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Article: Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide.(Book Review)
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- The Oral History Review
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- June 22, 2005
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DOING ORAL HISTORY: A PRACTICAL GUIDE. By Donald A. Ritchie. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 318 pp. Softbound $19.95.
To those of us who have been actively involved in the Oral History Association, it is the rare person who has not stumbled across the friendly spirit of past president Donald Ritchie. Associate Historian of the United States Senate for almost three decades, Ritchie has used oral history as a major part of his work documenting the political life of the nation. In 1995, he released Doing Oral History and set a standard for how-to oral history books. Since the field has experienced rapid changes in the last decade, including the Internet, ...