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oral history
noun
- information of historical or sociological importance obtained usually by tape-recorded interviews with persons whose experiences and memories are representative or whose lives have been of special significance.
- a book, article, recording, or transcription of such information.
oral history
noun
- the memories of living people about events or social conditions which they experienced in their earlier lives taped and preserved as historical evidence
Other yvlog Forms
- oral historian noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of oral history1
Example Sentences
“They fought fascism and then fought racism,” said Gallagher, who is the founder of the oral history nonprofit Preserving Their Stories.
Tony Best is an archivist and contractor with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who conducted an Academy oral history interview with Maple in early 2020 and remained part of her circle.
In E News’ oral history of the making of “Dreaming of You,” Selena’s husband Chris Perez recalls how difficult it was to continue work on the album so soon after her death.
“If Lollapalooza didn’t single-handedly inaugurate what came to be known as ‘alternative nation,’ it went a long way toward codifying its ideals for a generation of teens and twentysomethings via a diverse mix of boundary-pushing musical acts, outsider fashion and art, political activism, and straight-up performative weirdness,” Richard Bienstock and Tom Beaujour write in their excellent oral history, “Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival.”
He hosted a podcast celebrating ”The Office” and turned it into a best-selling oral history book.
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