Description
Book SynopsisTells you how to start an oral history program in your community, how to select the right equipment, and how to interview people whose memories are a living connection to the past. This book demonstrates what to do when the interviews are collected and to instruct how to transcribe and index them, store them, and make them available to the public.
Trade Review[It] remains the most useful practical introduction for those considering the start of an oral history project, providing combinations of how-to-do-it suggestions and theoretical discussions. * The American Archivist *
Table of Contentschapter 1 Foreword chapter 2 Preface to 1987 Edition chapter 3 What is Oral History? chapter 4 How to Start an Oral History Program chapter 5 Equipment and Tapes chapter 6 The Interview Process chapter 7 Who Should Interview? chapter 8 Tips for Interviewers chapter 9 Indexing chapter 10 To Transcribe or Not To Transcribe chapter 11 Agreements on Use chapter 12 Ethics of Oral History chapter 13 Depositing and Preserving Tapes chapter 14 Encouraging the Use of Oral History Materials chapter 15 Developing Expertise chapter 16 Bibliography on Oral History
