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Oral History

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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

  • Sady Sullivan

    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...

  • Elizabeth Grefrath

    Elizabeth Grefrath

    Special Assistant to the Legal Director at ACLU

  • Fiona Cosson

    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...

  • David Cline

    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...

  • Cynthia Brown

    Cynthia Brown

    Historical research, writing & teaching

  • Doug Boyd

    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...

  • John Wolford, Ph.D.

    John Wolford, Ph.D.

    Independent Researcher

  • Joan Zenzen

    Joan Zenzen

    Independent Historian of Federal Government Histories

    I write histories of governmental agencies and local organizations so that decision-makers--that includes agency...

  • Elspeth Millar

    Elspeth Millar

    List Editor for H-Oralhist at H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences On-Line

  • Marie Scatena

    Marie Scatena

    Independent Museums and Institutions Professional

  • Michelle Winslow

    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...

  • Hilary Young

    Hilary Young

    Digital Curator at Museum of London

  • Michael Frisch

    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,...

  • Peggy Bulger

    Peggy Bulger

    Retired Director, American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress

  • Maggie Holtzberg

    Maggie Holtzberg

    Director of Cultural Programming at Lowell National Historical Park

  • Deborah D. Lattimore

    Deborah D. Lattimore

    Owner of Technitype Transcripts

    Since 1982, TechniType Transcripts has provided superior-quality transcription, editing, and indexing to oral...

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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

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