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oral history
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oral history
n.
1. Historical information, usually tape-recorded or videotaped, obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
2. An audiotape, videotape, or written account of such an interview or interviews.

oral history
n
the memories of living people about events or social conditions which they experienced in their earlier lives taped and preserved as historical evidence


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We were reminded of that option last week when the research division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau announced it was distributing, to libraries statewide, oral histories provided by 16 former Nevada legislators.
14) With respects to the South Bronx, oral histories have provided evidence of the ways that black communities nurtured stable working- and middle-class families and inspired the preservation and creation of rich musical traditions.
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