Gives instructions for writing oral histories and biographies including such aspects as planning, interviewing, transcribing, editing, and publishing the results.
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YA-- In this how-to guide, Brown succeeds in sharing her oral history methods with prospective historians. Separate chapters focus on using the tape recorder, interview techniques, transcription of the interview, editing, writing short pieces or full biographies, and publishing the results. One chapter for high-school teachers gives suggestions for using oral history in the classroom. A chapter listing other resources closes this well-organized and easy-to-use guide.
- Keddy Outlaw, Harris County Public Library, Houston
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Keddy Outlaw, Harris County Public Library, Houston
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A concise and practical guide. Based on her experiences in putting together Septima Clark's Ready from Within: Septima Clark and the Civil Rights Movement ( Wild Trees Pr., 1986. pap.), Brown tells us who to interview, what questions to ask and how to ask them, how to transcribe from tape recording to paper, and what and how to write from the transcript. This book is a unique source of ideas for oral history as a part of the high school curriculum. Numerous samples and an excellent annotated bibliography of fiction and nonfiction resources round out this easy-to-read guide.
- Donald W. Maxwell, Noblesville-Southeastern P.L., Ind.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Donald W. Maxwell, Noblesville-Southeastern P.L., Ind.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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According to the... review this book is good for all people who want to "bring a personal feel to the oral history" or something to that measure. That's not really true.This book is great for teachers to use as a guide to conducting oral history projects with pre-teen and teenaged students. It's less helpful to adults who are working on lenthy book projects.
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A good way to get started with writing oral biography is to read some of it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
external mike, oral biography, history fair, citizenship schools, personality story Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Septima Clark, World War, South Carolina, Vietnam War, Cynthia Stokes Brown, Martin Luther King, Wild Trees Press, San Francisco, Highlander Folk School, Rosa Parks, Second Ave, Alex Haley, Cynthia Brown, Great Depression, San Diego, Septima Poinsette Clark, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Jack Mullin, Random House, Studs Terkel New!
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A good way to get started with writing oral biography is to read some of it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
external mike, oral biography, history fair, citizenship schools, personality story Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Septima Clark, World War, South Carolina, Vietnam War, Cynthia Stokes Brown, Martin Luther King, Wild Trees Press, San Francisco, Highlander Folk School, Rosa Parks, Second Ave, Alex Haley, Cynthia Brown, Great Depression, San Diego, Septima Poinsette Clark, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Jack Mullin, Random House, Studs Terkel New!
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- The Civil Rights Movement (Magill's Choice) by Salem Press on 4 pages
- You and Aunt Arie: A Guide to Cultural Journalism by Pamela Wood in Front Matter, page 69, and page 115
- Transcribing and Editing Oral History (American Association for State and Local History) by Willa K. Baum in Front Matter, page 55, and page 114
- Ready from Within: Septima Clark & the Civil Rights Movement, A First Person Narrative by Septima Poinsette Clark on page 5, page 6, and page 81
- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines on page 12, and page 112
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- The Story in History: Writing Your Way Into the Experience by Margot Fortunato Galt on 4 pages
- Musial: From Stash to Stan the Man (MISSOURI BIOGRAPHY SERIES) by James N. Giglio on page 65, and Back Matter
- Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide by Donald A. Ritchie in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Doing Oral History by Donald A. Ritchie in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Working Class Cultures in Britain, 1890-1960: Gender, Class and Ethnicity by Prof Joanna Bourke in Back Matter
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