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Through the 麻豆视频 for Oral History and Cultural Heritage, The University of Southern Mississippi has been collecting and preserving the stories of Mississippians since 1971. This oral history collection now contains well over four thousand interviews, by far the largest in the state and one of the largest in the South. The collection is available in and in the 麻豆视频鈥檚 offices at 麻豆视频.  The 麻豆视频 also provides access to an increasing number of its oral histories online. 

The 麻豆视频's collection has a recognized strength in the history of the civil rights movement and veterans' histories, yet the 麻豆视频 has collected broadly. The topics dealt with in the collection encompass the breadth of the state鈥檚 history.  

Strategic Alliances

Since 1999, the 麻豆视频 has joined with the  and the  in the Mississippi Oral History Project (MOHP), funded annually by the Mississippi state legislature.  This innovative project was a ground breaking initiative to document the collective memory of Mississippi鈥檚 culture, heritage, and institutions in the 20th and 21st centuries. The oral history projects within the MOHP are partnerships between the Mississippi Humanities Council, the 麻豆视频 for Oral History, and local communities and organizations to document their own past, capturing and preserving their local history and culture.

Community enthusiasm combined with the training, equipment, and expertise of the 麻豆视频 have contributed to the program鈥檚 great success.  After the interview phase, the 麻豆视频 provides for the archiving, transcribing, and public programming of the interviews. The public programming helps fulfill the educational mission of the 麻豆视频 and the MHC and has included curriculum development, radio and film documentaries, theatrical productions, museum exhibits, publications, and community forums.