Web sites can be useful sources for examples and practical information. These sites provide good examples of oral histories and information on doing oral history.
- American Life Histories, Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940
Collection of life histories collected during the late 1930s.- Fred R. Crawford Witness to the Holocaust Case Files
Oral history interviews with holocaust survivors, liberators and witnesses. Other parts of the Crawford collection includes photographs and documents dealing with the holocaust.- Rutgers Oral History Archives
The archive features oral histories of those who served on the homefront and overseas during World War II, Korean War and Vietnam.- Veteran's History Project
Library of Congress project to collect first-hand accounts by American veterans from World War I to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.- Densho
Project to collect oral histories, photographs and documents dealing with Japanese American history with special focus of World War II. The site currently contains narrative with selected documents, images and oral histories plus study questions and bibliographies. Registration required for full access.- In the First Person
Index to more than 2,500 collections of oral histories on the web.- Oral History Online
Collection of oral histories provided by the Regional Oral History Office at Berkeley. Includes ones dealing with women's suffrage and the Free Speech Movement of the 1960s at Berkeley.- Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive
Project which will "result in the creation of an Internet-accessible, fully searchable database of digitized versions of rare and unique library and archival resources on race relations in Mississippi."- Voices of Civil Rights
A collection of "thousands of personal stories, oral histories, and personal artifacts of the Civil Rights Movement" collected by the Library of Congress. Also see the small collection at WSU Civil Rights Oral History Interviews.
- Guidelines for Oral History Interviews
Part of the Using Oral History lesson plan at American Memory.- Oral History Tips
Information specifically dealing with oral histories of the Vietnam War era.- Oral History Workshop
Short web workshop produced by Baylor University's Institute for Oral History.- The Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide
Extensive guide with sample questions for interviews.- Step-by-Step Guide to Oral History
Part of the History Toolkit at the DoHistory site.- Tips for Interviewers
Practical tips for oral history interviewers provided by the Regional Oral History Office at Berkeley.
Portrait of the Brown family of Colorado, ca. 1895-1905, courtesy of American Memory.
