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Tape-Recorded Interviewing: Some Thoughts From California

1957; Society of American Archivists; Volume: 20; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.17723/aarc.20.4.ek22716331539362

2327-9702

Corinne Gilb,

Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

D ESPITE the torrent of newsprint, office memoranda, carbon copies in triplicate, and published memoirs that seems to flow in the wake of every contemporary human activity, the inner workings of social institutions, major events, and 20thcentury man himself often go undocumented.The telephone and airplane have made lengthy discursive letters an unnecessary luxury.The man with an urge to introspection no longer needs to keep a diary; he can go to a psychiatrist.A conscious or unconscious concern for public relations colors many if not most of the records destined for public viewing.And so, to help document the undocumented and to shed new light on what is already of record, the tape-recorded interview can be a real boon to scholars, present and future.Large corporations are beginning to record interviews to supplement their archives.Local historical societies, public museums, and public libraries are preserving regional folklore by gathering tape-recorded reminiscences.