A project at the Oakland Public Library produced four volumes of oral histories, edited on four different reading levels, from beginning to intermediate, to correspond with the Laubach reading series. One consultant performed the three jobs of interviewer, transcriber, and writer, and two autobiographies were written rather than spoken by intermediate-level students with the assistance of their tutors. Photographs were taken of each student and family photos were included as well. Nine students were involved in the project. The oral histories and autobiographies were printed as books and will be used as textbooks for the 300 students in the Second Start Adult Literacy Program, as well as students in other programs throughout California and the United States. The students involved in the project increased their self-esteem and their interest in learning. An unexpected effect of the project is that the oral histories so concisely explain adult illiteracy that they are useful in promoting the library's program to potential supporters and legislators. (KC)