- Step-by-Step
Guide to Oral History
Part of the History Toolkit at the DoHistory site.
- Oral
History Techniques
Practical tips from the Center for the Study of History and Memory at Indiana University - Using
oral history
Resources for student and teachers from the Library of Congress
- Yahoo oral history resources
Books about Oral History at the UW Bothell/Cascadia Library
- Your family history : a handbook for research and writing CS16 .K95 1986 Curriculum Stacks
- Your self as history : family history and its effects on your personality : a research guide HQ515 .W55 1992
- The voice of the past : oral history D16.14 .T48
- The tape-recorded interview : a manual for field workers in folklore and oral history GR45.5 .I93 1995
- Women's words : the feminist practice of oral history HQ1121 .W886 1991
- Oral
History web archives, by subject and selected Sound
files
- In
the first person: an index to letters, diaries, oral histories and personal
narratives
Lists more than 3,350 archives of personal narratives in English from around the world. From free and commercial sites - not all are available online
- Densho:the
Japanese American Legacy Project (please note: you will need to request
access to the interviews)
- Black
Oral History Project and
Spokane Washington - the civil rights experience from WSU
- Pacific
Northwest Labor History Project, including Communism
in Washington State - from the UW
- WPA
Life Histories - Manuscripts from the Federal Writers Project, 1936-1940
- Voices
from the Days of Slavery (from the Library of Congress American Memory
Project)
- StoryCorps
- national oral history project
- more oral history resources...
UW
Libraries Catalog
Using the
UW Libraries Catalog to find oral history sources
- Limit your search by year of publication.
- Search for books written by key participants and organizations.
- Use the subject headings "personal narratives," “oral history”, "diaries", "interviews", and/or "correspondence," in conjunction with your search.
- Browse the shelves in the appropriate subject area (or use the call number browse capability of the Catalog).
Examples of “keyword” searches:
Trade
unions and history and su:personal narratives
african americans and su:interviews
japanese americans and su:(diaries or correspondence or narratives or oral history)
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