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Bringing Life to History: Books and Journals

Creating oral history and living history programs

Books and Journals

This is a brief listing of books available on oral history; there are many others. Additional items may be found in a local library, through a bookseller, or through WorldCat.

Abrams, L. (2010). Oral history theory. New York: Routledge.

Charlton, T. L., Myers, L. E., & Sharpless, R. (2006). Handbook of oral history. Lanham, MD: Altamira.

MacKay, N. (2007). Curating oral histories: from interview to archive. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.

Ritchie, D. A. (2014). Doing oral history (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford.

Ritchie, D. A. (2011). The Oxford handbook of oral history. New York: Oxford.

Thompson, P. (2000). The voice of the past (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford.

Yow, V. R. (2015). Recording oral history: A guide for the humanities and social sciences (3rd ed.). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

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