Oral history books

The Oral History Manual grounds oral historians in the practice of oral history, taking the reader through the entire...  Read More >>

An intensely moving personal record of the experiences of children who were evacuated in World War II  Read More >>

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More than twelve million immigrants, many of them children, passed through Ellis Island’s gates between 1892 and...  Read More >>

Through the power of human memory and story-telling language, you are invited to step back in time to absorb the...  Read More >>

Reveals the human side of the St Lawrence Seaway and Power Project in the words of its engineers, laborers, and...  Read More >>

Key decisions and events of the Pacific War are explored in this work by juxtaposing Allied and Japanese accounts,...  Read More >>

A unique, carefully-chosen selection of short, stimulating primary-source accounts describes controversial moments...  Read More >>

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This book presents the stories of 20 women from Bradford between the ages of 14 and 80. It offers an intricate mosaic...  Read More >>

Presents the history of the little known Welsh immigrant communities in the American Midwestern state of Iowa. This...  Read More >>

When four New York City police officers killed Amadou Diallo in 1999, the forty-one shots they fired echoed loudly...  Read More >>

At the end of World War II, many thousands of Jewish Holocaust survivors immigrated to the United States from Europe...  Read More >>

The first title in our Disappearing Britain series, which records the lives of those in areas which have changed...  Read More >>

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union has been known from the start for its strong commitment to democracy,...  Read More >>

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Presents a sampling of landmark work of Hawai'i's Center for Oral History. This book preserves Hawai'i's social...  Read More >>

Draws readers into the lives of the author's subjects, showing the passion and naivete of the volunteers, the bravery...  Read More >>

The powerful account of a concentration camp survivor, discovered fifty years after her liberation, describes in...  Read More >>

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Includes grandparents and great-grandparents who sum up in their own words the vast changes that have overtaken...  Read More >>

On the night of 16-17 May 1943, nineteen Lancaster bombers from 617 Squadron headed for Germany. For the first...  Read More >>

A clear and comprehensive introduction for those with little or no experience in planning or undertaking oral history...  Read More >>

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