The purpose of oral history is simple: to preserve people's experiences in their own words. It is more deliberate than casual conversation yet less rigid than written records. It documents the way ...

1. An oral history of our time -- Memory and oral history -- Public history and oral history -- 2. Setting up an oral history project -- Funding and staffing -- Equipment -- Processing -- Legal ...

Memory is a repository for history—one that can be unlocked by the voice. But living memory can be lost forever if it is not recorded. That is why historians across the Smithsonian are racing to ...

Looking for a vade mecum / Thomas L. Charlton -- I: Foundations -- The history of oral history / Rebecca Sharpless -- Oral history as evidence / Ronald J. Grele -- II: Methodology -- Research design ...