Experience of State Archive of the Ulyanovsk region on acquisition of oral history materials (on the example of personal funds and collections)

The article describes the activity of the State Archive of the Ulyanovsk region on acquisition of archive materials of oral folk arts and the preservation the documentary owners'' heritage of the personal funds and collections. The example of personal funds and collections of the State Archives reveals the contribution of famous scientists and ethnographers to savings of oral history of the region and the country.