Recommended Resources
Austin Narratives | Narrative Anthologies | Contemporary Memoirs | Austin History | Writing the Memoir

Narrative Anthologies

• Centenarians: The Story of the 20th century by the Americans Who Lived It. 973.91 Ce
• Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who’ve Lived It. Terkel, Studs. 305.260973 Te
• First Person America: Eighty narratives originally recorded by members of the Federal Writers’ Project. 973.91 Fi
• Gig: Americans Talk about Their Jobs at the Turn of the Millennium. 306.36 Gi
• I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR’s National Story Project. 973.9 I
• Mexican Voices/American Dreams: An Oral History of Mexican Immigration to the United States. 973.046872 Da
• Till Freedom Cried Out: Memories of Texas Slave Life. 976.400496 Ti
• Voices of War: Stories of Service from the Home Front and the Front Lines. 355.00922 Vo
• Women’s Words, Women’s Stories: An American Daybook. 305.4097309 Wo
• Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do. Terkel, Studs. 331.0973 Te
• You Must Remember This: An Oral History of Manhattan from Turn of the Century to World War II. 974.71042 Ki

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