23 Websites on How to Do Oral History Interviews

 

There are many websites that have innovative ideas on how to do oral history interviews. The following 23 websites are just a sample of what is available online:

1. Bancroft Library Tips for Interviewers  http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/resources/rohotips.html
2. Baylor University Oral History Institute  http://www.baylor.edu/oralhistory/index.php?id=23566
3. Capturing the Living Past: an oral history primer  http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/research/audiovis/oral_history/
4.  History Matters      http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/oral/
5.  How do I conduct an oral history interview   http://www.le.ac.uk/emoha/training/no2.pdf
6.  Oral History Association http://www.oralhistory.org/about/principles-and-practices/
7.  Oral History Interviews   http://www.loc.gov/folklife/familyfolklife/oralhistory.html
8.  Oral History Techniques: How to Organize and Conduct Oral History Interviews  http://www.indiana.edu/~cshm/oral_history_techniques.pdf
9.  Columbia Center for Oral History       http://library.columbia.edu/locations/ccoh/education/resources.html
10.  Concordia University Oral History  http://storytelling.concordia.ca/oralhistory/index.html 
11. Cyndi's List. "Oral History & Interviews - General Resources." http://www.cyndislist.com/oral/general/  
12.  Frequently Asked Questions   http://www.tellmeyourstories.org/faq/index.htm
13.  Minnesota History  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sOmEpj2STM
14.  RootsTech 2013 videos. For example, Jyl Pattee has fresh ideas of capturing various types of stories at Roots Tech 2013: http://2013.rootstech.org/?start=0&id=K2&video=2245338986001
15. Step-by-Step Guide to Oral History  http://dohistory.org/on_your_own/toolkit/oralHistory.html 
16. Ten Tips for Interviews    http://www.ibiblio.org/sohp/howto/guide/howto_111l.html 
17. StoryCorps  http://storycorps.org/ 
18. University of Kentucky Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History http://libraries.uky.edu/libpage.php?lweb_id=11&llib_id=13 
19. University of Hawai'i at Manoa. "Center for Oral History Links." College of Social Sciences Center for Oral History. January 5, 2013. http://www.oralhistory.hawaii.edu/pages/links.html (accessed July 17, 2013). 
20. University of Texas Voces Oral History Project   http://www.lib.utexas.edu/voces/resources.html 
21. Utah Stories Project https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/utah-stories-project/id380713434?mt=10 
22. Your Life Your Story http://www.your-life-your-story.com 
23. 35 page activity book for children has lots of questions https://zapthegrandmagap.com/downloads.html 

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