Research Guides: Theater of the Real: Conducting Interviews

Oral History

Photograph of John Bowman in his garage, explaining how a moonshine still works to Mary Hufford and John Flynn.

NYU Archival Collections This link opens in a new window
NYU Archival Collections is a single search portal and finding aid for each of the Libraries archival and special collections, including the Fales Library & Special Collections The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University Archives, New-York Historical Society, and Brooklyn Historical Society.
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Columbia University Oral History Collection
A collection of over 1000 transcripts of individual oral interviews of people from the 20th century who have contributed significantly to society or who were close affiliates of world leaders.
Oral History Centers and Collections
H-Net is an international interdisciplinary organization of scholars and teachers dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web.

StoryCorps
Listen to any of the hundreds of stories we’ve recorded, drawn from conversations between more than 30,000 participants in all 50 states. Just press the “play” button next to each image; if the story moves you, pass it along using the share link.
The American Folklife Center
The American Folklife Center was created in 1976 by the U.S. Congress to "preserve and present American folklife" through programs of research, documentation, archival preservation, reference service, live performance, exhibitions, publications, and training. Designated by the U.S. Congress as the national center for folklife documentation and research, the American Folklife Center continues to collect and document living traditional culture, while preserving for the future its unparalleled collections in the state-of-the-art preservation facilities of the Library of Congress.