Effective Oral History: Interviews, project management and practical applications, Fall 2011

NEW Oral History SharePoint Site

“NPS Oral Historians Learn Best Practices”

Directory of Oral History in the National Park Service (July 2010) (Word document)

Oral History Legal Release Form (2009) (Word document)

Handbook for Oral History in the National Park Service (draft)

What Is Oral History?

The Oral History Association Web site has a wealth of information about planning and conducting oral history projects:

• General Principles of Oral History and Best Practices for Oral History (2009)

• Guidance on digital recording technologies.

• Oral history centers and collections in the United States and abroad and contacts for regional and international oral history organizations.

Have questions about oral history or need help planning a project? Contact Lu Ann Jones, staff historian, Park History Program, at luann_jones@nps.gov or 202-354-2219.

Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

Yosemite National Park

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

Harry S Truman National Historic Site

Gateway National Recreation Area

Lowell National Historic Park

Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park

9.11.01 Remembrance

Shenandoah National Park

Alaska parks—Denali, Katmai, Lake Clark, Sitka, and Yukon-Charley Rivers—have collaborated with the digital branch of the oral history program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Find interviews, photographs and other resources at Project Jukebox.

An Interview with Robert M. Utley on the History of Historic Preservation in the National Park Service, 1947-1980

Janet M. McDonnell, "Oral History in the National Park Service" (pdf) Copyright 2003 by the Oral History Association. Reprinted by permission of the University of California Press.

J. Todd Moye, "The Tuskegee Airmen Oral History Project, and Oral History in the National Park Service" (pdf) Copyright 2002 by the Organization of American Historians. Reprinted by permission of The Journal of American History.

Heidi Ridgley, "P. O. Box 1142: World War II: The Lost Chapter"

"Oral History: The Hyde Park Project"

"Sand Creek Massacre Site Oral History"

"Oral Histories Capture Forgotten Moments in Civil Rights History"

"Oral History: A Challenging and Provocative Experience"