National Life Stories Annual Reviews
National Life Stories Annual Reviews
National Life Stories Annual Reviews
National Life Stories (NLS) is an independent charitable trust within the Oral History department of the British Library. Founded in 1987, its mission is to record and preserve a wide range of voices through in-depth biographical accounts, to make them available and inspire their use.’ The charity’s expertise is in oral history fieldwork, with a focus on the long life story methodology.
This collection contains NLS Annual Reviews from 2005 onwards, plus 10 National Life Story Collection newsletters published between 1999 and 2005.
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National Life Stories
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Item type:Research report, National Life Stories Annual Review 2023-24(2024)National Life StoriesAn overview of the work of National Life Stories in 2023. Alongside major NLS project updates, this review includes feature articles on: the 'Life Story in Oral History Practice' International Symposium hosted by NLS in 2023; the life story recording of Akyaaba Addai-Sebo, founder of UK Black History Month; and Architects' Lives Advisory Committee member Peter Murray on his experiences researching using the collection. The review also celebrates several NLS partner projects, including 'Positively Spoken' run by Chiva, and two collections on the 1984-85 Miners' Strike, all recently archived at the British Library.21 24 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Research report, National Life Stories Annual Review 2019-20(2020)National Life StoriesAn overview of the work of National Life Stories in 2019. Contains a series of articles from NLS staff and affiliates on the topic of 'Sharing the collections: going public with life story recordings', which explore the use of oral history interviews in exhibitions, broadcasts, podcasting and on the web.20 19 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Research report, National Life Stories Annual Review 2024-25(2025)National Life StoriesAn overview of the work of National Life Stories in 2024. Alongside major NLS project updates, this review includes a range of feature articles: Debbie Bogard on the use of oral history recordings in British Library learning workshops; Hester Westley and Cathy Courtney on a subset of Artists' Lives recordings with sculpture conservators; and Madeline White on Holocaust Testimony UK, a new online portal for UK audio and audiovisual collections of Holocaust Testimony. The review also celebrates two NLS partner projects, 'Thalidomide Stories: An Oral History of Thalidomide Survivors' and the British Council's 90th anniversary oral history project.47 25 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Research report, National Life Stories Annual Review 2021-22(2022)National Life StoriesAn overview of the work of National Life Stories in 2021. Contains updates on NLS projects, with feature articles on 'Voices of Cartier's English Art Works Workshop' and the new web resouce 'Voices of British theatre design'.16 15 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Research report, National Life Stories Annual Review 2022-23(2023)National Life StoriesAn overview of the work of National Life Stories in 2022. Includes a round-up of 'An Oral History of Farming, Land Management and Conservation in Post-War Britain', the launch of new web resources, and an article on the journey of the life story interview.19 24 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Research report, National Life Stories Annual Review 2020-21(2021)National Life StoriesAn overview of the work of National Life Stories in 2020. Features updates on current projects, plus articles from project partners and reflections on interviewing during a pandemic.14 11