A Guide to Oral History and the Law

A Guide to Oral History and the Law
Author: John A. Neuenschwander
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2014
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0199342512

This text covers legal release agreements; protecting sealed interviews and anonymous interviews from courtroom disclosure; defamation; copyright; the Internet; Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), oral history as evidence; the duty to report a crime; and teaching considerations.

The Oral History Manual

The Oral History Manual
Author: Barbara W. Sommer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2018-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1442270802

The Oral History Manualis designed to help anyone interested in doing oral history research to think like an oral historian. Recognizing that oral history is a research methodology, the authors define oral history and then discuss the methodology in the context of the oral history life cycle – the guiding steps that take a practitioner from idea through access/use. They examine how to articulate the purpose of an interview, determine legal and ethical parameters, identify narrators and interviewers, choose equipment, develop budgets and record-keeping systems, prepare for and record interviews, care for interview materials, and use the interview information. In this third edition, in addition to new information on methodology, memory, technology, and legal options incorporated into each chapter, a completely new chapter provides guidelines on how to analyze interview content for effective use of oral history interview information. The Oral History Manualprovides an updated and expanded road map and a solid introduction to oral history for all oral history practitioners, from students to community and public historians.

Catching Stories

Catching Stories
Author: Donna M. DeBlasio
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2009-05-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0804040400

In neighborhoods, schools, community centers, and workplaces, people are using oral history to capture and collect the kinds of stories that the history books and the media tend to overlook: stories of personal struggle and hope, of war and peace, of family and friends, of beliefs, traditions, and values—the stories of our lives. Catching Stories: A Practical Guide to Oral History is a clear and comprehensive introduction for those with little or no experience in planning or undertaking oral history projects. Opening with the key question, “Why do oral history?” the guide outlines the stages of a project from idea to final product—planning and research, the interviewing process, basic technical principles, and audio and video recording techniques. The guide covers interview transcribing, ethical and legal issues, archiving, funding sources, and sharing oral history with audiences. Intended for teachers, students, librarians, local historians, and volunteers as well as individuals, Catching Stories is the place to start for anyone who wants to document the memories and collect the stories of community or family.

Doing Oral History

Doing Oral History
Author: Donald A. Ritchie
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199329338

Doing Oral History is considered the premier guidebook to oral history, used by professional oral historians, public historians, archivists, and genealogists as a core text in college courses and throughout the public history community. The recent development of digital audio and video recording technology has continued to alter the practice of oral history, making it even easier to produce and disseminate quality recordings. At the same time, digital technology has complicated the preservation of the recordings, past and present. This basic manual offers detailed advice for setting up an oral history project, conducting interviews and using oral history for research, making video recordings, preserving oral history collections in archives and libraries, and teaching and presenting oral history.

The Oral History Manual

The Oral History Manual
Author: Barbara W. Sommer
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 075911157X

Guides readers through the process of doing oral history.

Handbook of Oral History

Handbook of Oral History
Author: Thomas Lee Charlton
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Total Pages: 650
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780759102293

In recent decades, oral history has matured into an established field of critical importance to historians and social scientists alike. Handbook of Oral History captures the current state-of-the-art, identifies major strands of intellectual development, and predicts key directions for future growth in theory, research, and application.

The Oxford Handbook of Oral History

The Oxford Handbook of Oral History
Author: Donald A. Ritchie
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199996369

In the past sixty years, oral history has moved from the periphery to the mainstream of academic studies and is now employed as a research tool by historians, anthropologists, sociologists, medical therapists, documentary film makers, and educators at all levels. The Oxford Handbook of Oral History brings together forty authors on five continents to address the evolution of oral history, the impact of digital technology, the most recent methodological and archival issues, and the application of oral history to both scholarly research and public presentations. The volume is addressed to seasoned practitioners as well as to newcomers, offering diverse perspectives on the current state of the field and its likely future developments. Some of its chapters survey large areas of oral history research and examine how they developed; others offer case studies that deal with specific projects, issues, and applications of oral history. From the Holocaust, the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, the Falklands War in Argentina, the Velvet Revolution in Eastern Europe, to memories of September 11, 2001 and of Hurricane Katrina, the creative and essential efforts of oral historians worldwide are examined and explained in this multipurpose handbook.

History of Oral History

History of Oral History
Author: Leslie Roy Ballard
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2007-04-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 075911384X

Gathered here are parts I and II of the Handbook of Oral History, which set the benchmark for knowledge of the field. The eminent contributors discuss the history and methodologies of a field that once was the domain of history scholars who were responding to trends within the academy, but which has increasingly become democratized and widely used outside the realm of historical research. This handbook will be both a traveling guide and essential touchstone for anyone fascinated by this dynamic and expanding discipline.

Recording Oral History

Recording Oral History
Author: Valerie Raleigh Yow
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1994-02-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780803955790

With extensive examples from both historical and social science literature, this book is a practical guide to methods of recording oral history. The author provides suggestions on a range of techniques from developing a written interview guide and using tape recorders to asking probing questions during in-depth interviews and editing transcriptions. She also covers the ethical and legal issues involved in conducting life-history interviews and elaborates on three different types of oral history projects: community studies, biographies and family histories.