Introduction

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Introduction | Oral History | The Journal of American History, 87.2 | The History Cooperative

Oral History

Michael Gordon and Lu Ann Jones

We begin with hearty thanks to the many readers who responded to our request, made in last year's issue and on h-oralhist, for essays about using oral history in United States history courses. Although we received more proposals than we could accept, we were pleased to learn of the many courses that include oral history components. We include four examples in this issue (following the first two essays in the section) and plan to publish more next year. We think these four demonstrate that if instructors offer clear instructions about how to conduct and analyze interviews, oral history projects can add new dimensions to broad United States survey courses, as well as to more specialized courses. . . .

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