Viva Voce
Professional Oral Histories


Preserve Your Voice
Give a living voice to your story. Viva Voce offers an avenue to preserve histories, bringing to life the untold stories of individuals and communities through professional interviews.
The Process
Preinterview Questionnaire
The preinterview process includes a questionnaire to allow the historian to create an interviewee profile and define the focus of the interview. The client and/or interviewee will have the opportunity to review the profile and proposed focused questions before scheduling the interview.

The Interview
The historian will conduct a professional oral history interview with the interviewee in-person or online.

The Product
Clients will receive copies of the printed interview transcript with the audio or video file.

Services

Future Research
Does your story have historical significance?
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Ask about ways to share your oral history with future researchers and historians.