Melvin Thatcher and Matt Heiss: Oral Histories

Oral Histories. When we speak of personal histories we think most often of autobiographies, journals, or even scrapbooks; but what about cultures where there is no written tradition--how do they record their history? What about videotape or digital recordings? What effect does technology have on our recording of history? Melvin Thatcher of the Family History Department and Matt Heiss of the Church History Department discuss oral history.