oral history

noun

: a recording containing information about the past obtained from in-depth interviews concerning personal experiences, recollections, and reflections

also : the study of such information

: a written work based on oral history

oral historian noun

Examples of oral history in a Sentence

I'm reading an oral history of the Great Depression.

Recent Examples on the Web Read the Catwoman 20th anniversary oral history on Entertainment Weekly in its entirety here. —

Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 24 July 2024 An oral history project launched in 2023 will continue to collect and make public boarding school students' experiences. —

Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024 Loading your audio article Timothy Thompson didn’t want to see such a formative golden age of local basketball history fade away into the ether, left only to oral history passed down from generation to generation. —

Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2024 But at the visa interview at the U.S. consulate, according to Selig’s oral history, the man’s toddler became scared and refused to respond to questions asked of him. —

Devin E. Naar / Made By History, TIME, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for oral history

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