http://oralhistory.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/2008/08/06/why-oral-history/ LSU Libraries Special Collections T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History Blog and Podcast Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:16:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://oralhistory.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/2008/08/06/why-oral-history/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Chris R. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:16:10 +0000 http://oralhistory.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/2008/08/06/why-oral-history/#comment-38 So true. We are losing oral history as an art form. So true. We are losing oral history as an art form.

]]> http://oralhistory.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/2008/08/06/why-oral-history/comment-page-1/#comment-3 David Brewin Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:44:20 +0000 http://oralhistory.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/2008/08/06/why-oral-history/#comment-3 Most of my histories have had a video component tied in with them and I have to say that most of them have been very rewarding. It's a privelege to get to know someone on the level that sometimes occurs. I guess the biggest challenge is to gain someone's trust enough to really talk to you. The biggest disappointment to me is often that the people that I have interviewed are pretty old and they die. I still miss some of them. I'm going to go back and talk to relatives of some of the people that I interviewed almost 20 years ago and talk about some of the same things and see what has changed over the years. Most of my histories have had a video component tied in with them and I have to say that most of them have been very rewarding. It’s a privelege to get to know someone on the level that sometimes occurs. I guess the biggest challenge is to gain someone’s trust enough to really talk to you. The biggest disappointment to me is often that the people that I have interviewed are pretty old and they die. I still miss some of them. I’m going to go back and talk to relatives of some of the people that I interviewed almost 20 years ago and talk about some of the same things and see what has changed over the years.

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