Research Guides: Family Science 450: Collecting Oral Histories

Books and E-Books on Collecting Oral Histories

Explore these books or e-books below to learn more about recording oral histories.

Capturing the living past: An oral history primer [website] by Sommer, Barbara W. and Mary Kay Quinlan
Publication Date: 2005

Based in part on, "The Oral History Manual" and "The Native American Veterans Oral History Manual."
Originally from the Nebraska State Historical Society and now available from the Oral History Association
Oral history [e-book] by Leavy, Patricia
Call Number: ONLINE

Publication Date: 2011
Recording Oral History [e-book] by Valerie Raleigh Yow
Call Number: ONLINE

Publication Date: 2014
Telling stories [e-book] : the use of personal narratives in the social sciences and history by Maynes, Mary Jo
Call Number: ONLINE

Publication Date: 2008
The Oral History Manual by Barbara W. Sommer; Mary Kay Quinlan
Call Number: D16.14 .S69 2018

Publication Date: 2018