The Middlebury Oral History program records the real-life experiences, memories, and perspectives of College students, faculty, staff, and alum. The Special Collections Oral Historian will assist with duties related to the collection, curation, cataloging, and use of oral histories: data rich narratives that represent a wide range of voices, many whose stories may not have been accurately documented in the official written record.  

Core Responsibilities:

·  Perform historical and archival research   

·  Identify Middlebury College community members (current: students, staff, faculty; and former: alumni, retired staff, emeriti faculty) to interview 

· Conduct oral history pre-interviews and interviews via Zoom or digital audio 

· Edit oral history transcripts 

· Process and catalog oral histories 

· Index oral history recordings 

· Edit audio and/or video files