Dr. Michelle Wright will be giving a 2 hour, online workshop on conducting oral history interviews. This will take place on Tuesday, May 28th from 5:30-8:30. The link will be sent by email to students. We will have a quick first meeting and introduce ourselves. There will be a 10 minute break and then Dr. Wright will give a presentation on how to conduct oral history interviews.
In preparation for this, please read Information from the Baylor University's Institute for Oral History's Introduction to Oral History.
Creating an Interview Outline and Composing Questions
The Oral History Association's Principles and Best Practices page.
Oral History for Texans pages 23-32
Work on possible interview questions and send to Dr, Wright. She will comment on them and get them back to you.
In preparation for Dr. Ferentinos workshop, read pages 78-the end of the chapter of Maryland LGBTQ Historic Context Study, and this short history of the LGBTQ rights movement. When reading chapter 3 of Dr. Ferentinos' report, you can skim over sections that don't interest you, but be prepared to discuss this. One question to think about is what did you learn? What didn't you know before reading it?
Listen to an oral history from the 2022 cohort for Making LGBT Oral History Project. You can watch part of several interviews or all of one.
To look at other resources, click on the history page in the LGBTQ Research guide.
Attend the workshop with Dr. Ferentinos on June 6th (1pm-3pm) online. Link will be sent out a few days prior to the workshop.
Begin writing a paragraph “setting the scene” that will provide historic context for your interview. More information about this assignment will be provided in a separate document. Email to Jill, Kris and Shannon for feedback when completed (by the end of Week 2).
Informant information will be given out and you need to send them an email arranging to speak together. After speaking to the person, please start working on your questions.
Students will catch up any work remaining.
We will meet together and discuss the readings and any questions they may have. Meeting will be in person on June 11th from 10-12 at the Essex library, room 112.
Students finish paragraph revisions and send questions to Dr. Wright that you would like to use in the interview.
Optional to watch After Stonewall film on LGBTQ recent history (You will need your CCBC username and password)
Interview informant
Begin transcribing the interview, rewriting your “setting the scene” paragraph, and identifying key clips (see 4th week for more info or the clips from the 2022 interviews)
Attend group meeting (TBD)
Finish transcribing the interview.
Rewrite your “setting the scene” paragraph with your new knowledge from the interview and incorporating any feedback from your previous draft. Provide any historical context someone would need to understand the interview.
Identify key clips from your interview (3-7 minutes long) to highlight. Write down the time stamps and what is discussed at these time stamps that is worth highlighting.
Email transcript, your revised “setting the scene” paragraph, and the time stamps for the key clips from your interview to Jill, Kris and Shannon.
Fill out Project Evaluation form and send to Jill.