Verkkoin support of these goals, historical narratives prioritize content that emphasizes a common origin, focuses on the groups with which students should. Smith, professor, specializes in early modern european history and the history of science. Verkkoin particular, the rise of oral history during the latter half of the twentieth century has led to a new appreciation of the value—and potential challenges—involved in working with testimonies narrated by witnesses who were alive during the historical events which they are narrating. Verkkodigital commons @ east tennessee state university | east tennessee. Verkkothis historical event in the 1930s required the removal and flooding of communities and a radical ecological disruption. Using this story, eppley. Read 27 march 1988 at the university of sussex. Oral history, defined by ronald grele as 'the interviewing. By the late 1970s, the history of the.