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Oral histories

Scope note

Use for those works that record interviews conducted to preserve the recollections of persons whose experience or memories are representative or are of special historical or social significance.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000202595

Term used for

histories, oral

Equivalent Terms used

oral history (document genre)

Created

13yrs ago

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Terminology definition for: oral histories" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-102726 Accessed: 2024-12-22 23:25:00

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