Oral history refers both to a method of recording and preserving oral testimony and to the product of that process.
It begins with an audio or video recording of a first person account made by an interviewer with an interviewee (also referred to as narrator), both of whom have the conscious intention of creating a permanent record to contribute to an understanding of the past.
A verbal document, the oral history, results from this process and is preserved and made available in different forms to other users, researchers, and the public.
A critical approach to the oral testimony and interpretations are necessary in the use of oral history. Hearing history from the mouths of those who experienced it really brings those times and events and feelings back to life in ways that are consistently compelling and often inspiring.
Our oral histories are available from our website and can be listened to at your convenience anywhere. It is a collection that is continually growing. New interviews are added as they become available. To see a who has been interviewed please visit SoundCloud.. Click here to visit the site or click on a name below.
Oral Histories in our Collection
Lois Abrams
Read the transcriptionEd Berrill Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3
Bolte & Wilson
The Combs Family Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3
Rutt Curtiss
Shirley Tanner Downs Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3
Leslie P. Ernhout Jr.
Bill Hopkins
Brad Johnson Part 1 / Part 2
Elaine Layman Part 1 / Part 2
Jim Maguire
Dorothy Maier
Read the TranscriptionRich Morgan
Jeanne Mosher Part 1 / Part 2
Abe and Edna Nichols
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Ellen Paul
James Perkins Warren and Family History 1967
James Perkins Warren and Family History 1968
Ruth Schnell
Luke Tanner
Val Taubner / Dave Richardson Part 1/ Part 2
Dewey Young
Discussion of Industries in Warren recorded in 1967 (Part 1)
Read the transcriptionHistory of the Warren General Store as told by Orlando B. Swift 1968
Read the transcriptionHistory of Warren School System recorded in 1967
Memorial Day 1961
Read the transcriptionMemorial Day 1969
Taverns, Cemeteries and Industry recorded 1967
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