Oral History
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Primary Industry: Museums and Institutions
Oral history is the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews. These interviews are conducted with people who participated in or observed past events and whose memories and perceptions of these are to be preserved as an aural record for future generations. Oral history strives to obtain information…
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Oral History Professionals
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Sady Sullivan
Director of Oral History, Brooklyn Historical Society
Sady Sullivan brings ten years of story-collecting experience to her role as oral historian at the Brooklyn...
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Elizabeth Grefrath
Special Assistant to the Legal Director at ACLU
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Fiona Cosson
Research Associate at Manchester Metropolitan University
I am a PhD student at the University of Northampton, researching ‘histories of community'. I am using a...
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David Cline
Assistant Professor of History, Virginia Tech
David P. Cline is Assistant Professor in the History Department at Virginia Tech. His research focuses on 20th...
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Cynthia Brown
Historical research, writing & teaching
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Doug Boyd
Director, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at University of Kentucky
Oral History provides tremendous opportunities for an academic research library to collect crucial primary source...
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John Wolford, Ph.D.
Independent Researcher
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Joan Zenzen
Independent Historian of Federal Government Histories
I write histories of governmental agencies and local organizations so that decision-makers--that includes agency...
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Elspeth Millar
List Editor for H-Oralhist at H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences On-Line
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Marie Scatena
Independent Museums and Institutions Professional
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Michelle Winslow
Researcher at University of Sheffield
I'm a researcher/oral historian with the Academic Unit of Supportive Care, University of Sheffield. My work...
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Hilary Young
Digital Curator at Museum of London
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Michael Frisch
Principal, Randforce Associates, LLC, & Professor of Am. Studies & History/ Sr Research Scholar at Univ at Buffalo
Michael Frisch is Professor of History & American Studies/ Senior Research Scholar at the University at Buffalo,...
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Peggy Bulger
Retired Director, American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
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Maggie Holtzberg
Director of Cultural Programming at Lowell National Historical Park
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Deborah D. Lattimore
Owner of Technitype Transcripts
Since 1982, TechniType Transcripts has provided superior-quality transcription, editing, and indexing to oral...
Oral History Groups
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Oral History Network
A networking and discussion group for oral history practitioners from across the world.
- 961 members
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Oral History Association
The Oral History Association, established in 1966, seeks to bring together all persons interested in oral history as a way of...
- 639 members
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Oral History in Museums
Professionals working in all aspects of Oral History projects, programs, exhibitions, and collections in a Museums: oral historians,...
- 377 members
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American Association for State and Local History
This group is designed for members of the American Association for State and Local History as well as others interested in the field...
- 2,458 members
