Oral History Guides: Becoming Minnesotan

What are the Oral History Guides?

Print resources and a series of podcasts to guide you through the oral history process.

Here are some of the things you will be doing as part of an Oral History Project:

doing research
synthesizing information
writing questions
processing and analyzing the information gathered in the interview
presenting this new historical record to a wider audience

For a great handout with tips on interviewing-- visit the "Minnesota's Greatest Generation" Teacher Tools webpage: http://stories.mnhs.org/stories/mgg/teachsh.do

For a brief overview of the oral history process-- download the Project Guidelines on the MHS Oral History Department webpage: http://www.mnhs.org/collections/oralhistory/oralhistory.htm

For more information about oral history in general-- visit the Oral History Association webpage: http://www.oralhistory.org/