Canadian Oral Histories: submissions
 

Instructions on submitting new collection descriptions

This form allows you to submit an entry to the Guide to Oral History Collections in Canada, which was originally completed in 1993. The goal of the Guide is to contain all oral history collections that are available to researchers in Canada. The topic of the interviews does not have to be Canadian. The interviewees or interviewers do not have to be Canadian. This is a service to the public in Canada and elsewhere that is free of charge. The Guide is maintained by the executive of the Canadian Oral History Association at the University of Winnipeg.

Your submission will become accessible to other users pending review by COHA staff (who may contact you with further questions).

Thank you for adding your resources to this important research tool.

General comments:

  • In text fields (below), the first letter in any field should be capitalized
  • The fields that you are required to fill out are marked with an asterik (*).
  • Other details and examples are provided with each field below.

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Your contact details
Please provide your contact details so that we can confirm the validity of the submission, etc.
 
* last-name* first-nameemailtel.
Repository name
Name of the repository; omit 1st word if it is an article, omit it. (e.g.: "The Museum of Vampirism" -> "Museum of Vampirism")
   
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 		  New entry (one allowed):
Fonds name
Name of the fonds (if the name given on the response is same as the name of the repository, leave this field blank)
 
Fonds article
Article for use with fonds name: e.g.,
  • A
  • AN
  • La
  • Les
  • The
 
Accession number
 
Access restrictions
Restrictions: give as on response, except if too long or convoluted, in which case say "Some restrictions".If no restrictions, write "Open"
 
Number of interviews
For example:
  • 54 interviews
  • ca. 30 interviews
 
Duration / Duree
Examples:
  • 12 h
  • ca. 2 h 30 min
 
Formats
For example:
  • Audio tape cassettes
  • Audio tape reels
  • Audio disc
  • Video cassette
If the number of items is mentioned, please indicate this: e.g.
  • 12 audio tape cassettes
 
Date(s) of recordings
Example:
  • 1977-1980
  • early 1970s
 
Transcription
Examples include:
  • Complete transcription
  • Partial transcription (ca. 10 percent)
  • Partial transcription (3 interviews)
  • Partial transcription (most interviews)
  • Selective transcription
If information too vague, just indicate:
  • Transcription
Please exercise caution in this field: if the number of pages is obviously too low (e.g., compared to the number of hours indicated) leave transcription fields blank.
 
Pages
Examples: 130 p., ca. 900 p., env. 150 p.
 
IR
For example:
  • List of contents; fieldwork notes
  • Biographical data sheets
  • Finding aid
  • Descriptions of interviews
  • Multicultural Media Skills Development Project resource catalogue
 
language description
language of the description
 
Description
Description (text).
  • General format: Immediate context of interviews; Date(s) of recording(s); omit name of interviewer.;
  • Wider context: if the interviews were produced within a particular project, for preparing a book, a museum exhibit...;
  • Content: general topic, identity of interviewees, detail on topics, geographical areas covered, relevance of collection for research.; - Other remarks, concerning language or whatever (e.g. if response imprecise, as when someone enters "African language" as language of recordings).;
  • Sound quality.
 
Remarks / Remarques
Remarks / comments about the collection (e.g., Recorded as part of the Frontier College Oral History Project)
 
Name of interviewer
For example:
  • Orchard, Imbert
  • Faulkner, Ursula
 
Proper name (person or org)
Proper names of persons or organizations, i.e., those that constitute the topic of the interview (not the name of the interviewer). For example, the name of the repository, or the name of the organization that created the fonds, should not be indicated here, unless they are a topic.
   
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Themes
Topics, subjects or keywords that describe the "aboutness" of the collection.
   
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Place names
Places associated with or named in the collection.
   
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Province / Territory
For example, Ontario
   
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Lang. of recordings
Language(s) of recordings: e.g.
  • English
  • French
  • Portuguese
   
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Ethnicity
Ethnocultural groups.
   
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First Nations / Indigenous groups
For example:
  • Cree
  • Metis
   
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