oral history
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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
In an interview with the Smithsonian oral history project, she talked about the challenge of being a woman in a union dominated by Chavez and other men.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
His notes “took over our dining room at home,” much to his wife’s chagrin, Banatao said in the oral history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
“We were facing things that the average person would never even consider,” Basheer said in the “Storytelling Project” oral history.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 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
