What We Do

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The oral history program, part of the Park History Program, is dedicated to:

• Improving oral history practice in the National Park Service through workshops and webinars that explore all phases of a successful oral history project—project planning, legal and ethical issues, selecting recording equipment, conducting in-depth interviews, interview transcription, archiving, and using oral history. Program coordinator Lu Ann Jones has offered two- to four-day workshops at the Service-wide, regional, and park and program levels.
• Conducting oral history interviews with NPS personnel and preserving the recordings and transcripts at the NPS Archives in Charles Town, West Virginia.
• Sharing oral history interviews through short audio productions.

Have questions about oral history in the NPS or need help planning a project? Contact the Park History Program.