Samuel Proctor Oral History Program - Native American History Project
University of Florida Digital Collections - Native Peoples of the Americas
A collection of more than 1,000 oral history interviews digitized from over 2,000 audio tapes recorded between 1967 – 2000. Originally funded by Doris Duke, the recordings consist of oral history interviews with members of Tribal communities east of the Mississippi and includes voices of the Catawba, Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Lumbee, and Seminole peoples. Recent funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation allowed for the revitalization of this collection. The University of Florida has partnered with the originating Tribes and Nations and the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums to create the Archive of Native American Oral History - a digital collection representing over 6,000 oral histories from over 160 Indigenous communities.
Oral history interviews in the Catawba Indian Nation Collection are no longer available online and are being co-curated by UF and the Catawba Nation Archives. UF collaborated with the Catawba Cultural Center Archives for this project. Please reach out to the Catawba Archives regarding oral histories; the collection is currently for Tribal members only.
You can find oral histories from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians on the University of Florida Digital Collections and on the Archive of Native American Oral History. UF partnered with the Museum of the Cherokee People and the Tribal Historic Preservation Office of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for this project. The materials are being co-curated by UF and the Museum of the Cherokee People.
You can find oral histories from the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina on the University of Florida Digital Collections (in progress). UF partnered with Lumbee Tribal Administration for this project. The materials are being co-curated by UF and the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.
You can find oral histories from the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians on the University of Florida Digital Collections and on the Archive of Native American Oral History. UF partnered with the Department of Chahta Immi Special Projects/Media Program for this project. The materials are being co-curated by UF and the Department of Chahta Immi.
You can find oral histories from the Poarch Band of Creek Indians on the University of Florida Digital Collections and on the Archive of Native American Oral History. UF partnered with the Office of Archives and Records Management for this project. Materials in the collection have been repatriated as a result of this work and digital copies are being co-curated by UF and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.
Oral history interviews in the Seminole Tribe of Florida Collection have been repatriated as a result of this work and they are no longer available online. UF collaborated with the Seminole Tribe of Florida's Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum for this project. Please reach out to Oral History division of the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum regarding oral histories. The collection is currently for Tribal members only via the Museum.