Oral history : an interdisciplinary anthology / David K. Dunaway, Willa K. Baum, editors.

"Published in cooperation with the American Association for State and Local History and the Oral History Association."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the interdisciplinarity of oral history / David K. Dunaway -- Oral history : how and why it was born / Allan Nevins -- Oral history / Louis Starr -- Directions for oral history in the United States / Ronald J. Grele -- Reliability and validity in oral history / Alice Hoffman -- Distinguishing the significant from the insignificant / Barbara Tuchman -- Accuracy in oral history interviewing / William Cutler III -- Oral history : an appreciation / William Moss -- Oral tradtion and historical methodology / Jan Vansina -- A note on oral tradition and historical evidence / Ruth Finnegan -- Oral history project design / David Lance -- Introduction to Tom Rivers / Saul Benison -- Theory, method, and oral history / Peter Friedlander -- Reflections on ethics / Amelia Fry -- Preface to The Saga of Coe Ridge / Lynwood Montell -- The folklorist, the oral historian, and local history / Larry Danielson -- Oral history and the writing of ethnic history / Gary Y. Okihiro -- What's so special about women? Women's oral history / Sherna Gluck -- Using oral history for a family history project / Linda Shopes -- The search for generational memory / Tamara Hareven -- Black history, oral history, and genealogy / Alex Haley -- The oral historian and the folklorist / Richard Dorson -- Oral history as communicative event / Charles Joyner -- The anthropological interview and the life history / Sidney Mintz -- Radio and the public use of oral history / David K. Dunaway -- The expanding role of the librarian in oral history / Willa K. Baum -- Oral history in Mexico and the Caribbean / Eugenia Meyer -- The development of oral history in Britain / Paul Thompson -- Oral history in Germany / Karin Hartewig -- Oral history in France / Danièle Voldman -- Oral history in Italy / Alessandro Portelli -- Oral history in Latin America / Dora Schwartzstein.