Recommended Readings and Links
Recommended Readings and Links

Journals
Oral History Review, Oral History, International Journal of Oral History, and the Journal of American Folklore.

Books
Grele, Ronald J. Envelopes of Sound: Six Practitioners Discuss the Method, Theory and Practice of Oral History and Oral Testimony. Chicago: Precedent, 1991 edition.

Ritchie, Donald B. Doing Oral History. New York: Macmillan, 1994.

Yow, Valerie Raleigh. Recording Oral History: A Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences. 2nd ed. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira, 2005.

LINKS

About Oral History

Baylor University Institute for Oral History
Introduction to Oral History

Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis
2001 report produced by the Council on Library and Information Resources

Hunt, Marjorie
The Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide

Indiana University
Center for the Study of History and Memory

Library of Congress Veterans History Project
Indexing and Transcribing Your Interviews

Moyer, Judith
Step-by-Step Guide to Oral History

Oral History Association

Shopes, Linda
Making Sense of Oral History

Southern Maryland Folklife Project
Transcription Guide

Truesdell, Barbara
Oral History Techniques: How to Organize and Conduct Oral History Interviews

UNC Chapel Hill Southern Oral History Program
Oral History: A Practical Guide

Oral History Ethics and Standards

Oral History Evaluation Guide

Oral History Society (UK): Is Your Oral History Ethical and Legal?

Technical Resources for Oral History Implementation

Audacity (open source audio editor)

Audacity Tutorial (includes good step-by-step online videos)

Express Scribe (free transcription tool)

Kolovos, Andy, Vermont Folklife Center
Digital Audio Field Recording Equipment Guide

Digital Editing of Field Audio

Field Recording in a Digital Age

Oral History Examples

Medical Library Association Oral History Project: Voices of the Past

Nevada Test Site Oral History Project

New South Voices

Veterans History Project

Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive

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