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You lend to the clearinghouses whatever you need, and we’re going to back you’,” he told an oral history project at the University of California, Berkeley.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

“I had to steer the plane exactly as I wanted the picture taken,” Dallin said in a 1969 oral history about his work.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

According to oral history passed down over the generations, Santseo was planted in the 13th Century by Komfo Nana Asumbia, a royal figure to whom we trace our lineage.

From BBC May 2, 2026

Visiting the in-demand Wendy L’Belle Tividad for a psychic reading On making music for ‘the freaks’ with the Egyptian Lover Unpacking the oral history of jerkin’ and its lasting impact beyond L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2025

As she prepares dinner, I try to finalize the edits to my oral history project, but Mom finishes cooking before I’m done.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh



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