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 Beetlejuice 'Banana Boat (Day-O)' scene, a (mini) oral history with Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara In a conversation with costar Ryder for Entertainment Weekly, O'Hara recalls shooting that sequence. —

Nick Romano, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024 Years later, executive producer and writer Liz Sarnoff explained it in Vulture’s oral history of the Lost finale. —

Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 6 July 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for oral history

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