Instructions for Oral History

Name/Title

Instructions for Oral History

Entry/Object ID

2022.1.1

Scope and Content

Instructions for Oral History Project recorded by Jeane Woods, UOI Coordinator Oral History, Carnegie Library. Conversation of recording for oral histories between Jeane Woods and Eleanor McKinley and 1 other women. Subject Matter: Marie Rogers Oral History Program Technical aspects of conducting interviews Microphones Recording tests Battery power vs electric current Training Pause vs Stop Channel 54 - Community Action station in Boulder doing oral history project Video tapes Rosanne Doran Making people comfortable Waiting 10-15 seconds to start speaking once recording 45 minutes per side Backtrack and get story a couple times instead of losing things Thank interviewee or say "this is the end of the interview" Notepad Reviewing questions before interview Know about interviewee's background Provoke feeling Who, where, what, when, how instead of yes, no Keep them focused around Boulder County List of significant events List of topics CD-ROM conversion project Take a picture of interviewee or provided photos Pop out tabs on tapes so it's not recorded over label tapes immediately Waneka Family Training on cassette recorder Forms Brackets around additional information that isn't on the recording Summary, keywords Church family Reading from diary as an oral history Church family diary

Collection

Permanent Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Recording, Audio

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Recording

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

Oct 16, 1997

Archive Notes

Interviewer: Volunteer Interview Date: 1997-10-16 Interview Length: 44.29 Transcriber: Hannah-Jayne Duran Transcription Date: 2022-02-14

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Eleanor McKinley