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Charles Ives’s remarkable orchestral work “The Fourth of July” was, as film composer Bernard Herrmann told oral historian Vivien Perlis, intended as more than a mere poetic impression of an occasion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Freidberg settled on holding an eight-week course, bringing in a different Black oral historian each week via Zoom to speak.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
My work as an oral historian was inspired by hearing a story from my great aunt, who got her first period while fleeing Nazi-occupied Poland.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2023
Scholars at William & Mary will continue to seek documents and descendants; a genealogist is expected to join the staff soon, an oral historian will record memories.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023
Mqhayi was actually an imbongi, a praise-singer, a kind of oral historian who marks contemporary events and history with poetry that is of special meaning to his people.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
