Southern Oral History Program

Resources

Oral Historians

Use these resources in designing and realizing your oral history project.

• The SOHP Practical Guide. Our popular Practical Guide represents a comprehensive introduction to critical aspects of oral history fieldwork. The Guide includes a full complement of resources to assist in the design, execution, and processing of oral history interviews.

• Interview Forms. Our standard interview forms—Interview Agreement, Life History Form, and Proper Word Form—are required to complete the documentation of every interview.

• An Oral History Bibliography. Our bibliography includes sections on oral history theory and methodology, ethical considerations and legal issues, citations to key journals and videotapes, and a compendium of exemplary books and articles based at least in part on oral history research.

Time and resources permitting, the SOHP offers workshops for groups of people interested in embarking on interview projects. Click here for more.

Teachers

These websites will help you integrate oral histories into your classrooms.

• Like a Family, the online companion to the acclaimed history, Like a Family: The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World, is a great resource for teachers.

• Oral Histories of the American South offers quick access to audio and transcript of more than five hundred oral histories.

• Documenting the American South offers exceptional teaching resources that use oral histories, in particular Stories of the American South.

Links

Some sites of interest.

• The Oral History Association
• H-oralhist, a network for oral historians
• Baylor University's Institute for Oral History
• The University of Florida's Samuel Proctor Oral History Program
• Crossroads to Freedom, a digital archive of civil rights materials from Memphis, TN