Publications
Oral History Handbook
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Oral History Handbook, by Beth M Robertson ISBN 0646454447 Description: Price: $28* (includes postage & handling)
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*Special discount price: $20
for bulk orders of 10 or more copies, for members of the OHAA.
The author draws on twenty-five years experience of practising and teaching oral history techniques and preserving sound recordings.
Contents includes:
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Oral History Preparing for the Interview Copyright and Oral History Developing Questionnaires Recording Equipment Digital Recording Standards |
Interviewing
Techniques Summaries and Transcripts Funding for Oral History Guidelines of Ethical Practice Commisioning Oral History Recommended Reading |
The Oral History Handbook was first published by the South Australian Branch of the Oral History Association in 1983 and has been in print ever since. It is well established as the national standard. It is currently in its fifth edition.
Capturing the Past: An Oral History Workshop - DVD
Written and presented by Stuart Reid, former president of OHAA WA and a highly experienced interviewer and trainer.
This DVD is a lively introduction to the art of using oral history and will help you prepare and develop interview topics, ask questions and use the interviews you record. It is the perfect introduction to oral history interviewing for high school students and the beginner oral historian at any age.
Price: $15 (includes postage and handling).
How to order:
Oral History Handbook or
Capturing The Past DVD
Send a purchase order to:
Treasurer
Oral History Association (WA Branch)
PO BOX 1065
NEDLANDS WA 6909
or send by email to Marolyn Hamilton: marolyn@iinet.net.au
Cheques payable to Oral History Association (WA Branch)
Play Back Newsletter
Play Back is a quarterly newsletter produced by the WA Branch that is free to members. It includes helpful articles about the practice and methods of oral history, current projects, activities of the WA branch, book reviews and more. Contributions are always welcome.
Please email or phone the Editor:
Luba Kambourakis: luba@cockburn.wa.gov.au
Oral History Association of Australia - Journal
Articles in this annual journal are submitted from presenters at the OHAA’s biennial conference, and from members and non-members from all states and territories. All articles of particular topical interest are considered, and articles can be peer-reviewed at the author’s request.
The most recent journal is:
Journal No. 29, 2007
Old Stories, New Ways.
It includes the following articles:
Making the Most of Myth: National Identity and the Plight of Victoria's Mountain Cattlemen by Fiona Davis
Using the Five Senses to Trigger Memory : From Reminiscence to Oral History by Bob Mitchell
Silence and the History of Menstruation by Carla Pascoe
The Oral History Waltz: Publishing Their Stories by Elaine Rabbitt
Courage Under Fire: Remembering the 1994 Bushfires in Southern Sydney by Elizabeth Craig
Transit: A Story Inspired by Melbourne's Taxi Entrepeneurs from Hadchit, North Lebanon by Christine Eid
Back issues of previous journals also available by contacting:
Rosie Block
President OHAA, C/- Oral History Program
State Library of New South Wales
Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000