Practicing Oral History in Historical Organizations

It has been half a century since the last book that addressed how historical societies can utilise oral history. In this brief, practical guide, internationally known oral historian Barbara W. Sommer applies the best practices of contemporary oral historians to the projects that historical organisations of all sizes and sorts might develop.

The book covers project personnel options, funding options, legal and ethical issues, interviewing techniques, and cataloguing guidelines. It identifies helpful steps for historical societies when developing and doing oral history projects. It includes a dozen model case studies, and provides additional resources, templates, forms, and a bibliography for the reader.