A Model for Public Libraries to Present Public Programming in Oral History in Southwestern Communities

FAIN: GL-*1289-79

Southwestern Library Association (Denton, TX 76204)
Thomas Friedlund (Project Director: May 1979 to October 1990)

Supports the development of a model for public libraries to present public programming in oral history, based on a study of library demonstrations designed to improve their communities' understanding of local history through oral history techniques.

To give citizens in 18 communities a better understanding of their local history and its implications for the future through a series of public programs, in libraries, based on oral history materials.