oral history

noun

1. information of historical or sociological importance obtained usually by tape-recorded interviews with persons whose experiences and memories are representative or whose lives have been of special significance.

2. a book, article, recording, or transcription of such information.

oral history

noun

1. the memories of living people about events or social conditions which they experienced in their earlier lives taped and preserved as historical evidence

Other Word Forms

• oral historian noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of oral history¹

First recorded in 1970–75