How to do oral history

Below are our resources to help you get started with your oral history project, including the equipment you might need, how to conduct interviews and training.

Read the Oral History Society's Advice on oral history interviewing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Equipment

A guide on what equipment to buy and use for oral history recording.

See our equipment guide

Training

EMOHA also provides training for groups across the East Midlands.

Get in touch about training

Interviewing

An introduction to interviewing and the basic practicalities of conducting one-to-one, semi-structured or unstructured interviews.

More about interviewing

Ideas

Oral history is versatile. Get more ideas on promoting your oral history projects in schools, as exhibitions or as community drama.

Learn more what you can do with your oral history projects