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Gold Shield and The Oral History Program
Gold Shield and Oral History were linked in 1970 through the efforts of founding member Ann Sumner. At the time, Oral History was a fledgling program at UCLA. In the ensuing years Gold Shield provided financial backing and volunteer aid, donated equipment, helped with publicity, published the catalog, and in general acted as a "friends" group to the Oral History Program. By 1982, Gold Shield was committing annually to a $5000 gift that included sponsorship of a student intern interview or project. When an intern is not available, Gold Shield continues to support an Oral History Interview in the field of university history annually. Overall, the organization has provided more than $150,000 to the UCLA program which is now one of the most prestigious Oral History Programs in the nation. In 2006 the UCLA Oral History Program requested that Gold Shield focus on the awarding of Oral History Graduate Research Grants. The grants are up to $2500 apiece to UCLA graduate students in any field of study who, as part of their dissertation research are conducting oral history or other in-depth qualitative interviews with a comparable social or historical focus. Two such awards were granted in 2006.
