Oral History Interview Basics, Organizational Skills Offered

An Oral History Workshop will be offered by the Idaho State Historical Society at the library on Saturday, May 12, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. as part of Idaho Archaeological & Historic Preservation Month.
Historian Brandi Burns will lead the workshop which will be in two parts. Part one covers interview basics and part two is for groups interested in conducting a community oral history project.
Basics include such things as identifying people to interview, developing questions, how to use digital recording equipment, and how to preserve the recordings for future use.
The second hour covers how to plan a community oral history project, including developing a budget, writing a project plan and assigning roles, and what to do when the project is complete.
The society is also sponsoring a guided-history bike tour of the historic rail-to-trail Route of the Hiawatha on June 23.
For a complete list of events and more information visit www.history.idaho.gov.