Memories & Reflections: The Singapore Experience - Documenting a Nation's History Through Oral History. Singapore's Oral History Centre was established in the National Archives in 1979. This manual shares the experiences of the first generation of oral historians and sets out their methods of work which have evolved over the centre's first 25 years. This book covers: planning; the interviewer's aims and qualities; preliminary and other interviews; recording methods and equipment; guidelines on processing oral history; documentation; ethics and interview agreements; and on disseminating oral history. This second revised edition updates the original manual of 1988/1992.