Since its founding in 1970, the Baylor University Institute for Oral History (BUIOH) has collected over 7,500 interviews. The Institute has created transcripts of almost all interviews in the collection, and nearly 4,500 of these transcripts are available to researchers and the public in our online collection as fully text-searchable PDFs. New transcripts of in-process projects are added monthly as work progresses.
BUIOH has also uploaded born-digital or digitized audio files to accompany the transcripts in the online collection. Over 85% of transcripts currently have these corresponding audio files available to stream online. Considering that no transcript captures the whole essence of a recorded exchange between interviewer and interviewee, we encourage serious researchers to listen to the audio recordings to experience a closer approximation of what transpired in the interview. In certain cases, recordings may not align with transcribed text due to interviewee edits, and some transcripts may not have associated audio files available due to interviewee redactions. If you have questions or concerns about these materials, please email us at BUIOH@baylor.edu.
Below you will find an interactive guide to our online archive, which is divided into twelve collections. You can use it to search for names, projects, themes, and more. After the search you will be able to learn more about the project and will be provided direct links to the transcript and/or audio files. If you encounter any issues with this guide, please contact our collection manager at Steven_Sielaff@baylor.edu.
Since its founding in 1970, the Baylor University Institute for Oral History (BUIOH) has collected over 7,500 interviews. The Institute has created transcripts of almost all interviews in the collection, and nearly 4,500 of these transcripts are available to researchers and the public in our online collection as fully text-searchable PDFs. New transcripts of in-process projects are added monthly as work progresses.
BUIOH has also uploaded born-digital or digitized audio files to accompany the transcripts in the online collection. Over 85% of transcripts currently have these corresponding audio files available to stream online. Considering that no transcript captures the whole essence of a recorded exchange between interviewer and interviewee, we encourage serious researchers to listen to the audio recordings to experience a closer approximation of what transpired in the interview. In certain cases, recordings may not align with transcribed text due to interviewee edits, and some transcripts may not have associated audio files available due to interviewee redactions. If you have questions or concerns about these materials, please email us at BUIOH@baylor.edu.
Below you will find an interactive guide to our online archive, which is divided into twelve collections. You can use it to search for names, projects, themes, and more. After the search you will be able to learn more about the project and will be provided direct links to the transcript and/or audio files. If you encounter any issues with this guide, please contact our collection manager at Steven_Sielaff@baylor.edu.
User Notes :
User Notes :
Using This Resource In Your Research?
Scholars are welcome to use our interviews under the Fair Use doctrine of the US copyright statute. If you have questions about whether your intended use qualifies as “fair use,” please contact us at BUIOH@baylor.edu. Also, please let us know if you are using our interviews in scholarly work, as we like to keep track of this data and promote the use of our collection.
When citing our interviews, we recommend following The Chicago Manual of Style’s guidelines for “unpublished interviews,” such as in this example:
- Noah Jackson Jr., interview by Mark Firmin, May 28, 2009, transcript, Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX, https://digitalcollections-baylor.quartexcollections.com/Documents/Detail/oral-memoirs-of-noah-jackson-jr.-series-1-transcript/2066141.
- Noah Jackson Jr., interview by Mark Firmin, May 28, 2009, audio, Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX, https://digitalcollections-baylor.quartexcollections.com/documents/detail/2066108.
Activity Note
This collection is considered an active collection. Items will be added periodically as they are acquired by Baylor University and processed through the Digitization and Digital Collection Preservation Services group.
Using This Resource In Your Research?
Scholars are welcome to use our interviews under the Fair Use doctrine of the US copyright statute. If you have questions about whether your intended use qualifies as “fair use,” please contact us at BUIOH@baylor.edu. Also, please let us know if you are using our interviews in scholarly work, as we like to keep track of this data and promote the use of our collection.
When citing our interviews, we recommend following The Chicago Manual of Style’s guidelines for “unpublished interviews,” such as in this example:
- Noah Jackson Jr., interview by Mark Firmin, May 28, 2009, transcript, Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX, https://digitalcollections-baylor.quartexcollections.com/Documents/Detail/oral-memoirs-of-noah-jackson-jr.-series-1-transcript/2066141.
- Noah Jackson Jr., interview by Mark Firmin, May 28, 2009, audio, Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX, https://digitalcollections-baylor.quartexcollections.com/documents/detail/2066108.
Activity Note
This collection is considered an active collection. Items will be added periodically as they are acquired by Baylor University and processed through the Digitization and Digital Collection Preservation Services group.