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oral history

  1. historical data consisting of personal recollections, usually in the form of a tape-recorded interview
  2. the gathering and preservation of such data
  3. a historical account based on such data

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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