Oral History (An Interdisciplinary Methodology) (original) (raw)

The present article attempts to review the collected volume, Oral History: an Interdisciplinary Anthology. Sponsored by the American Association for State and Local History in cooperation with the Oral History Association, the first edition of the collection was published in 1984 by the well reputed publishing house, the Altamire Press. The second edition was released in 1996. It is co-edited by David King Dunaway and, Willa K. Baum. Baum had a rich career in oral history. She was the head of the Regional Oral History office at U.C Berkeley and conducted the outstanding book, Transcribing and Editing Oral History. As for David Dunaway, he has a long career in oral history and writing biographies. In the introduction Baum states that the goal of conducting this book is to collect basic material for the ones interested in oral history or the ones whose work is in this field. The book has a unique way of finding its' own audience. The editors have tried to select papers which cover diverse subjects such as the history of oral history, the establishment and development of oral history, diverse functions of oral history and, its' interdisciplinary essence