According to the recorded tradition of the North American Oral History Associa-tion," oral
history was established in 1948 as a modern technique for historical docu-mentation when …

Oral history is inherently about memory, and when oral history interviews are used" in
public," they invariably both reflect and shape public memories of the past. Oral History and …

This paper reviews critical developments in the international history of oral history and
outlines four paradigmatic revolutions in theory and practice: the postwar renaissance of …

The Oral History Manualis designed to help anyone interested in doing oral history research
to think like an oral historian. Recognizing that oral history is a research methodology, the …

Gathered here are parts I and II of the Handbook of Oral History, which set the benchmark for
knowledge of the field. The eminent contributors discuss the history and methodologies of a …

Most oral histories have been used and will continue to be used to gather information: data
about the events of the past. But they can also be used to discover un-folding …

Alice M. Hoffman is Assistant to the Deputy Secretary for Labor and Industry for the State of
Pennsylvania. A former professor of labor studies at Pennsylvania State University, she is a …

Originally intending to produce the first comprehensive scholarly reference guide to the
antecedents, practices, and theory of oral history, the editors have gone even further …

What is it that oral historians do? Prior to the publication of Envelopes of Sound oral history
was regarded as an archival practice and interviews were considered the repositories of …

The question of evidence is as good a one as any, and probably better than most, around
which to organize a few thoughts about oral history. What follows is a series of short …