Oral History Center Primary Source Metadata Project
David Dunham, Project Manager
Oral History Center of UC Berkeley
Closed. This professor is continuing with Fall 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Spring 2025.
The Oral History Center of UC Berkeley has conducted over 4000 oral histories on a vast array of subjects. We are currently focused on making our collections on Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives, Rosie the Riveter / WWII Home Front, and Women in Politics available online with complete audio synched to transcripts.
Role: The undergraduates on this project will be reviewing the audio and transcripts of oral histories, drafting consistent metadata, excerpting, and flagging discrepancies from audio to transcripts and/or potentially sensitive content. Student efforts will increase accessibility to these collections as we update their work to the Oral History Center website.
Qualifications: All majors can apply. No prior experience with oral history required. Training will be provided to review oral history audio and transcripts, and produce relevant metadata. Interest in oral history, United States history. Ability to review transcripts and audio / video, produce metadata, common themes, and choose audio segments.
Day-to-day supervisor for this project: Paul Burnett
Hours: to be negotiated
Off-Campus Research Site: Virtual or in-person, with regular virtual meetings with Project Lead David Dunham from Oral History Center.
Related website: https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/visit/bancroft/oral-history-center
Social Sciences