The Oral History Collection Resources

Oral History Resources:

KOHC Resources

Kentucky Oral History Repositories & Programs

Nationwide Oral History Organizations & Institutes

Legalities & Ethics of Oral History

Teacher Resources

Bibliography

KOHC Resources

Conducting an Oral History (PDF)
Here is a quick fact guide and check list for preparing, conducting and processing an oral history interview.

KOHC Interview Release Form (PDF)
For all interviews being donated or conducted for the Kentucky Oral History Commission, we require this interview release form be signed and submitted with all recorded material. Without legal permission to use the oral history interview, we are limited on how we can share the information with the public now and in the future.

KOHC Interview Information Form (PDF)
With every interview conducted for or submitted to the Kentucky Oral History Commission we request that an interview information form be filled out and submitted with any recorded interviews. This will help us more seamlessly and quickly incorporate your interview into the KOHC collection.

KOHC Marantz pmd 660 Digital Recorder Troubleshooting Guide (PDF)
This guide provides a quick list of references for Marantz pmd 660 Digital Recorder users. It includes troubleshooting tips when you are having problems with your recorder and the preferred settings when using this equipment for the Kentucky Oral History Commission archives.

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Kentucky Oral History Repositories & Programs


University of Kentucky Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History

University of Louisville Oral History Center

Western Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University

Morehead State University

Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College

Northern Kentucky University

Murray State University

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Nationwide Oral History Organizations & Institutes

Oral History Association
National Association for Oral Historians. Website offers great resource tools for oral historians of all levels of experience.
The Oral History Association, in conjunction with the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky has been adding some extremely helpful technology resources for oral historians. Check it out.

Columbia University Oral History Research Office

UCLA Center for Oral History Research

Baylor Institute for Oral History

Southern Oral History Project

Cantigny First Division Oral Histories at Ball State University
The Cantigny First Division Oral Histories include forty high definition video oral history interviews with veterans of the U.S. Army's First Infantry Division, commonly known as the "Big Red One." The goal of the project was to preserve the memories of the soldiers whose military service occurred around the globe since World War II. The interviews were conducted with veterans then residing in Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky.

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Digital Oral History and Preservation

Digital Omnium
Doug Boyd’s blog providing practical advice about oral history, archives, and digital technologies

Library of Congress Sound Preservation
Sound preservation studies and standards

Transom.org
Transom.org channels new work and voices to public radio and public media by offering tools, advice, and community.

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Legalities & Ethics of Oral History

"Oral History and the Law"
An Oral History Association Pamphlet Series Publication, by John Neuenschwander, 2002, provides a good introduction to many legal issues relating to oral history practice, projects and archives.

Principles and Standards of the Oral History Association
Standards that any oral historian should be aware of before conducting oral history interviews.

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Teacher Resources

Library of Congress American Folklife Center
Lesson plan for Using Oral History in the classroom.

"Oral History Projects in Your Classroom" by Linda P. Wood, with introduction by Marjorie McLellan, 2001. Another OHA Pamphlet series publication, written for classroom teachers taken directly from real-life classroom oral history projects.

Louisiana Voices
An educator's guide to exploring communities and traditions. Good activities and guides for bringing interviewing skills and fieldwork into the classroom.

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Bibliography

"Doing Oral History," Donald A. Ritchie. 2003. Oxford University Press.

"The Oral History Manual," Barbara W. Sommer and Mary Kay Quinlan. 2002. AltaMira Press.

"Handbook of Oral History," edited by Thomas L. Charlton, Lois E. Meyers and Rebecca Sharpless. 2006. AltaMira Press.

An Oral Historian's Work with Edward D. Ives. 1987. Sheldon Weiss Productions.

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