| Collection Name: |
Life in Kent before 1914 Oral History Project |
| Repository Name: |
University of Kent, Canterbury. Templeman Library. Special Collections [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
Canterbury, United Kingdom |
| URL: |
http://www.qualidata.ac.uk/search/qualicatscript.asp?id=87 |
| Description: |
The purpose of this research was to study the everyday lives, occupations and attitudes of people who grew up in Kent before the First World War. Five hundred interviews were conducted with men and women from all walks of life and from different parts of the county. One aim of the project was to assess the merits, limitations and difficulties of oral history techniques and to find out the extent to which new historical evidence could be gleaned from these interviews . |
| Broad Subjects: |
Domestic life; Communities |
| ASP Subjects: |
Education; Family; Kent, England; Local history; Marriage; Oral history; World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Other Subjects: |
Childhood; Family life; Social issues; Values |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0002570 |
