Technique : Oral History : Reference Desk

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Offers material on oral history for teachers including a student lesson plan and several sets of original source oral history transcripts.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/oralhist/ohhome.html

Art of the Oral Historian

Learn how oral historians do their thing by reading this lengthy article.

http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/oralhlec.html

Planning and Conducting an Oral History Interview

Offers advice on planning an oral history project from choosing audio equipment to legal and ethical issues. Includes an oral history bibliography, too.

http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/ohp/ohpdocs.htm

RootsWeb - Oral History Questions

List of oral history questions was compiled from a variety of sources by Joanne Todd Rabun in 1993 and can serve as a guide for students.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/oralhist.htm