Oral History Archive
Welcome to the University of Hertfordshire Oral History Digital Archive
The University of Hertfordshire’s award-winning Oral History Team believes that ‘Memories Matter’. Every year, students, staff and members of the local community are professionally trained in the arts of interviewing, going on to take part in memory-gathering projects.
The original files are stored in the University archive. This web site gives free public access to those recordings that the interviewees have agreed to make freely available. The archive was constructed with the support of an award from the University of Hertfordshire Charitable Trust to commemorate the University’s 60th anniversary in 2012.
The projects and oral history recordings are listed at the end of the page. Our newest projects are Virus Diaries and Weathering the Storm, recording the experiences of under-represented individuals during the 2020-21 Covid pandemic, and Coronation Choristers, recording the memories of choristers who sang at the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, in the Coronation Year of 2023.
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About Andrew Green
Andrew Green arrived at the University of Hertfordshire with the experience of a long career as a BBC radio presenter and producer, in the course of which he has conducted many thousands of interviews on a vast range of topics. Among his subjects over the years have been two Prime Ministers, two Archbishops of Canterbury, Paul McCartney, Cliff Richard...and World Cup-winning striker, Geoff Hurst. However, one of his greatest pleasures has been hearing extraordinary stories told by ordinary people from many walks of life.
Andrew's role as a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at UH involves him firstly in training students, staff and local community members in interview techniques. That expertise has then been applied in a range of UH oral history projects, from gathering memories of one-time employees of the de Havilland aircraft business and supporters of Stevenage Football Club, to interviews with UH international students - the WorldStory project.
Andrew has overseen Oral History Team projects involving such partners as Waitrose, Watford Football Club, Hertford Choral Society and the Society of Radiographers.
Projects and oral history recordings
- Coronation Choristers
- Remembering Hiroshima
