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Podcasts of digitized audio content from collections:



Podcasts of new material, developed specifically for the podcasts:

  • National Archives (UK): Voices of the Armistice - "Welcome to our series of podcasts launched to mark the 90th anniversary of the Armistice. These evocative podcasts bring alive the individual experiences of those who served in the First World War. They highlight some of the unusual and interesting stories that can be found in military records at The National Archives. New podcasts will be added to the series until 21 November 2008."
  • The University of South Florida’s Special Collections is using podcasts to highlight collections and provide such patron information as proper handling of books and what to expect on your first visit to the department, access them at: http://itunes.usf.edu/
  • "Cool Things" Podcast from the Kansas Museum of History: http://www.kshs.org/audiotours/coolthings/index.htm which seems to be part of the Kansas State Historical Society
  • Minnesota Historical Society - Collections Up Close (video podcast) http://discussions.mnhs.org/collections/category/podcasts/
  • The National Archives of the UK also sponsors the "Learning Curve podcast: "Past Masters is a podcast series specially produced for Learning Curve. It features a mix of lectures from top academics specifically aimed at pupils alongside radio-style investigations of historical topics using primary documents from the National Archives read by actors.
  • "A Kansas Memory" -- different podcast from Kansas Historical Society
  • Montana Mosaic- "The Montana Historical Society's Montana Mosaic: 20th-Century People and Events project provides teachers and students with unparalleled historical research and access to images, still and moving, from the archives of he Montana Historical Society and KUFM-Montana PBS. This project was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. This PodCast is brought to you by the Montana Offic of Public Instruction."
  • Maynard (Mass.) Historical Society Podcasts http://web.maynard.ma.us/historyblog/
  • U.S. Army - This Week in U.S. Army History -- each one minute long.
  • Guided By History" podcasts - Wells Fargo History Museum http://blog.wellsfargo.com/guidedbyhistory/Podcasts/
  • "Walking Indiana University's Old Crescent" - 8 part walking tour series, each episode discusses the history of a different building.
  • "Student Life in the 19th Century" - 4 part series, also from Indiana University
  • George Eastman House - available via iTunes: "This series of Podcasts features behind-the-scenes interviews with the Museum's curators and archivists, as well as visiting artists and filmmakers, revealing the richness of the Museum's collections and programming."
Podcasts capturing talks, lectures, and events:


"One-off" podcasts:
  • Available as a download from iTunes, NARA and Acoustiguide have produced an audio tour of the travelling exhibit “Eyewitness.”
  • Brooklyn Historical Society on iTunes--mixed bag of audio files, not really a podcast so much as recordings on a series of topics, such as current exhibtions, etc.,
  • New York Historical Society: Hidden Sites of Slavery and Freedom Tour: You can take your own guided historical walking tour around the city via cell phone (1-800-895-8161), video, video podcast, audio podcast or words embedded on paper. Points for offering every format possible and not caring whether or not it still qualifies as a podcast.

History-related podcasts--not primarily archives-related:


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