Interview with individuals, usually tape-recorded or videotaped, where they will tell personal stories, the story of their life or focus on a particular topic. Aim is to preserve the firsthand knowledge of events.
Resources relating to sound and oral history archive collections
The aural record or written transcript of a planned and recorded oral interview.
a field of study and a method of gathering, preserving and interpreting the voices and memories of people, communities, and participants in past events
a life's story shared collaboratively with a fieldworker, emphasizing the individual's life against the cultural significance of that life
a life story shared orally through a series of conversations with another person
an autobiography that, instead of being written, is done with questions and answers by an interviewer--in this case, Vikki Ford
an ideal way to tell the story of a renegade league with a colorful cast of characters
an in-depth interview which
a piece of writing that tells about someone's life using that person's words
a specific type of interview used to document and understand how larger cultural, social, and economic changes have affected the lives of individuals and communities
a story that living individuals tell about their past, or about the past of others closely related either through friendship, familial or other ties
a structured conversation on tape that
a tape-recorded conversation," said a source
Knowledge of past events and traditions that have been passed down by spoken words. This history is often recorded on tape and then put in writing.
The practice or tradition of passing cultural or familial information to further generations by word of mouth, or story telling. Oral histories often contain information not available in other historical forms, and serve to enrich written history with human feelings and personal accounts of global events.
A verbal reminicense or description of past events or experiences, usually recorded in interviews.
collecting interviews of ordinary people to get their stories about their participation in events, which fills gaps in written records and tells of those who are often absent from official histories.
collection of memories and stories
Verbally transmitted information about past events. Although often providing valuable information about non-written events, such history is subject to the vagaries of human perceptions and mental recall.
The products of planned oral interviews with individuals, usually in the form of sound recordings or transcripts. Top of the page
an oral history is a collection of family stories told by a member of the family or by a close family friend. Normally, an oral history is transcribed onto paper, or is video or tape recorded. Oral histories can yield some of the best information about a family -- the kinds of things that you won't find written in records.
a process of collecting, usually by means of a tape-recorded interview, recollections, accounts, and personal experience narratives of individuals for the purpose of expanding the historical record of a place, event, person, or cultural group
Evidence taken from the spoken words of people who have knowledge of past events and traditions. This oral history is often recorded on tape and then put in writing. It is used in history books and to document claims.
An oral account of a past event or process in the words of one who experienced it.
The audio recording or transcript which results from planned oral interviews with individuals. These created and preserved interviews are intended for use by researchers and historians.
Oral history is an account of something passed down by word of mouth from one generation to another. Oral history is considered by some historians to be an unreliable source for the study of history. However, other historians consider it to be a valid means for preserving and transmitting history.