Introduction to British Library Oral History Resources

with Mary Stewart from the Oral History Society

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Introduction to British Library Oral History Resources
with Mary Stewart from the Oral History Society

Are you interested in life story interviews and voices from the past? Are you looking to get started with personal research or an oral history project to add to your library or archive collections?

Join us to explore one of the world’s largest collections of audio and video interviews, which provide insights into many aspects of UK personal memory, identity and experience. Mary Stewart, Lead Curator of Oral History at the British Library and Director of the oral history fieldwork charity National Life Stories, introduces the British Library’s rich Oral History collections and freely available resources.

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Mary Stewart

Lead Curator of Oral History

Mary Stewart is Lead Curator of Oral History at the British Library, Director of the oral history fieldwork charity National Life Stories, and a Trustee of the Oral History Society. Her research interests include family histories and narratives and their use as a tool for academic research and oral history and its reception by family members of interviewees.

She has also been exploring the 'biography' of the oral history archive: contextualising collections, capturing information about the research process and exploring ethical debates about the re-use of archived oral history material.

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