oral history
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To preserve the history of these neighborhoods, Clockshop, an arts organization, has been collecting interviews with locals as part of a multimedia oral history project since 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 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
One version of the oral history speaks of a hunter from Gomoa Asin, a royal named Inhune Akubuha.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
He described the period of new cable construction in America in the late 1970s and early 1980s in “Tinderbox,” an HBO oral history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
He wanted to throw a Mess Night that would worm its way into the oral history of the Marine Corps.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
