Research Guides: Archiving the Black Lives Matter Movement: Resources for Conducting Oral Histories of the BLM Movement

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For more information on conducting oral history interviews, you can contact Folk Arts Coordinator for Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts, Virginia Siegel, below.

Virginia Siegel

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Resources for Conducting Oral Histories of the BLM Movement

Talking About Race Web Portal
This web portal, developed by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, provides a wide variety of resources for having conversations about race, which may be helpful in developing questions for oral history interviews.
Oral History Association Principles and Best Practices
The OHA provides detailed guidance on best practices for conducting oral history interviews.
Vermont Folklife Center’s Listening in Place Interviewing Guide
This resource provides tips for conducting oral history interviews, with an emphasis on listening.
Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts' Remote Oral History Resources
While oral histories are best conducted in-person, this is not always safe or possible. Visit AFTA's page on remote oral history resources to find tips on oral history interviewing over the computer or phone.

Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts Interview Documentation Templates

To donate an interview to Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts and the University of Arkansas Libaries Division of Special Collections, the following two (2) forms are required. Feel free to use these forms as templates for your own projects.

Additional details about the interview will always make your recordings more accessible for research in the future. The following forms are templates we use to record additional information about our interviews so that researchers can more easily explore interview contents and/or learn about the context within which the interview was conducted.