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From: Mary Mannix [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 06 March, 2002 2:59 PM
To: Brent Tarter
Subject: MARAC Workshop: Doing Oral History


The following workshop is being offered as part of the Spring 2002 meeting
of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC), which will be
held in Towson, Maryland, April 18-20, 2002. Registration information for
this workshop, and for the meeting as a whole, including the hotel
deadline, can be found at http://www.lib.umd.edu/MARAC/spring2002a.htm.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Mary Mannix at
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Doing Oral History
April 18, 2002
9:00 am-4:00 pm

Fee: $60.00, plus $10.00 registration fee for non-members attending the
workshop only or $5.00 fee for members attending the workshop only

This full-day workshop will cover the range of activities involved in
conducting oral history interviews and developing repository-based oral
history projects.  The instructors will discuss oral history as a research
methodology, choosing interviewees, preparing for and conducting
interviews, recording options including digital video and/or audio
applications, transcribing interviews, legal and ethical issues affecting
oral history, archival concerns and financial considerations in developing
oral history projects.  The instructors for this workshop will be Donald
Ritchie of the Senate Historical Office and Anne Ritchie of the National
Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives.  Don and Anne Ritchie are recognized
leaders in the field of oral history.  For those looking for a great
introduction to oral history and more, this workshop is a must.

Instructors: Donald Ritchie, Senate Historical Office
Anne Ritchie, National Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives

Location: Baltimore Sheraton North Hotel, 903 Dulaney Valley Road,
Towson, Maryland

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