Funding was approved to digitize the 38 reels so last week we took them to Video Revolutions in Tulsa to do the conversion. Initially, 2 reels will be done as a test to assure the content matches what the paperwork and labels say and also to test the audio quality. With the verification done, which should be earl y next week, I will be on to the next steps published last week.

In the meantime, I am reviewing the paperwork again in order to match the deeds of gift with each oral history. Past Perfect has the functionality to append this document to the master archive record where the Oral History itself is cataloged. I will place these in alphabetical order and prep them for scanning either by the new THS intern or I will do it. Also, there appear to be at least some transcripts of these histories. I will test a sample for scanning with OCR to convert them to a usable format to append to the archive record as well.

Next week I’ll be attending the Oral History Symposium in Oklahoma City and I’ll provide a full report. I will also try to update via twitter. You can follow me at @dennishull.