While we receive modest institutional support, we are a predominantly self-funded research unit of The Bancroft Library. We must raise the funds to cover the cost of each oral history. For our more comprehensive projects, we undertake ambitious fundraising campaigns. We rely on support from foundations and other institutions, but most of our funding comes from generous individuals who believe in the power of oral history.
Your support makes our work possible
Your support enables us to record and preserve a wide range of perspectives on the world’s most pressing issues. Please consider making a gift to support our work. Thank you for investing in this work and giving us the honor of preserving these remarkable first-person accounts.
Ways to support the Oral History Center
There are numerous ways you can support our work of documenting, preserving, and sharing first-person testimonies that would otherwise be lost to the historical record. You can support us by funding:
- Individual life history interviews
- Projects with multiple interviews about a specific topic or issue
- Educational initiatives such as our Advanced Institute
- Digitization and preservation
- Endowments for research areas
- Endowments for staff positions
You can make a gift online or contact us at ohc@berkeley.edu for more information about our funding needs for present and future projects.