Assemble the Oral History page

Assemble the transcript, appropriate forms, photos, and other materials on an oral history page on the Fellowship website for collaborative review by the editorial team and by the narrator(s). At this stage, the oral history page remains private, accessible only to the oral history editorial team and the narrators.

The history editor will enter the following in the appropriate fields or places on the oral history page:

  1. Editorial Notes: This field will be seen by narrators when the page is shared with them. Once published, it will not be visible to the general public. Use it to include comments to the narrators alerting them of things to look for as they review; and questions for follow-up with them, etc.
  2. Abstract: Write a paragraph that explains why this oral history is of interest.  It may contain any information about the person or the materials that would help a future listener decide if engaging it would be worth their time.
  3. Footnote and Bibliography citation formats. 
  4. Create Profile pages for persons involved: narrator(s), interviewer(s), editor(s), and link to them from the oral history page. Use the biographical data form of the narrator to create the narrator's profile page.
  5. Time-stamp log. This time-stamped guide to sections of the conversation may correspond with the Topics List on the Oral History main page (Your Story; Impact of the Torrances; Memories of the Torrances; and Reflections). As an example, here's one for the Jennifer Floether oral history.
  6. Transcription (optional). 
  7. Add various supporting documents: Deed of Gift (signed by the narrator, giving us permission to publish); Biographical data form; Curriculum vitae (optional); Interview data from; Editorial Permission forms (for the interviewer, transcriber, and other non-narrators who contributed); Narrator materials permission form (older name: Image permission form).
  8. Photographs, other donated materials. Some may be added exclusively to the oral history page; others, if of widespread interest, may be added to a bibliography record. We might include a portrait photo or headshot photo, plus a photo taken on the occasion of the interview, photos of the home or of objects in the home that are mentioned; various documents or records mentioned, etc.
  9. Term Lists: Standardized terms are entered in separate fields on the oral history page. There are term lists for: Persons mentioned; Books mentioned; Events and Conferences mentioned; Countries or special places or cities mentioned; Denominations / Religious Associations; Societies and Organizations; Institutions mentioned; and Terms mentioned (i.e., specialized vocabulary, abbreviations, or insider-knowledge). These Term Lists facilitate consistent searching and discoverability of an oral history. They are based not only on the contents of the interview, but on relevant sections from the Interview data form, the cv, and the Biographical data form, as well as the interviewer's own knowledge.

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