Looking for a vade mecum / Thomas L. Charlton --
I: Foundations --
The history of oral history / Rebecca Sharpless --
Oral history as evidence / Ronald J. Grele --
II: Methodology --
Research design and strategies / Mary A. Larson --
Legal and ethical issues in oral history / Linda Shopes --
Oral history interviews : from inception to closure / Charles T. Morrissey --
Oral history and archives : documenting context / James E. Fogerty --
The uneasy page : transcribing and editing oral history / Elinor A. Mazé --
III: Theories --
Memory theory : personal and social / Alice M. Hoffman and Howard S. Hoffman --
Aging, the life course, and oral history : African American narratives of struggle, social change, and decline / Kim Lacy Rogers --
A conversation analytic approach to oral history interviewing / Eva M. McMahan --
Women's oral history : is it so special? / Sherna Berger Gluck --
Narrative theory / Mary Chamberlain --
IV: Applications --
Publishing oral history : oral exchange and print culture / Richard Cándida Smith --
Biography and oral history / Valerie Raleigh Yow --
Fractious action : oral history-based performance / Jeff Friedman --
Oral history in sound and moving image documentaries / Charles Hardy III and Pamela Dean.