Listening to War: Uncovering Wisconsin's Wartime Oral Histories
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This document summarizes a project to identify and preserve at-risk oral history recordings documenting life during wartime periods in Wisconsin. Over 1,300 recordings were identified from 107 repositories across the state, covering topics from WWI to recent conflicts. Many collections were born-digital and lacked proper legal releases. An advisory committee provided guidance. The project aims to digitize the content, establish best practices for preservation, and make the recordings more accessible online through a centralized hub.
Listening to War: Uncovering Wisconsin's Wartime Oral Histories
- 1. Listening to War Uncovering Wisconsins Wartime Oral Histories Emily Pfotenhauer Recollection Wisconsin Program Manager WiLS (Wisconsin Library Services) emily@wils.org
- 2. Listening to War: Uncovering Wisconsins Wartime Oral Histories National Endowment for the Humanities Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Foundations Grant PW-234713-16 June 2016 May 2017 recollectionwisconsin.org/wioralhistory Identify and inventory at-risk oral history recordings documenting life during wartime, and develop a plan for digitization, preservation and access.
- 4. 107 repositories contacted 24 site visits 1300 + recordings identified Topics represented: WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan More than 50% born digital content Many collections without legal releases What did we find?
- 5. Methodology: Identify and contact repositories Preliminary phone interviews Conduct collection assessments mediaSCORE and mediaRIVERS https://www.avpreserve.com/tools/mediascore-mediarivers/ Review and select content Follow up with repositories How did we find it?
- 6. Ellen Brooks Wisconsin Veterans Museum Paul Hedges Wisconsin Historical Society Erika Janik WPT/WPR Stephen Kercher University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Susan McLeod Chippewa Valley Museum Troy Reeves University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives Dorothea Salo University of Wisconsin-Madison iSchool Mark D. Van Ells Queensborough Community College, City University of New York Advisory Committee Consultant Bertram Lyons AVPreserve
- 7. Planning phase: Build community of practice Turn attention to at-risk, underrepresented content Establish a repeatable model Increase awareness of Hub Implementation phase: Bring more audiovisual content online Increase participation in Hub Benefits to Service Hub