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The books chosen for the course represent the basic core library every oral historian should possess. No specific chapters or page ranges will be assigned for classes. Rather, students are encouraged to study the topics and tables of contents, preparing appropriately for each class.
Chief World Wide Web Sites for Oral History
Books- Required (Available at the UMBC Bookstore)
Donald A. Ritchie. Doing Oral History. New York: Twain, 1995.
Ronald J. Grele. Envelopes of Sound: The Art of Oral History. New York: Praeger, 1991.
Willa K. Baum. Transcribing and Editing Oral History. Nashville: Altamira Press, 1995.
John N Neuenschwander. Oral History and the Law. Denton, Texas: Oral History Association, 1985.
Terri A. Schorzman. A Practical Introduction to Videohistory : The Smithsonian Institution and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Experiment. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company, 1993.
Books- Recommended (Limited copies available at the Bookstore)
Willa K. Baum, Oral History for the Local Historical Society. Nashville: AltaMira Press, 1987.
Paul Thompson, The Voice of the Past : Oral History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
David K. Dunaway & Willa K. Baum (Editors). Oral History : An Interdisciplinary Anthology. Nashville: Altamira Press, 1997.
Books- Suggested
James Hoopes. Oral History : An Introduction for Students. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1979.
Fredrick J. Stielow. The Management of Oral History Sound Archives. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.
From the Oral History Association:
http://www.dickinson.edu/oha/Publications.html
"Oral History Projects in Your Classroom" by Linda P. Wood, with introduction by Marjorie L. McLellan, 2001. Paper, 3-hole punched notebook format. 87 pages. Bibliography.
"Using Oral History in Community History Projects" by Laurie Mercier & Madeline Buckendorf 1992. Paper. 34 pages. Bibliography.
"Oral History Evaluation Guidelines", 2nd edition, 1991.
Revised: 04/30/02