Doing Oral History
Key Guidance
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 3rd ed. (2015), xvi, 347 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 311-334, index
Series: Oxford Oral History Series
ISBN 978-0-19-939519-4 (cloth); 978-0-19-932933-5 (paperback)
"Doing Oral History is considered the premier guidebook to oral history, used by professional oral historians, public historians, archivists, and genealogists as a core text in college courses and throughout the public history community. The recent development of digital audio and video recording technology has continued to alter the practice of oral history, making it even easier to produce and disseminate quality recordings. At the same time, digital technology has complicated the preservation of the recordings, past and present. This basic manual offers detailed advice for setting up an oral history project, conducting interviews and using oral history for research, making video recordings, preserving oral history collections in archives and libraries, and teaching and presenting oral history." (Publisher description)
1 AN ORAL HISTORY OF OUR TIME, 1
Memory and Oral History -- Public History and Oral History
2 SETTING UP AN ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, 35
Funding and Staffing -- Equipment -- Processing -- Legal Concerns -- Archiving and the Internet
3 CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS, 73
Preparation for the Interview -- Setting up the Interview -- Conducting the Interview -- Concluding the Interview
4 USING ORAL HISTORY IN RESEARCH AND WRITING, 103
Oral Evidence -- Theory -- Publishing Oral History
5 VIDEO ORAL HISTORY, 137
Setting and Equipment -- Processing and Preserving Video Recordings -- Video Documentaries, Exhibits, and the Internet
6 PRESERVING ORAL HISTORY IN ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES, 161
Managing Oral History Collections -- Sound Recordings -- Digital Oral Archives -- Donated Interviews -- Legal Considerations -- Public Outreach
7 TEACHING ORAL HISTORY, 193
Oral History in Elementary and Secondary Schools -- Oral History in Undergraduate and Graduate Education -- Institutional Review Boards
8 PRESENTING ORAL HISTORY, 234
Oral History Websites -- Community History -- Family Interviewing -- Therapeutic Uses of Oral History -- Museums and Historic Sites -- Radio and Television -- Performance
APPENDICES, 273
Principles and Best Practices for Oral History of the Oral History Association -- Sample Legal Release Forms
Memory and Oral History -- Public History and Oral History
2 SETTING UP AN ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, 35
Funding and Staffing -- Equipment -- Processing -- Legal Concerns -- Archiving and the Internet
3 CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS, 73
Preparation for the Interview -- Setting up the Interview -- Conducting the Interview -- Concluding the Interview
4 USING ORAL HISTORY IN RESEARCH AND WRITING, 103
Oral Evidence -- Theory -- Publishing Oral History
5 VIDEO ORAL HISTORY, 137
Setting and Equipment -- Processing and Preserving Video Recordings -- Video Documentaries, Exhibits, and the Internet
6 PRESERVING ORAL HISTORY IN ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES, 161
Managing Oral History Collections -- Sound Recordings -- Digital Oral Archives -- Donated Interviews -- Legal Considerations -- Public Outreach
7 TEACHING ORAL HISTORY, 193
Oral History in Elementary and Secondary Schools -- Oral History in Undergraduate and Graduate Education -- Institutional Review Boards
8 PRESENTING ORAL HISTORY, 234
Oral History Websites -- Community History -- Family Interviewing -- Therapeutic Uses of Oral History -- Museums and Historic Sites -- Radio and Television -- Performance
APPENDICES, 273
Principles and Best Practices for Oral History of the Oral History Association -- Sample Legal Release Forms
