Established in 1968, the Center for Oral and Public History is primarily a teaching, training, research, publication, and public service operation located at CSU Fullerton. Its archives hold over 5,500 oral histories.
The Center for Oral and Public History (COPH) - a component of the Department of History and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at California State University, Fullerton - embraces a two-fold mission. First, COPH collects and preserves the stories of distinctive individuals and diverse communities whose historical experiences have shaped the collective memory of Southern California, defined national and transnational identities, and reflected life in an era of globalization. Second, COPH undertakes and provides support services for public history projects, particularly those designed to share oral histories with students, scholars, and public audiences in Southern California and beyond. Ultimately, COPH seeks to combine the strengths of oral history and public history in order to build better connections between Cal State Fullerton and the communities - local, national, and global - to which it is tied.
oral history workshops, consultant services, community-based oral and public history projects.
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