Oral History Committee Annual Report 2023
submitted by Catherine Hammer
Current Roster
- Catherine Hammer, Senior Chair (2025)
- Rob DeLand, Junior Chair (2027)
- Karen Olson, Member (2025)
- Nurhak Tuncer-Bayramli, Member (2025)
- Katherine DeFonzo, Member (2025)
- Jacey Kepich, Member (2025)
- Christina Taylor Gibson, Ex-officio Member (2025)
- Therese Dickman, Member (2026)
- Alison Nikitopoulos, Member (2027)
- Kathleen Haefliger, Member (2027)
List of Previous Goals and Progress Made
- 1. Work with the Web Committee to establish an online shared work space through Google Drive and Humanities Commons
- Google Drive work spaces have been established and are in use
- Humanities Commons work space has been established, but no work currently exists there
- 2. Research Best Practices of Archival possibilities for the use of Zoom video interviews
- Discussion and consideration determined that it should only be used it an in-person interview is not possible
- 3. Work on Jerry McBride’s interview – Interview has been completed, and transcription is in progress
List of Future Goals
- 1. Continue organizing and conducting oral history interviews
- Mission Statement – “…collection and preservation of music of all kinds and information about music in libraries and archives”
- Mark McKnight – Interview is in progress
- Jim Zychowicz – Plans are in place for an interview
- Jim Boonin – Plans are beginning for a second interview
- MLA Big Band Interviews – Plans are beginning for a series of interviews with individuals involved with the establishment and continued activity of the MLA Big Band
- 2. Continue to improve committee organization of documents in shared online work spaces
- Goal Area 1: Organize Strategically