Columbia University Oral History Research Office
Encyclopedia
Columbia University Oral History Research Office was founded in 1948 by the scholar Allan Nevins
. It is the world's oldest oral history
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Allan Nevins
Allan Nevins was an American historian and journalist, renowned for his extensive work on the history of the Civil War and his biographies of such figures as President Grover Cleveland, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, and John D. Rockefeller.-Life:Born in Camp Point, Illinois, Nevins was educated at...
. It is the world's oldest oral history
Oral history
Oral history is the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews...
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