In-the-First-Person
Database Description

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Description:

Use this resource to find first-person narratives in English.

Letters
Diaries
Memoirs
Autobiographies
Oral histories

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Coverage

The index contains approximately 20,500 months of diary entries, 63,000 letter entries, and 17,000 oral history entries, dating from years up to 199

Information Type:

Text? Yes
Audio? Yes
Video? Yes

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In-the-First-Person Database Description

In-the-First-Person
Database Description