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Title
Techniques Tape: Interviewing techniques
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library
Collection
California Revealed from Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library
Rights Information
Copyrighted. Rights are owned by The Regents of the University of California. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Rights Notes
Donated to The Bancroft Library with Willa Baum papers.
Description
Note inside original container: "1. Interviewee's reluctance to talk about his father. Interviewer draws him out. Nutting and Gilb. 2. Interviewee frankly states why he won't discuss things that might make trouble. TenBroek and Baum. TenBroek later refused to complete interview after three good recordings because he felt it was too informal and he didn't have the time to satisfactorily revise it. 3. Interviewee breaks down on being asked to describe a colleague. Encourage to go on. Matyas and Gilb. 4. Interviewee and interviewer argue over several points, Creel and UN, irrelevant to interview. Brings up problem of whether to argue with interviewee or not, and problem of role interviewee is to assume. Bean and Neylan. 5. Initial difficulty in establishing rapport between TenBroek and Baum. Various quibbles. Later things went all right in interview, but he never finished or released interview. 6. Example of failure to follow lead and get description of Rowell. Campbell and Gilb. 7. Reluctance of interviewee to discuss his colleagues, does later. Campbell and Gilb. 8. Interviewer discusses his own personal feelings. Wise? Bean and Neylan. 9. Effect of challenge on interviewee, and interviewer makes a personal reference in attempt to establish rapport. Bean, Gilb, Neylan. 10. Example of indirect question to get at complicated question, function of a regent. Gilb and Neylan."
Type
sound
Format
Master
1/4 inch audio tape
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Identifier
BANC MSS 2008/114
cabeuroh_000071
Language
English
Provenance
Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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