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Correnti, Sarah E
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Oral History
Since the founding of the Oral History Association in 1967, oral history has transformed the way many historians study the past. Historians use oral history to record the testimony of informants who were eyewitnesses to historical events. Oral history has provided social and cultural historians, in particular, with a rich body of evidence for historical actors who have not left written records of their experiences. This recorded testimony becomes a primary source available to a wide range of researchers once transcribed and published or deposited in an archive.
The Oral History Tool of Research at Â鶹ÊÓƵ trains graduate students in this methodology according to the Oral History Association's professional guidelines entitled, Principles and Standards of the Oral History Association.
Requirements
Students who are using Oral History as a Tool of Research qualify by passing the Oral History course, HIST 667, with a grade of B+ or better. Students must complete a TOR form in the History Department office.
Resources
Oral History bibliography (compiled by Dr. Pamela Henson)
Vermont Folklife Center: Guide to Field Recording Equipment
Vermont Folklife Center: Field Recording in the Digital Age
Oral History Association. Oral History Principles & Best Practices. Oral History Association, 2010.
Fact Sheet on Video Preservation
International Oral History Association
Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Online Collections
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
British Library Oral History Collection
Center for the Study of History and Memory, Indiana University
Columbia University, Oral History Research Office
Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina
Institute for Oral History, Baylor University
Minnesota Historical Society Oral History Collection
Nevada Test Site Oral History Project, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Project Jukebox, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project, Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Regional Oral History Office, University of California
The American Century Project, St. Andrews School, Potomac, Maryland
United States Senate Oral History Collection
University of Connecticut at Storrs, Oral History Office