A project conducted by Biola undergrads that involved videotaping interviews from key figures familiar with Biola's history. The project took place in preparation for Biola's Centennial celebration.

Interview Transcripts

Project Specifications

The syllabus for the oral history class, conducted in fall 2006, says: The Biola University Centennial Committee is interested in gathering oral histories for the upcoming celebration. This collection of 100th anniversary oral histories will be done chiefly by Biola students. Students chosen to participate in this process will receive both course credit and a modest stipend.
Students will receive training in the methodology and techniques of oral history and then carry out background research, conduct fieldwork interviews, and transcribe audio-visual tapes. Although grounded in scholarship, the oral histories being done are designed to accommodate the “real world” needs of the upcoming anniversary celebrations.

Participants

Instructor

Megan Tanaka, Project Manager of the Centennial Oral History Project, received her B.A. in History and M.A. in American Studies at CSUF. She co-edited a selection of student oral histories in Behind the Orange Curtain: Religious Pluralism in a Southern California County. During the project, she was teaching Ethnic Studies and Asian American Studies as adjunct faculty in the North Orange County Community College District.

Students

Stephen Hale
Heidi Myers
Brandon Rogers
Alica Stevans