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Meaning of oral history

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

oral history

noun

Definitions

  1. The collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews.

  2. Oral tradition.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oral%20history

Related words

historiographyhistoriologyhistorical methodsecondary sourcehistoriographerchronographyhistoriometrypsychohistory