Transcribing and Editing Oral History

by Willa K. Baum

Overview

Willa Baum once again shares her enormous knowledge of oral history in her second AASLH book, focusing this time on what to do when ending interviews, how to decide whether or not to transcribe, how to process data, and how to transcribe. Also provided are detailed instructions on auditing tapes, editing, working with legal agreements, indexing, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780910050265
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/1991
Series:	American Association for State and Local History
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.27(d)

About the Author

University of California, Berkeley

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 1. Introduction
Chapter 2 2. First Steps at the End of the Interview
Chapter 3 3. The Big Decision: Whether to Transcribe or not
Chapter 4 4. The Steps in Processing
Chapter 5 5. Transcribing Procedures
Chapter 6 6. Auditing the Tape
Chapter 7 7. Editing
Chapter 8 8. The Narrator's Review and Approval
Chapter 9 9. Legal Agreements
Chapter 10 10. Completing the Transcript
Chapter 11 11. Indexing
Chapter 12 12. Depositing the Interview
Chapter 13 Bibliography