| Collection | Winstanley Oral History Collection |
| Description | The Winstanley Oral History Collection comprises interviews with 184 people in Kent (mainly east Kent), recorded between 1974 and 1976. The recordings were undertaken as part of an SSRC-funded oral history project (called ‘Everyday Life in Kent before 1914’), looking at life in Kent at the turn of the 20th century. Michael Winstanley published a book based on this research in 1978 ‘Life in Kent at the Turn of the Century’ (Dawson, 1978), and the interviews also formed the primary research material for Part 3 of Winstanley’s book ‘The Shopkeeper’s World, 1830-1914’ (Manchester University Press, 1983). The collection was gifted to the University in the 1980s.
Sometimes known as 'Oral History Project: Life in Kent before 1914 by Michael Winstanley'. |