SAA Oral History Section Agenda, 2016

Thursday, August 4, 2016, 3:30 pm, Rooms 204/205, Atlanta Hilton 

1.    Chair’s welcome, Rachel (5 minutes) 

2.    SAA Council Liaison, Pam Hackbart-Dean (5 minutes) 

3.    Introduction of current and incoming officers (5 minutes) 

4.    Old business  

a.       Introduction of new newsletter editor, Melissa Lindberg  

b.      SAA 2016 sessions related to Oral History

c.       Council Exemplary Service Award

d.      Final report on the SAA Oral History Project (Treshani Perera) (20 minutes)

5.    New business (10 minutes)

Presentation (20 minutes)

Following the business meeting, Sam Robson of the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will discuss the oral history work he has been doing with Ebola responders. There will be time after his talk for Q&A

Discussion (remaining time)

At the end of the section meeting, there will be an open discussion where participants can pose questions or share aspects of their experiences working with oral history collections.