2.39. Using Your Oral Histories – Transcription: Creating a Plan

It's the second season of the More and More Every Day Podcast. Join us every day for short (10 minute) episodes to talk all things oral history and challenge yourself with a daily oral history prompt.

Today's prompt: Create a plan for formatting and working through your transcript.   

Resources 

• The Library of Congress, American Folklife Center: “Indexing and Transcribing Your Interviews” https://www.loc.gov/vets/transcribe.html 
• Columbia University, Center for Oral History Research: “Oral History Transcription Guide.” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/575a10ba27d4bd5d7300a207/t/5a5f95a2652dea3cec32aacc/1516213672572/CCOHR+Transcript+Style+Guide+2018.pdf 
• Southern Oral History Program, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, “A Practical Guide to Oral History,” https://sohp.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/69/2013/11/A-Practical-Guide-to-Oral-History_march2014.pdf 
• Chicago Manual of Style, Citing Oral Histories https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/Documentation/faq0026.html 
• Nancy MacKay, Curating Oral Histories: From Interview to Archive (Routledge, 2016). 

Share your progress with us:
@SMCChistory (Twitter and Insta)
historysouthmountain@gmail.com

More and More Every Day is brought to you by the South Phoenix Oral History Project at South Mountain Community College, in partnership with the Southwest Oral History Association.