Kristin Sanchez

Final Exam

A.

Oral history is the recorded views of people who were involved in historical events which provide for perspectives that show feelings, memories, and many other significant, usually hidden experiences. Interviewing is a method used to record a person's view on a historical event. This audio or video recording has become a different way to understand and learn about the past.
Preparing for an oral history interview will require a number of steps including background preparation, question formulation, interviewing techniques, etc. In the beginning of the semester, I knew of the importance to each step. By the end of the semester, I realized the level of effort needed to accomplish each step in the interview process. Every step was obvious from the start. How much time needed to spend on every step did not come clear to me until I finished the transcription. If I could do it all over again, I would have spent more time researching The......

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