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    Citing Oral History Interview Collections

    Oral History Interview citation format if accessed online

    Interviewee last name, first name. “Title of interview (if any.)*” Interview by First Name Last Name of interviewer. Day Month Year of interview. Unique identifier†, Publisher name (title of database or website), Repository Name, URL. Accessed Day Month Year. *Place title in quotation marks if it is part of a publication, or in italics if it is published independently. Omit if there is no known title. †At UW Archives, all oral history interviews have a number, formatted as OH #XXXX.

    Example

    Elder, Joseph. Interview by Robert Lange. 10 October 2005. OH# 730, Oral History Project, University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives, https://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/62321. Accessed 27 July 2021.

    Oral History Interview citation format if accessed in UW Archives or as audio file

    Interviewee last name, first name. “Title of interview (if any.)*” Interview by First Name Last Name of interviewer. Day Month Year of interview. Unique identifier†, Publisher name (title of database or website), Repository Name, Repository Location. Format (e.g., CD-ROM, Digital audio file, Audiocassette). *Place title in quotation marks if it is part of a publication, or in italics if it is published independently. Omit if there is no known title. †At UW Archives, all oral history interviews have a number, formatted as OH #XXXX.

    Example

    Miller, Elizabeth and James. Interview by Laura Smail. 11 November 1985. OH #0316. Oral History Project, University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives, Madison, WI. Digital audio file.

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