THE PAST MEETS

THE PRESENT

 

Essays on Oral History

 

Edited by

David Stricklin

Rebecca Sharpless

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreword

Introduction

Contributors

 

I.       THE NATURE OF ORAL HISTORY

ORAL HISTORY: WHAT IS IT AND

WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

William W. Moss

 

ORAL HISTORY: THE FOLK CONNECTION

Barbara Allen

 

REACHING ACROSS THE GENERATIONS:

THE FOXFIRE EXPERIENCE

Eliot Wigginton

 

ORAL HISTORY AS BIOGRAPHY

Vivian Perlis        

 

PANEL DISCUSSION 1

 

II.  THE STATE OF THE CRAFT

SUCCESS AND EXCESS: ORAL HISTORY

AT HIGH TIDE

Cullom Davis

 

III. PERSPECTIVES ON ORAL HISTORY:

THREE CASE STUDIES

TALKING ABOUT THE AMERICAN PAST:

ORAL HISTORY AND AMERICAN STUDIES

Barbara Allen

 

FOXFIRE AND THE EDUCATIONAL MAINSTREAM

Eliot Wigginton with Christopher Crawford       

 

PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICAN MUSIC

Vivian Perlis        

 

IV. THE PROSPECTS FOR ORAL HISTORY

ORAL HISTORY: WHERE IS IT GOING?

William W. Moss

 

PANEL DISCUSSION 2

INDEX

 

 

 

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xi

 

1

 

 

5

 

 

15

 

 

 

27

 

 

43

 

57

 

73

 

 

77

 

87

 

 

 

91

 

 

101

 

 

119

 

129

 

133

 

141

149

 

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