[1] Its mission is that they are "a dynamic crossroads of ideas and people, connecting and inspiring practitioners, and supporting their work to ethically collect, preserve, share, and interpret memories which foster knowledge and respect.
In its first newsletter, in June 1967, the association announced that it had been incorporated as a registered non-profit educational organization in New York State.
[4] In 1968 Louis Starr organized the Second National Colloquium on Oral History which was held at Arden House in Harriman, New York.
[7] In October 2022 it was announced that in January 2023 the association would move its headquarters to the Institute for Oral History at Baylor University, in Waco, Texas.
[8] OHA Executive Office Stephen Sloan, Executive Director Steven Sielaff, Assistant Director Hailey Rowe, Program Associate OHA Officers and Council Members President Tomas F. Summers Sandoval, Jr., Pomona College Vice-President/President-Elect Kelly Elaine Navies, Smithsonian, National Museum of African American History and Culture First Vice President Troy Reeves, University of Wisconsin-Madison Past President Amy Starecheski, Columbia University Council Cynthia Tobar (2020–2023), Bronx Community College Zaheer Ali (2021–2024), The Lawrenceville School Alissa Rae Funderburk (2021–2024), Jackson State University Nishani Frazier (2022–2025), University of Kansas Shanna Farrell (2022–2025), University of California Treasurer Mary Larson, Oklahoma State University[9] OHA holds an annual meeting that focuses on different oral history topics, hosts a Wiki for sharing resources, and hosts an online OHA Network for finding other members with similar interests.