Oral History Cataloging Worksheet

Oral History Cataloging Worksheet

Church Area:Choose the name of your area / CHL Call#:Assigned by HQ
Worksheet created by: Enter name here / Date: Enter date here
Worksheet edited by: Enter name here / Date: Enter date here
Have you attached the required signed Donation Agreement? Yes/No

General Information

Case File:The interviewee’s name (Family name, given name). For example, García, Juan.

Date of Interview:Enter the datedd-mmm-yyyy. For example, 16 May 2015.

City and state/country where interview was recorded:City, State/Country

Principle language of the interview:Indicate language here

Other languages:Indicate additional languages here

Length of interview: Total length of interview [hh:mm:ss]. For example, [01:14:32].

Interview Participants

Interviewer’s Given Name: For example, Marcus

Interviewer’s Family or Surname: For example, Harris

Interviewer’s Complete Name: For example, Marcus Kevin Harris

Interviewer’s birth year: For example, 1956

Interviewee’s Given Name: For example, Juan

Interviewee’s Family or Surname: For example, García

Interviewee’s Complete Name:For example, Juan José García Díaz

Interviewee’s birth year: For example, 1966

Interviewee’s Phone number(s):Enter phone number(s) here

Interviewee’s E-mail address:Enter email address here

Interviewee’s Residence:Enter street/mailing address here

Interview Description Instructions

Overview:The interview description should briefly identify the significant themes and topics discussed in the interview. A good description will help a researcher find the interview in the Church History Library Catalog.

What to include: Generally,the list of significant topics needed for the interview description can be copied over from the main topics inthe interview outline.For a topic to be considered significant, it should be discussed extensively during the interview and include important information about the subject. Leave out topics that were merely mentioned or not covered in detail. In addition, make sure to include significant topics discussed that were not originally part of the interview outline. When determining what topics to include and what to leave out, consider the following criteria:

• Is this topic relevant to Church historyand likely to be of broad interest to future researchers?
• Did the interviewee provide valuable information about a topic?

General guidelines:

• Be sure to follow the guidelines given in the oral history style guide.
• Include contextual information that is helpful to a researcher, such as full names(people, organizations, and places)and dates (generally inserted using parenthesis).
• Occasionally, you may want to highlight a particular part of the interview that is not adequately described in the list of significant topics (for instance, a historically significant or faith-building story). Do this by adding an additional sentence under the topic where it came up.
• Generally, an interview description will list about 3-5 significant topics.

Interview Description

Interview with The interviewee’s name. For example, Juan García

about Main theme or purpose of the interview

Topics discussed include:

Using your interview outline as a starting point, list the significant topics discussed in the interview following this format:

• [Time hh:mm:ss] Topic 1
• [Time hh:mm:ss] Topic 2

For example,

• [00:34:37] Serving in the Missouri Independence Mission (1985-1987). Story about teaching an investigator struggling with alcoholism with Robert D. Hales as his companion.

Interviewed byInterviewer’s name. For example, Marcus Harris

for the Choose the name of your area Area.

Sacred, Private, or Confidential Information

Does the interview contain any of the following? / Yes/No / Start and End Time
Reports of confessions, Church disciplinary councils, or sensitive matters shared in nonpublic Church settings (such as leadership meetings). / Yes/No / Time (hh:mm:ss)
Time (hh:mm:ss)
Financial records that document the Church’s income, budget andlarge expenditures. / Yes/No / Time (hh:mm:ss)
Time (hh:mm:ss)
Personal financial information, including information about total net worth or welfare assistance. / Yes/No / Time (hh:mm:ss)
Time (hh:mm:ss)
Informationabout the treatment of mental illness, medical procedures that violate Church policies, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, alcoholism or drug abuse, suicide, sexual activity, or similar things. / Yes/No / Time (hh:mm:ss)
Time (hh:mm:ss)
Information whose release would violate applicable data privacy laws. For example, government identification numbers, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, birth dates, criminal history, sexual history and orientation, or ethnic background. / Yes/No / Time (hh:mm:ss)
Time (hh:mm:ss)
Specific wording or details regarding a temple’s interior, temple rites or ceremonies, the garment, or other temple clothing. / Yes/No / Time (hh:mm:ss)
Time (hh:mm:ss)

Significance

Why did you interviewed this person? Include the interviewee’s connection with the history of the Church. This may include the person’s callings, date of baptism, participation in a significant event, or some other contribution to Church history.

Other Useful Information (optional)

When applicable, provide additional information that could be useful to a cataloger or researcher. For instance, you could include concerns about sacred, private, and confidential information that was not communicated adequately above.

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Worksheet Prompts Modified 1 April 2016