Oral History
How oral history works, and how to record the stories a family or community carries.
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How to Plan a Community Oral History Project, Step by Step
A community oral history project needs a clear focus, trained interviewers, signed release forms and an archive chosen early; here is how to plan one.
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Questions to Ask Your Grandparents Before the Stories Are Lost
The best questions to ask grandparents are open-ended ones about home, work, family and faith; here is how to record family stories so they last for good.
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What Is Oral History? A Historian’s Plain-Language Guide
Oral history is the planned, recorded and archived interview of people about their own past; here is what oral history is, with real oral history examples.
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