{"id":2591,"date":"2021-01-20T22:28:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T22:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njahs.org\/confinementsites\/?page_id=2591"},"modified":"2025-08-04T16:54:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:54:38","slug":"oral-histories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/njahs.org\/confinementsites\/oral-histories\/","title":{"rendered":"Oral Histories"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oral Histories are sound or video and sound recordings of interviews about historic topics\/events obtained through an interview with someone directly involved with that event or topic.\u00a0 They serve to provide an eyewitness account of history, with the individual subjectivity of the interviewee.\u00a0 They allow a ground level perspective on history and put a face to those directly involved.\u00a0 They provide a fuller, more accurate picture of the past by allowing people to relay their experience of it.\u00a0 They are not authoritative but reflect lived experiences and the knowledge an individual has about one\u2019s own past and life.\u00a0 They reflect how individuals and communities have experienced history.\u00a0 They provide vital insight into the past and how it felt, not just the facts and post-hoc understanding of the past.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NJAHS has digitized 11 of our Oral History collections as well as a small number of oral histories that are not part of any collection. \u00a0 Click HERE for a complete index of digitized oral histories.\u00a0 Below you can see excerpts of some of these oral histories.<\/span><\/p>\n

To request full audio or video files of these Oral Histories, or full transcripts email <\/span>lilith@njahs.org<\/span><\/a> including the name of the interviewee, the date of the interview, and the project it is a part of (this will help us find the file more quickly).<\/span><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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