Illustrated Books
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Art of the Book
