The oral history interviews conducted by the BOHP team take the form of life-history interviews, in which the interviewer and narrator explore the narrator’s experiences of early childhood, education, career, family life, etc. in the Town of Bethlehem.

Oral history narrators are typically motivated by a desire to share their stories, experiences and the lessons they’ve drawn from them.  These interviews provide an opportunity for people away from the public eye – whose perspectives are often omitted from media, government and other public records – to reflect on the way historical events played out in their lives and on their own roles in shaping Bethlehem’s history.