How to Use USF Libraries Oral History Kits
There are many ways to preserve history but the most individual record of the past is an oral history. As oral history projects grow in popularity, large colleges and libraries loan recording equipment and information packs to faculty, students ... [... more]
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The Oral History Reader
 use it as a text book!: The essays on the public history aspects of oral history usage are a must read! I hope that professors use this as a text book for an oral history class. I encourage them to allow students to pick from the various articles [... more]
$125.00
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How to Conduct an Oral History Interview
Recording an oral history narrative is a great way to preserve someone's personal experiences. Oral histories have been archived detailing people's experiences during the Great Depression, the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War and other ... [... more]
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How to Transcribe an Oral History Interview
Transcribing an oral history interview is almost as important as the interview itself. Creating an accurate transcription of someone's oral history narrative takes the right equipment and the right amount of editorial discretion. By following ... [... more]
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Usenet Sale: Sounds to Silence?
Deja.com is about to sell its Usenet archive -- six years of Internet communications chiseled into digital stone. The pending change of owner raises the question: Is there a future for the Internet's oral history? By Chris Oakes. Chris Oakes ... [... more]
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Coles, Robert Martin (1929-)
Psychiatrist and author Robert Coles pioneered the use of oral history as a method of studying children. His five-volume series of books called Children in Crisis, published from 1967-1978, won a Pulitzer Prize in recognition of its wide-ranging ... [... more]
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Nabati Poetry - The Poetry of the Desert - Middle ...
Nabati () poetry, also known as Bedouin poetry, is a type of Arabic poetry native to the Arabian Peninsula. It dates back to the 16th century and forms a part of the culture and oral history of the Arabs of the Arabian Gulf and Peninsula. Nabati ... [... more]
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The Grimm Brothers - Short Stories
When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm set about gathering the mostly Germanic narratives, they did so to preserve the oral history being threatened by a Napoleonic invasion that had set about suppressing the local culture. The brothers were in search of ... [... more]
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Living Atlanta: An Oral History Of The City, 1914-1948 ...
Unless you like whining, skip this book.: The premise of this book is so promising, yet it disappoints entirely. After reading this, you get the idea that growing up in Atlanta meant uniform oppression for all, which it certainly did NOT. Can't we have a [... more]
$24.95
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Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
Amazon.com Review: First published in 1970, this classic of oral history features the voices of men and women who lived through the Great Depression of the 1930s. It includes accounts by congressmen C. Wright Patman and Hamilton Fish, as well as failed [... more]
$14.00
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Song of Brooklyn: An Oral History of America's Favorite ...
Waiting for the fat lady to sing....: Song of Brooklyn is "an oral history of America's favorite borough." This book appealed to me because my father was born in Brooklyn, my grandmothers house was in Brooklyn and my family has been a part of [... more]
$26.95
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Tears before the Rain: An Oral History of the Fall of ...
Yes. Once again, it's a book you must read.: Like a Gideon giving away bibles. I read and then gave away 4 copies of this book. I bought 10 more copies. I gave them away. I then bought 20 more copies and gave them away. Yes, this book is that good! You [... more]
$110.00
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