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Section 4: Background Research for Oral History InterviewsOnce your group has chosen a research topic for further study, you will begin planning to conduct oral history interviews yourselves. To plan the interviews, you must decide which questions to ask about your topic. To give you some ideas for questions to ask, look for two or three oral histories that relate to your research topic. Search in the American Memory collection American Life Histories, 1936-1940, and in other sources if you have time. Here are some steps to help your group organize an on-line search about your research topic:
When you have found several documents about your research topic, read them as a group. Then go ahead to Guidelines for Oral History Interviews.
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