Oral biography

Here are entered works on the technique of recording the oral recollections of persons concerning their lives and the lives of their families, as well as collections of such recollections. Individual oral biographies are entered under the name of the individual interviewed.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85095225
- info:lc/authorities/sh85095225
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85095225#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
- LCSH Collection - Authorized Headings
- LCSH Collection - General Collection
Broader Terms
- Biography
Narrower Terms
- Oral history
LC Classification
- CT22
General Notes
- Here are entered works on the technique of recording the oral recollections of persons concerning their lives and the lives of their families, as well as collections of such recollections. Individual oral biographies are entered under the name of the individual interviewed.
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2012-04-16: revised

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