Oral History in Tucson

Follow this link to read an article in the Tucson Citizen about an author who utilized an oral history technique to document her own family's history.

The author, Elizabeth McCauslin, interviewed a number of elderly family members to capture their recollections of times gone past. She collected them into a book, titled Recuerdos: Memories of a Childhood in Tucson.

An interesting comment from Jim Turner, community services historian with the Arizona Historical Society: "The only bad oral history is the one you don't do."

McCauslin said the book took seven years to complete, including countless hours of research and conversations with family members.

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