Work Type
Presentation
Publication Date
2006
Name of Conference
2006 MLA Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ
Language
English
Document Type
Presentation Poster
Recommended Citation
Dubinsky, Ellen and Halbrook, Barbara, "Digital oral history: Using the Web to give history new life." 2006 MLA Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ. 2006. Paper 8.
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/becker_pubs/8
Description
Between 1959 and 1985, Becker Medical Library recorded more than 50 oral histories of Washington University’s faculty on reel-to-reel audiotape. Although the audiotapes were transcribed, nothing else was done with them and the oral histories were essentially forgotten –hidden away in archival boxes. During the past year, the oral histories have been digitized and presented, with their transcripts, on the Web. Being able to hear the voices and see pictures of the interviewees has given new life to Becker Library’s oral historical materials and led to new interest in medical history in oral format.