Talking Gumbo: A Teacher’s Guide to Using Oral History in the Classroom by Pamela Dean, Toby Daspit, Petra Munro, produced by T. Harry Williams Centre for Oral History, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1998. Good ideas for helping students learn about oral history techniques. Comes with a video, You’ve Got to Hear This Story, prepared by high school students – about how to do oral history interviews.

The Oral History Reader, edited by Robert Perks and Alistair Thomson, Routledge, New York, NY, 1998, ISBN: 0-415-13352-1. An international collection of writings about the theory, method and use of oral history. It is divided into live sections, including interviewing, advocacy and empowerment, interpreting memories and archiving.

Then and Now: A Training Pack for Reminiscence Work by Patricia Dufin, published by Gatehouse Books, Manchester, UK, 1985. Explains how to set up a reminiscence program with older people. The pack includes checklists for setting up programs, case studies and a publication, Day In, Day Out, based on interviews with older women recovering in the hospital.

Voices: A Guide to Oral History, edited by Derek Reimer, produced by Sound and Moving Image Division, Provincial Archives of British Columbia, Victoria, BC, 1984, ISBN: 0-7718-8396-X. Includes information on using tape recorders, interviewing, archiving and using oral histories.

We also have oral histories from other parts of Canada, many of which have been published as reading material for adult learners. They might serve as models for literacy groups that are interested in publishing stories of Nunavut for adult learners:

Exploring Our Homeland, compiled by Labrador White Bear Literacy Office and Learning Centres. An adult workbook based on stories of Labrador traditions and heritage.

Far Away But Close To Home, Local People Remember War and Peace From the Eastern Shore and Musquodoboit Valley in Nova Scotia. The stories of veterans, war brides and civilians. A series of eight readers and workbooks for adult literacy learners. Also includes a workshop for tutors.

Fishtales series from Newfoundland
King’s Cove Head – The Light Tower, A Way of Life
Legends and Ghost Stories from Bonavista South
Newfoundland Fishery and Government – The 1930s Collapse
Designed for adult upgrading, content is based on the history and culture of Bonavista South Region.

Hardships and Blessings, Seniors tell their stories North Harbour to Admiral’s Beach by Una Hynes. Stories of seniors from the St. Mary’s Bay area. Published for their children, grandchildren and future generations. This version is an easy-to-read book suitable for adult literacy programs.