Oral history curator's choice
Number of items in collection: 255
Short description:
Recordings in this collection can be played by anyone.
The recordings clustered under the ‘Oral History curator’s choice’ are edited extracts from National Life Stories projects archived at the British Library. Many of the extracts were originally edited for CD publications published by the British Library and project partners.
Oral history recordings provide valuable first-hand testimony of the past. The views and opinions expressed in oral history interviews are those of the interviewees, who describe events from their own perspective. The interviews are historical documents and their language, tone and content might in some cases reflect attitudes that could cause offence in today’s society.
Long description:
Recordings in this collection can be played by anyone.
The recordings clustered under the ‘Oral History curator’s choice’ are edited extracts from National Life Stories projects archived at the British Library. Many of the extracts were originally edited for CD publications published by the British Library and project partners.
Oral history recordings provide valuable first-hand testimony of the past. The views and opinions expressed in oral history interviews are those of the interviewees, who describe events from their own perspective. The interviews are historical documents and their language, tone and content might in some cases reflect attitudes that could cause offence in today’s society.
Curator's choice includes extracts from 'Food: From Source to Salespoint', 'Artists' Lives', 'An Oral History of British Theatre Design' and 'An Oral History of British Fashion' and will soon include extracts from:
- Architects’ Lives
- Authors’ Lives
- Book Trade Lives
- Lives in Steel
- An Oral History of the Post Office
- An Oral History of the Wine Trade
- Tesco: An Oral History
Further information about National Life Stories can be found at www.bl.uk/nls.