| Description |
vii, 350 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Reflections -- Stories of community and work in the Redd Center Oral History Program / Jessie L. Embry -- A two-way street: explaining and creating community through oral history / Barbara Allen Bogart -- Probing memory and experience: the untapped potential of oral history (re)collections / Laurie Mercier -- Examples of neglected groups -- "Everybody worked back then": oral history, memory and Indian economies in northern California / William Bauer -- Bittersweet memories: oral history, Mexican Americans, and the power of place / Jose M. Alamillo -- "That's all we knew": an oral history of family labor in the American Southwest -Skott Brandon Vigil -- "Colorado has been real good to us": an oral history project with Japanese Americans in Weld County, Colorado / Georgia Wier -- Using oral history to record the story of the Las Vegas African American community / Claytee White -- Women at work in Las Vegas, 1940-1980 / Joanne L. Goodwin -- "Every woman has a story": Donna Joy McGladrey's Alaskan adventure / Sandra K. Mathews -- Searching for the rest of the story: documenting the Dee School of Nursing / John Sillito, Sarah Langsdon, and Marci Farr -- The Utah Eagle Forum: legitimizing political activism as women's work / Melanie Newport -- Essential sources -- Creating community: telling the story of the Mormons in Fort Collins, Colorado / Linda M. Meyer -- Every mine, every cow camp, every ranch: oral history as field work / Leisl Carr Childers -- Oral history among the orchards: a look at the James George Stratton family / Kristi Young -- Afterword: when history talks back / Clyde A. Milner II. |
| Summary |
"The essays in this volume are case studies of the importance of oral history in understanding community and work in the American West"--Provided by publisher. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Interviews -- West (U.S.)
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Oral history -- West (U.S.)
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West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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West (U.S.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Embry, Jessie L.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780816530175 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780816599271 (electronic bk.) |
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