The Virginia Historical Society is offering a series of classes called Recording Oral History: Technology and Techniques. The Verizon Foundation is generously funding this series to be held on four nights this fall: September 4, 11, 18, and October 2, 2008. These are all on Thursday evenings from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at our facility at 428 N. Boulevard in Richmond, Virginia. Two weeks were purposefully placed between the two last classes to allow students to record an interview to share with the class on October 2. The classes are open to teachers, genealogists, and family historians as well as college and graduate school students. We will tap the oral history expertise of local oral historians in discussing effective interviewing skills, legal issues, administration of an oral history program, the varied uses of interviewing, and the different types of recording methods, techniques and equipment with the able assistance of Dr. Doug Boyd of the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. People can register at www.vahistorical.org and click on the "News and Events" page. Members of the society will be charged $110.00, and nonmembers will pay $125.00. Mary Virginia S. Currie Virginia Historical Society [log in to unmask] ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html