Many thanks to everyone who emailed me with information and suggestions on 
how to conduct oral histories.

For the benefit of the list, the most often recommended basic "how to" 
manual seemed to be Donald A. Ritchie's _Doing Oral History: A Practical 
Guide_ (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press (2003), 320 pp.

Of the several websites that were also recommended--all of which I 
explored and found helpful--the one suggested the most frequently was the 
Institute for Oral History at Baylor University <
http://www.baylor.edu/oral%5Fhistory/ or http://tinyurl.com/s3cfu>.  For 
those interested in this thread, that site offers an online workshop on 
oral history methodology.

Again, my thanks for all helpful advice.  You are a really resourceful 
group of professional colleagues.

Harry


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