OH Resources
Links to various organizations, tools, and forms for oral history creation and recording.
How-to guides for oral history
- American Folklife Center: Oral History Interviews Written for family members and genealogists
- Planning an oral history project
- Interview tips
- Resources for Remote Interviewing (CSU Fullerton Center for Oral and Public History list)
- Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission suggestions when writing a grant to support oral history work.
- Columbia Center for Oral History Research Transcription Style Guide
Tools (A number of software apps offer limited closed caption transcription functions)
- Temi (one example of an automated machine-transcription service for a fee) Note there is a free app, but has limitations on use and capacity.
- Amazon Transcribe (limited free use for first year.)
- OHMS (Oral History Metadata Synthesizer) more complex than simple transcription, this is used in conjunction with an archival collection.
- Creative Commons Licenses (licensing and protections for your work.)
Forms (models) for oral history
- CSUSM History Department consent form for oral history
- Library of Congress Interview Release Form
- Oral History in the Liberal Arts (templates for public use)
- American LIbrary Association Oral History--Forms (samples used by ALA/LIRT as part of an anniversary project)
- Duke University form templates
Organizations (there can also be interest groups within archival organizations such as Society of American Archivists and Society of California Archivists)
Southwest Oral History Association serves Arizona, Southern California, Nevada, New Mexico and nearby areas.
International Oral History Association (links to a large number of oral history organizations around the world)
