1968 |
Pittsburgh’s NCJW embarked on an exciting and innovative Oral History I project. Trained volunteer interviewers tape-recorded the immigrant experiences of Jewish men and women who came from Eastern Europe between 1890 and 1924. |
1972 |
By Myself I'm A Book was published based upon the recorded stories of the Jewish immigrants who settled in Pittsburgh. |
1973 |
NCJW expanded its ongoing Oral History II project to compile the histories of Pittsburgh's Jewish men and women who made contributions locally, nationally or internationally. |
1974 |
“Viewing our Past,” slide show depicting a composite respondent is developed and presented to the national Oral History Colloquium in Jackson Hole, WY. |
1980 |
“Bridges To History,” a 26-minute documentary film, written and produced by NCJW for the national meeting of the American Jewish Historical Society, described the impetus for the projects and highlighted information from interviews with respondents. |
1981 |
My Voice Was Heard was published, describing the contributions and impact Jewish men and women interviewed from 1974-1979 made to the development of the Pittsburgh community, nation and Israel. |
1982 |
A Pennsylvania Endowment for the Humanities grant enabled an NCJW team to teach high school social studies teachers and supervisors how to develop an oral history project using the community as a social laboratory. |
1985 |
“Partners in Creation,” a pamphlet for discussion leaders was designed as a curriculum guide to My Voice Was Heard. |
1989 |
Roots of Jewish Values, a study group, was formed to explore the link between one’s Jewish heritage and family values in contemporary times. Basis for discussion centered on materials from My Voice Was Heard, and other supplementary materials. |
1991 |
“Access to an Oral History Collection,” computer-accessible indices and guide to interviews from Oral History II (1971-1991), were created funded partially by a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. |
1993 |
Pittsburgh and Beyond, a directory of computer-accessible abstracts and indices to Oral History I and II was created with funding from NCJW Dorothy Blumenthal bequest. Audiotapes and collateral materials from the NCJW Oral History projects were donated to the Archives Service Center at the University of Pittsburgh. |
1996 |
“Bridges to the Future,” a documentary film describing NCJW’s 38-year project, was developed and produced for presentation to international audience at the national Oral History Colloquium in Philadelphia, PA. |
1998 |
A World Wide Web page was established for the NCJW Jewish Oral History Project |
2001 |
“Voices and Choices,” an adult education course, was piloted to show relevance of Jewish values based on information in the vast oral history collection. Funding was provided by the UJF and Rauh Foundations |
2002 |
An updated version of Pittsburgh and Beyond with interviews conducted from 1994-2001 was compiled and distributed online by the University of Pittsburgh. |
2005 |
NCJW offered a 6-week course titled “In Their Own Words: Opportunities and Choices of Life in America” which was based on the NCJW oral histories. The course was presented at CMU’s Lifelong Learning Center. |
2007-
2008 |
NCJW offered a 6-week course titled “In Their Own Words: Opportunities and Choices of Life in America” which was presented at Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes at both the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. |
2008 |
Archivist from the Archives Service Center at the University of Pittsburgh showcase the work being done to digitize the NCJW audiotapes for preservation and dissemination at the 42nd Oral History Colloquium in Pittsburgh, PA. |
2009 |
The Archives Service Center at the University of Pittsburgh completed the digitization of all 516 interviews and created a Web site for their online dissemination. |
