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The One-Minute Guide to Conducting an Oral History
 | Ascertain willingness of narrator to participate.
| Research narrator's background; prepare and send outline.
| Schedule appointments.
| Obtain signed release agreement at first interview.
| Tape-record interviews.
| Get interviews transcribed.
| Review transcript; then get narrator to review.
| Deposit corrected transcripts, tapes, and release agreements
in the appropriate library, archives, or historical society. |
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The One-Minute Guide to Oral History Interviewing
| Ensure that equipment is functioning properly.
| Label tapes with names interviewer, narrator, date, tape number.
| Take outline, photos, clippings to interview.
| Obtain signature on release agreement.
| Develop rapport but remain neutral.
| Ask who, what, where, when, why, how.
| Remain polite but firmly in control.
| Listen carefully--and pursue new topics.
| Use silence.
| Ask for examples and anecdotes as illustrations. |
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