Oral Evidence and Private Archives | Sources and Approaches | Spectrum Modern History | UPSC

Oral Evidence and Private Archives | Sources and Approaches | Spectrum Modern History | UPSC

Oral history refers to the creation of history with the help of non-written sources, for example, personal recollections. Oral sources allow historians to broaden the boundaries of their discipline and to confirm their findings from other sources in history. However, many historians doubt the veracity of the oral history.
Private Archives
Private archives contain papers and documents of individuals and families of note, who have played an important role in the development of modern India. Papers of eminent leaders of the nationalist movement and records of organizations such as the Indian National Congress are kept in the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi. Archives of banks, business houses and chambers of commerce are extremely helpful in the study of economic changes.
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