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Oral History Manual certainly merits reading by family historians who are interested in the mechanics of oral interviews. Its authors are extremely knowledgeable oral history technicians . . . it is worth adding to any oral historian's library.--Sheila Benedict, CGRS National Genealogical Society Quarterly

Covers in good detail all the basic steps of setting up an oral history project. . . . Chapters discuss legal and ethical issues; technology; pre-interview activities such as background research; the interview itself; processing; and preservation of the final product. There is also an extensive list of ideas of how to incorporate the interviewinto public programming. . . . The volume also includes sample forms, a glossary, bibliography, and reprints the principles and standards of the Oral History Association. The Oral History Manual presents one of the most cogent descriptions of oral history and how it differs from other methods of information gathering, whether the journalist interview or field-interviewing as conducted by folklorists.--Linda Morton-Keithley, Idaho State Historical Society Northwest Oral History Association

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Barbara W. Sommer has been an oral historian for more than twenty-five years, serving as director or co-director for numerous oral history projects, leading oral history workshops and making presentations, and she is a founder of the Oral History Association of Minnesota. She is the owner of BWS Associates, an oral history consulting firm. Mary Kay Quinlan, Ph.D., freelance journalist and oral historian, is editor of the Oral History Association Newsletter and has been active in regional and national oral history activities for many years. She was a Washington correspondent for the Omaha World-Herald and Gannett News Service for fifteen years and has taught graduate and undergraduate journalism courses. Quinlan has conducted oral history workshops, presented at regional and national conferences, and has been an NEH peer reviewer for oral history project proposals.

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