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McCall Library Oral History Collections: Documenting War

A comprehensive list of the Oral History Collections found at the McCall Library

Veterans

Accession # 499-2009       
Veterans History Project  
Format: DVD  
Dates Covered: 2005

 

Consists of 17 interviews conducted in 2005 as part of an African-American Studies class with local military veterans who served in every major American conflict from World War II to the Iraq War. Because of the demography of the class, the overwhelming majority of the veterans interviewed were African American.

Accession # 448-2006    
Charles Kostmayer Papers
Format: CDs
Dates Covered: 1942-1945

 

An oral interview of Kostmayer Sr. discussing his service in WWII.

Holocaust

Accession # 688-2017   
Mobile Area Holocaust Survivors Collection  
Format: Transcriptions
Dates Covered: 1931-2016 (Bulk 1938-1950)

 

Transcribed interviews conducted by Gerald Darring with Holocaust survivors in Mobile.