Resources and Guidelines

FOR YOUR ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW

  • Guidelines for a Successful Oral History Interview
  • Interview Release Form
  • Some sample questions you might ask:
    • What is it like for your neighborhood to be a destination?
    • Tell me about the groups in your neighborhood who were anti-gentrification.
    • How did you use public space, like streets, when you were growing up?
    • What were the big turning points in the neighborhood’s history?
    • How did you have fun when you were growing up?
    • How have you seen businesses in the neighborhood change?
    • What are the major changes you’ve seen on your block?
    • Describe the demography of the neighborhood.
    • Compare your childhood to that of your children.  How is it different or similar?
    • How do your family and ethnic heritage influence your life and life choices?

FOR OMEKA:

  • Omeka Handout: Omeka-Up-and-Running-Displayed-Histories
  • Icons To Use To Designate a “Recording” and a “Transcript” (Copy and paste these onto your desktop, then upload them along with your interview recording and transcript when you add to Omeka):

headphones icon transcripts icon

  • Fields We Will Be Using in Dublin Core (When You Add Items to the Omeka Archive): 
    • Title
    • Subject
    • Description
    • Creator (i.e., author, artist, speaker, etc.)
    • Date:
    • Contributor (i.e., you)
    • Rights
    • Note: Add Publisher if the source is published.