English 395, 2011-2014
Scope and Contents
Consists of interviews and course material for Theory and Practice of Oral History, English 395W 5134, Spring 2012, taught by Professors Bette S. Weidman and Ben Alexander. All materials are digital.
From the course description flier: "In this class we will prepare ourselves to be effective interviewers by learning research methods, developing productive questions, indexing our work with finding aids to make it searchable, and connecting individual interviews to larger projects. We will look at academic and popular models of oral history and frame our hands-on approach with readings about the philosophy and politics of oral history work, the art and science of memory, legalities associated with interview preservation and dissemination, the contribution of new technologies and the development of archives. Our own practice interviews will be eligible for inclusion in the Queens Memory Project."
This class was a special collaboration between the Cultural Studies concentration of the English Department, The American Studies Program, and the Archival Certification Program of the Library and Information Studies Graduate School.
Dates
- 2011-2014
Conditions Governing Access
Permissions documentation will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis prior to providing access to any interview transcript or audio file in this collection.
Student work in the collection is restricted under the the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records.
Extent
From the Collection: 3 Linear Feet (2 records cartons of audiocassettes and paper files; one flat box which holds a poster)
From the Collection: 286 Digital Files
From the Collection: 39.6 Gigabytes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Items are saved in subfolders by student name; each student conducted two or three interviews, which are then saved in subfolders by subject name.
Repository Details
Part of the Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives Repository
Queens College Library, CUNY
Benjamin Rosenthal Library RO317
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing 11367 USA us
QC.Archives@qc.cuny.edu
