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Public and Digital History

A guide for teaching and advising students on public, digital, and oral history projects.

Oral History

Screenshot of StoryCorps webpage with links to listen to recorded oral histories.

StoryCorps preserves and shares a wide range of oral histories, and also offers an app students can use to make and share histories.

  • Oral History Best Practices. The Oral History Association guidelines define an oral history and give best practices for every stage of the process, from pre- to post-interview.
  • Instructor Support Packet. Essential forms, including video/photo consent forms and oral history/interview consent forms, along with other useful tools and resources. From Rollins College.
  • Oral History in the Digital Age. Advice on everything from getting started to choosing good microphones. From the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
  • Institute for Oral History. Resources on how to interview and organize oral history projects, plus a style guide for transcription. From Baylor University.

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