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An Introductory Bibliography of Oral History Sources

The Theory, The Research Techniques, and the Process of Oral History Interviewing

Allen, Barbara, and William Lynwood Montell.  From Memory to History:  Using Oral Sources in Local Historical Research.  Jackson:  University Press of Mississippi, 1991.

Baum, Willa K.  Oral History for the Local Historical Society.  Nashville:  American Association for State and Local History, 1987.

­­______.  Transcribing and Editing Oral History.  Nashville:  American Association for State and Local History, 1977.

Caudill, Orley B. The Spoken Word:  A Manual for Oral Historians.  Hattiesburg, Miss.: Caudill, 1975.

Charlton, Thomas L. Oral History for Texans. Austin:  Texas Historical Commission,  1985.

Davis, Cullom, Kathryn Black, and Kay MacLean. Oral History:  From Tape to Type. Chicago:  American Library Association, 1977.

Deering, Mary Jo, and Barbara Pomeroy.  Transcribing without Tears:  A Guide to Transcribing and Editing Oral History Interviews.  Washington, D.C.:  George Washington University Library, 1976.

Dexter, Lewis Anthony.  Elite and Specialized Interviewing.  Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 1970.

Dunaway, David K., and Willa K. Baum, eds.  Oral History:  An Interdisciplinary Anthology.  Nashville:  American Association for State and Local History, 1984.

Everett, Stephen E. Oral History:  Techniques and Procedures.  Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, 1992.

Fletcher, William P. Recording Your Family History:  A Guide to Preserving Oral History with Videotape, Audio Tape, Suggested Topics and Questions, Interview Techniques.  New York:  Dodd, Mead, 1986.

Frisch, Michael.  A Shared Authority:  Essays on the Craft and Meaning of Oral History and Public History.  Albany:  State University of New York Press, 1990.

Grele, Ronald J., ed. Envelopes of Sound:  The Art of Oral History.  New York:  Praeger, 1991.

Harris, Ramon I.  The Practice of Oral History:  A Handbook.  Glen Rock, N.J.: Microfilming Corp. of America, 1975.

Henson, Pamela M. and Susan L. McMurray.  Oral History Project Procedures Manual. Revised ed.  Washington, D.C.:  Archives and Special Collections of the Smithsonian Institution, 1988.

Hoffman, Alice M., and Howard S. Hoffman.  Archives of Memory:  A Soldier Recalls World War II.  Lexington:  University Press of Kentucky, 1990.

Ives, Edward D.  An Oral Historian's Work (videotape).  Blue Hills Falls, Maine: Northeast Historic Film, 1988.

Jenkins, Sara.  Past Present:  Recording Life Stories of Older People.  Washington, D.C.: National Council on Aging, 1978.

Lance, David.  An Archive Approach to Oral History.  London:  Imperial War Museum and International Association of Sound Archives, 1978.

Moss, William W.  Oral History Program Manual.  New York:  Praeger, 1974.

Neuenschwander, John N.  Oral History and the Law.  Denton, Tex.:  Oral History Association, 1985; rev. ed., Albuquerque, N.M.:  Oral History Association, 1993.

Oral History Association.  Evaluation Guidelines. Los Angeles:  Oral  History Association, 1992.

Portelli, Alessandro.  The Death of Luigi Trastulli and Other Stories:  Form and Meaning in Oral History.  Albany:  State University of New York Press, 1991.

Rosenbluth, Vera.  Keeping Family Stories Alive:  A Creative Guide to Taping Family Life and Lore.  Point Roberts, Wash.:  Hartley and Marks, 1990.

Schneider, William, and Daniel Grahek.  Project Jukebox:  Where Oral History and Technology Come Together.  Anchorage:  University of Alaska Anchorage,  Center for Information Technology, 1992.

 Stave, Bruce M.  The Making of Urban History:  Historiography through Oral History. Beverly Hills, Calif.:  Sage Publications, 1977.

Stielow, Frederick J.  The Management of Oral History Sound Archives.  Westport, Conn.:  Greenwood Press, 1986.

Stricklin, David, and Rebecca Sharpless, eds.  The Past Meets the Present:  Essays on Oral History.  Lanham, Md.:  University Press of America, 1988.

Thompson, Paul.  The Voice of the Past:  Oral History.  New York:  Oxford University Press, 1988.

Vansina, Jan.  Oral Tradition:  A Study in Historical Methodology.  Chicago:  Aldine, 1965.

Ward, Alan.  A Manual of Sound Archive Administration.  Brookfield, Vt.:  Gower, 1990

Yow, Valerie Raleigh.  Recording Oral History:  A Practical Guide for Social Scientists.   Beverly Hills, California:  Sage 1994.

Videotaping Oral History Interviews

Fletcher, William P. Recording Your Family History:  A Guide to Preserving Oral History with Videotape, Audio Tape, Suggested Topics and Questions, Interview  Techniques.  New York:  Dodd, Mead, 1986.

Fuller, Barry, et. Al.  Single-Camera Video Production.  Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1982.

Schorzman, Terri A., ed.  A Practical Introduction to Videohistory:  The Smithsonian Institution and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Experiment.  Malabar, Fla.:  Krieger, 1993.

Winston, Brian, and Julia Keydel.  Working with Video:  A Comprehensive Guide to the World of Video Production.  London:  Mobius International, 1986.

Oral History as an Educational Methodology

Brown, Cynthia Stokes.  Like It Was:  A Complete Guide to Writing Oral History.  New York:  Teachers and Writers Collaborative, 1988.

Flynn, Robert. When I Was Just Your Age.  Denton:  University of North Texas Press, 1992.

Gardner, Joel R. "Using Oral History and Folklore in the Classroom."  Special issue of  New Jersey Folklore Society Review 11 (Spring-Fall 1990).

Hoopes, James.  Oral History:  An Introduction for Students.  Chapel Hill:  University of  North Carolina Press, 1979.

Lanman, Barry A., and George L. Mehaffy.  Oral History in the Secondary School Classroom. Los Angeles:  Oral History Association, 1988.

Mehaffy, George L., Thad Sitton, and O.L. Davis, Jr.  Oral History in the Classroom.  How to Do It" series 2, no. 8.  Washington, D.C.:  National Council for the  Social Studies, 1979.

Neuenschwander, John A.  Oral History as a Teaching Approach.  Washington, D.C.:   National Education Association, 1976.

Wigginton, Eliot.  Sometimes a Shining Moment:  The Foxfire Experience.  Garden City,  N.Y.:  Doubleday, 1985.

Wood, Pamela.  You and Aunt Arie:  A Guide to Cultural Journalism.  Washington, D.C.:  IDEAS, 1975.