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.