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= Introduction = =Welcome to 1960soralhsitories. This is a Wiki whose intent is to be a searchable database of web-available oral histories on the 1960s period broadly defined. Our goal is to create a place where users can find oral histories on particular topics and add oral histories to the database.=

= Why this guide exists = =If you have ever used oral histories in archives, you know that the finding guides that accompany the histories can be woefully inadequate. Frequently, they only end up listing the topics of interest to the indexer and leave out significant information that historians and students might find helpful. Our goal here is to use crowd sourcing to create a constantly updated list of topics covered in oral histories with links to the transcripts, audio files, or video files of that oral history.=

= Using the guide = = = =This Wiki is organized by tags (topics). If you are searching for oral histories from the 1960s on a particular topic try plugging in a tag or search term (such as Vietnam War, Music, Woodstock, etc). into the search box at left. Remember that you might need to try multiple searches to find a term that works. Once you find a term that works, you will be taken to a page that has links to oral histories hosted off-site.= = = =You can add new oral histories at any time by adding a link to the oral history on an appropriate page. Or you can create a new page for an area that you are interested where a tag does not already exist and add oral histories to that page. Any oral history should exist on many pages since no oral history covers one topic exclusively. Typical pages might include a person (the subject of the interview, someone mentioned in the interview), a place (a state or city), a topic or event, a group, or anything else you might find relevant.=

= A request =

=If you use this site to find oral histories, please consider adding pages for the oral histories you use. For example, let's say you find links to some oral histories on soldiers perspectives on the Vietnam War. As you watch those videos, please note something else you could tag from the videos - a reference to a song, a place, a battle, or a march after the war. When you're done, search for the terms you tagged. If you find them, add a link to that oral history to that page (if it isn't there already). If you can't find the term, create a page for the topic and add a link to that oral history.=