Oral History for the Local Historical Society

UC Berkeley

• chapter 1 Forewordchapter 2 Preface to 1987 Editionchapter 3 What is Oral History?chapter 4 How to Start an Oral History Programchapter 5 Equipment and Tapeschapter 6 The Interview Processchapter 7 Who Should Interview?chapter 8 Tips for Interviewerschapter 9 Indexingchapter 10 To Transcribe or Not To Transcribechapter 11 Agreements on Usechapter 12 Ethics of Oral Historychapter 13 Depositing and Preserving Tapeschapter 14 Encouraging the Use of Oral History Materialschapter 15 Developing Expertisechapter 16 Bibliography on Oral History

[It] remains the most useful practical introduction for those considering the start of an oral history project, providing combinations of how-to-do-it suggestions and theoretical discussions.