It is with great sadness, but joy in his legacy and memory, that the Oral History Archives at Columbia (OHAC) and the oral history community observes the passing of Ronald J. Grele, Director Emeritus, Columbia Center for Oral History (CCOH). OHAC staff were privileged to get to know Ron and his thinking behind his oral […]
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In the 1930s, journalist, biographer, and Columbia professor of history, Allan Nevins began to worry that future historians would find a dearth of evidence documenting the personal side of historic events because ephemeral telephone conversations were replacing letter writing. Nevins began experimenting with what he called oral autobiography: interviews with “living Americans who have led […]