Esther and Herbert Taylor Oral History Collection | National Council on Public History

Project Details

The Esther and Herbert Taylor Oral History Collection, housed in the Ida Pearle and Joseph Cuba Archives for Southern Jewish History at the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, consists of more than 1,000 interviews that document Jewish life in Georgia and Alabama. The collection originated in the 1970s due to an oral history project conducted by the Atlanta Jewish Federation and the Atlanta chapters of the National Council of Jewish Women and the American Jewish Committee. It has since grown to include a multitude of additional oral history projects spanning topics related to Atlanta Jewish history, Georgia Jewish history, Alabama Jewish history, and Holocaust history.

Since 2020, the Breman Museum has been cataloging the collection in Aviary and ArchivesSpace.

Subjects or Themes

Jewish history, Holocaust history, Jews -- Georgia, Jews -- Alabama, Judaism

Project Language(s)

English

Time Period

Geographic Location

Project Categories

Content Type

Oral History

Target Audience(s)

Creators

William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum

Year(s)

1976-present

Host Institution / Affiliation / Project Location

William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum

Software Employed

Labor and Support

Since 2015, the Breman Museum has been creating professional transcripts for its Esther and Herbert Taylor Oral History Collection. In 2020, the museum migrated its content management systems for oral history description to Aviary and ArchivesSpace. We have a team of full-time and part-time staff, interns, and graduate students from a local university working on the project.