Guides: Creating Oral Histories: Online Resources

Web Resources

Organizations:

Oral History Association: includes a compilation of web guides to doing oral history and a statement on best practices
International Oral History Association: includes a page aggregating oral history sites world-wide

Other Online Resources:

American Folklife Center: includes planning and interviewing tips
Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide: available as a donwloadible PDF
Pennsylvania Historic & Museum Commission, Oral History Resources: includes a selected bibliography of manuals and books
Baylor University, Institute for Oral History: includes an Introduction to Oral History Manual and a Style Guide for Editing Oral History Transcripts
University of South Carolina, Oral History Resources: includes tips on remote interviewing

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