The Women's Library holds a short run of 'SHE' magazine from 1970-1973. Zuhra Karim (LSE alumna) started the magazine in Karachi in 1963.

We'd like to locate copies of 'SHE' magazine from the 1960s for a project we're working on. Please get in touch if you can help.

EMOHA will be at Hinckley library today. If you’re in the area drop in for a chat about oral history, audio preservation and , of course, listen to recorded memories of local people HinckleyPastPresent The Hinckley Times Leics Libraries

📣The Oral History Review has a call for
papers for a special issue dedicated to Oral History and
Disability. The deadline is March 31,
2024 📣

To submit your articles & learn more, use the OHR submission portal:
mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ohr

The next stop on EMOHA's tour of the region will be at Robert Hall Church, Narborough Rd, Leicester, Tuesday 19th March at 7pm. This FREE talk will focus on how to record & preserve oral histories, with lots of local examples. #LeicesterHistory Leicester Museums & Galleries Leics Record Office

People of Melton Mowbray, you were magnificent! Great turn out at Melton Library this week for my talk on oral history: the first of what they hope will be regular talks. Thanks to library staff for the warm welcome Melton Times L&R Heritage Forum Leics Libraries The National Lottery Heritage Fund Midlands & East

Delve into the University of Leicester Students’ Union archives and explore the student experience of the twentieth century. Everyone is welcome to join us on a trip down memory lane!

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#LITLEICS24 #LiteraryLeicester #UniversityOfLeicester

Delighted that archive radio preserved at University of Leicester by East Midlands Oral History Archive has contributed to BBC Leicester new series on 'The Miners' Strike: 40 years on'. Mining Heritage East Midlands South Midlands Mining Heritage 💙🌍⚒️ PEACE 🇺🇦 Women in the Miners' Strike 1984-5 Black Coal Miners Listen: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0h…

The @OHS + British Library Oral History are holding an #OralHistory Festival in July!
A day of reflection, discussion + participation. This is not a call for papers but ideas for informal sessions. What have you always wanted to talk to other oral history folks about? ohs.org.uk/events/oral-hi…

We're giving another FREE talk! At Melton Library, Mon 11th March at 7pm. Oral history, the work of EMOHA, memories of the Melton area Melton Times L&R Heritage Forum Leics Libraries LeicsRutFHS Tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/oral-history…

Over the next couple of months we're travelling the length & breadth of the East Midlands giving talks & running drop-in events. To see if we're going to be near you for a cup of tea & natter, have a look at our itinerary on our latest blog, 'On the Road': eastmidsoha.home.blog/2024/02/23/on-…

Looking forward to seeing you this afternoon Harborough Museum playing memories from Harborough, showing how to use recording equipment, chatting about oral history. Join us for tea/biscuits & trip down memory lane marketharborough.com Harborough Mail Market Harborough WI Market Harborough CC #Harborough

Did you know Harborough Museum has a collection of 200 oral history interviews about the town and district? Find out more on Tuesday when EMOHA visits for the afternoon. marketharborough.com Harborough Mail Market Harborough WI Market Harborough CC #Harborough

This coming Tuesday afternoon we will be at Harborough Museum playing voices from our collections, showing how to use recording equipment, chatting about oral history. Join us for tea/biscuits & memories! marketharborough.com Harborough Mail Market Harborough WI Market Harborough CC   #Harborough

Until 4pm, pop along to #Rutland County Museum to hear some local Oral history of #Rutland and #Leicestershire
Then tonight at 7.30pm, a FREE talk on it featuring some local examples from Colin Hyde East Midlands Oral History Archive

EMOHA will in Rutland Museum this Thursday! Drop in for tea, cake and listen to memories from our collections, 2-4pm. Then giving a talk at Museum for Rutland Local History & Record Society at 7.30pm. All welcome! Oakham Nub News Rutland & Stamford Sound Rutland Council L&R Heritage Forum

Join us for the SBC's Holocaust Memorial Day lecture in partnership with Leicester Museums & Galleries and the University of Leicester Heritage Hub! Professor Benjamin Ziemann Uni of Shef History on Martin Niemöller, and Holocaust remembrance in post-war Germany. Weds 24 January 2024, 5.30pm HyPIR at Leicester

It's Christmas! Enhance your celebrations with memories of Christmas celebrations in the early part of the 20th century, including preparations, decorations, the shops, customs, Christmas dinner and how people celebrated the festival: specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collec…

Who will be doing the cooking, washing up and cleaning over Christmas? If you were in domestic service in the 1920s & '30s you might have been doing it for someone else as well as yourself. Memories of maids & housekeepers: specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collec…

We love the new Hop! bus service in Leicester, but wouldn't it be great to have the trams back again? You didn't know Leicester used to have trams? The last one ran in 1949 - memories of working on and using the trams, plus a few unfortunate accidents: specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collec…

Travelling by train over the next few days? Not so long ago Leicester had three main stations, one of the oldest in existence at West Bridge, and lines heading off all over the country. Listen to memories of railway workers stretching back many years: specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collec…