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.

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The big picture: Museums across the country are using AI to project holograms of Holocaust survivors and recreate the oral histories of enslaved people. —

Steph Solis, Axios, 1 Feb. 2025 Lauren Sánchez and conservatives’ cleavage cravings … an oral history of Twin Peaks … the Mitford sister who loved Hitler … Audrey Hepburn’s granddaughter is making Surrealist paintings in Italy … Is Pappy Van Winkle bourbon worth the price tag? —

airmail.news, 25 Jan. 2025 In the 1940s, efforts began to collect oral histories and artifacts about African Americans in the Bay Area. —

Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2025 Their connection to the Tucker family has been kept alive for generations, mostly through oral history. —

Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for oral history