oral history
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“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
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
“I wanted to see how it works,” he said in a 2013 oral history recorded by the Computer History Museum.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 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
