Oral History Articles & Reference

Articles

Oral history training at Yosemite National Park, 2010

NPS

• Lu Ann Jones, “Is Half a Loaf Better Than None? Reflections on Oral History Workshops,” The Oral History Review, Vol. 46, Issue 2, Summer/Fall 2019, pp. 347-359. Copyright 2019 by the Oxford University Press. Reused by permission of Taylor and Francis Group.

• Janet M. McDonnell, "Documenting Cultural and Historical Memory: Oral History in the National Park Service," The Oral History Review 30, no. 2 (2003): 99-109. Copyright 2003 by the Oral History Association. Reprinted by permission of the University of California Press. [PDF]

• J. Todd Moye, "The Tuskegee Airmen Oral History Project, and Oral History in the National Park Service," The Journal of American History 89, no. 2, History and September 11: A Special Issue (Sept. 2002): 580-587. Copyright 2002 by the Organization of American Historians. Reprinted by permission of The Journal of American History.

• Frederick L. Rath Jr., "Oral History: The Hyde Park Project," CRM 16, no. 10, Supplement (1993). [PDF]

• Heidi Ridgley, "P. O. Box 1142: World War II: The Lost Chapter," National Parks (Winter 2010).

• Alexa Roberts, "Sand Creek Massacre Site Oral History," CRM 23, no. 9 (2000): 43-46. [PDF]

Videos

• "In Our Own Words: Deaf Perspectives in Oral History and Public History," Drs. John S. & Betty J. Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center at Gallaudet University, panel discussion streamed live on December 8, 2020, YouTube video, 1:01:14, https://youtu.be/362ezTwsj6s.