People

Colin Hyde

Researcher/Outreach

Office hours: Monday to Friday
ch38@le.ac.uk

Colin's involvement with oral history goes back to the Leicester Oral History Archive, which he joined in 1988. Since then, he has worked with many community-based oral history projects. Colin has been with the East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA) at the University of Leicester since 2001. He was seconded to the British Library's Unlocking Our Sound Heritage Midlands Hub, also at the University of Leicester, between 2018-2021, and has managed the Sounds for the Future project from 2022-2024. Colin has many years’ experience of giving advice, help and training in oral history. He has helped to create oral history related exhibitions, books, CDs, podcasts, videos and websites.