Pitfalls In Oral History Programs

Authors

  • Edward Ives University of Maine Orono Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/NaN

Keywords:

interviews, time-consuming, expensive, inefficient, reduplication, antiquarian fallacy, elitism, anti-elitism, inadequate technical preparation, interviewing friends, not knowing what you're talking about, hyperinformality, inadequate accession technique, not making transcriptions, not keeping the tapes

Abstract

This article discusses the mistakes that can be made in attempting to access and record oral history.

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Published

1974-04-01

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 4 (1974): Maine History Journal

Section

Articles