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Article: The Oral History Manual.(Book Review)
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- Oregon Historical Quarterly
- Article date:
- March 22, 2004
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By Barbara W. Sommer and Mary Kay Quinlan AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, Calif., 2002. Illustrations, bibliography, index. 144 pages. $70.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.
The Oral History Manual attempts to bridge the gap between theoretical treatments of oral history and practical guidebooks. In the preface, Barbara Sommer and Mary Kay Quinlan point out that no specific formula exists for oral history. Oral history projects are kaleidoscopic and thus dependent on project designers, interviewers, and narrators to shape them. Oral interviews have special value in making history come alive through the words of real people, with a process that is interactive but conducted ...