COVID-19 Oral History Collection

Collection

Identifier: COV

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

In 2022, the University of Notre Dame sponsored an oral history project to document the campus community’s experience during the COVID-19 pandemic.The resulting collection includes audio recordings of 85 oral history interviews conducted with administrators, faculty, staff, and students about the University of Notre Dame’s response to, and the campus community’s experience of, the pandemic. A signed consent form and full interview transcription accompanies each recording.

The collection also includes excerpts from two student journals; a spreadsheet listing official university press releases during the pandemic (January 2020 to July 2021); and materials for an oral history course entitled “Chronicling Covid” that Dr. Anna Holdorf offered in spring 2022. A postdoctoral research associate in the Department of History, Holdorf served as coordinator for the project.

Dates

Creation: 2020 - 2023

Creator

Holdorf, Anna B. (Anna Beth) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research. Advance notice is required. Some interviews are restricted according to donor requests, federal and state law, and/or University of Notre Dame policy. For more information, please contact the University of Notre Dame Archives.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright for original material in this collection has been transferred to the University of Notre Dame du Lac. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner(s). Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Extent

8.87 Gigabytes (289 files, 98 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Files are arranged in two series with subseries. The contents of each subseries are arranged alphabetically by the first name of the interviewee.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials donated to the University of Notre Dame Archives by Anna Holdorf on January 30, 2023 (acc. #2023-011).

Processing Information

Retained original order of folders and files with the exception of the folder for the Spring 2022 oral history class, which was added to the “Related Materials” series. Also changed the title of Series 3 from “Other Materials” to “Related Materials.”