The Oral History Manual

This edition provides new information on methodology, memory, technology, and legal options incorporated into each chapter and a completely new chapter provides guidelines on how to analyze interview content for effective use of oral history interview information. It is an updated and expanded road map with solid introduction to oral history.

Author: Barbara W. Sommer, Mary Kay Quinlan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 07/15/2018
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.50w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781442270794
ISBN10: 1442270799
BISAC Categories:
- History | Study & Teaching
- History | Historiography
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social

About the Author
Barbara W. Sommer, M.A., has spent her career in the field of oral history and public history, serving as historical organization director and director or co-director for numerous oral history projects. She has presented at state, regional, and national, and international conferences and has taught oral history in post-secondary and community settings. She is a long-time member of the Oral History Association where she has served in several leadership positions. Sommer is the author of the award-winning Hard Work and a Good Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota, published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press. Mary Kay Quinlan, Ph.D., is an associate dean in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She also has taught at the University of Maryland and Nebraska Wesleyan University. She is editor of the Oral History Association Newsletter and has been active in regional and national oral history activities for many years. Quinlan has conducted oral history workshops and presented at state, regional, national and international conferences.