248 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Oral History at a Distance is the first publication to explore both the ideas behind and application of oral history in remote projects. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, working from a distance is now an ongoing and necessary approach in the oral historian’s toolkit. In this volume, the experienced team members of Baylor University’s Institute for Oral History provide a road map for adapting... Read more

Part 1: Chapters  1. Introduction  2. Project Design  3. Ethical Considerations for Remote Projects  4. Managing Remote Projects  5. Interviewing at a Distance  6. Remote Recording Technology  7. Preserving Remote Recordings  8. Looking Ahead: Final Thoughts on Going Remote  9. Afterword  Part 2: Case Studies  Part 3: “Oral History at a Distance” Webinar Survey  Part 4: Appendix

Biography

Steven Sielaff serves as senior editor and collection manager for the Baylor University Institute for Oral History, editor of Sound Historian, managing editor of H-OralHist, and associate director of the Oral History Association. He is coauthor of several OHA publications including Remote Interviewing Resources, Archiving Oral History, and Oral History Metadata and Description.

Stephen M. Sloan directs the Institute for Oral History and is a professor of history at Baylor University. He also serves as executive director of the Oral History Association. His publications include the coedited Listening on the Edge and Oral History and the Environment.

Adrienne A. Cain Darough, MLS, CA, serves as assistant director for the Baylor University Institute for Oral History and secretary-treasurer for the Texas Oral History Association. Her research interests include ethical and legal considerations for oral history as well as community commemoration through oral histories.

Michelle Holland serves as editor for the Baylor University Institute for Oral History, where she oversees transcript workflow and manages editorial student workers. She is also a rotating editor for H-OralHist and coeditor of Tattooed on My Soul: Texas Veterans Remember World War II.