Stories of Southern Maryland

FAIN: PB-274405-20

College of Southern Maryland, La Plata (La Plata, MD 20646-2867)
Maria Leighton (Project Director: May 2020 to present)

The retention of an archives assistant employed in the Southern Maryland Studies Center, who would transcribe 40 oral history interviews documenting the history and culture of southern Maryland.

The Southern Maryland Studies Center currently makes available to the public 321 oral histories with an estimated total time of 450 hours of audio recordings with a wide range of subjects including education in Southern Maryland, influenza epidemic, the great depression, various themes that give voice to minorities currently underrepresented in our repository, local industry and more. Following archival and transcription best practices, 40 oral histories will be listened to and transcribed to a word document that will then be converted to a PDF file that conforms to accessibility standards. Each record will be published in our website and made available to all.

Media Coverage

CSM’s Southern Maryland Studies Center $25,500 to Transcribe Local History (Media Coverage)
Author(s): College of Southern Maryland
Publication: The Southern Maryland Chronicle
Date: 8/12/2020
Abstract: Information taken from and linked to CSM news release of August 11, 2020 found at: https://news.csmd.edu/all-news/the-national-endowment-for-the-humanities-awards-csms-southern-maryland-studies-center-25500-to-transcribe-local-history/ detailing the project and grant awarded to us.
URL: https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/2020/08/12/csms-southern-maryland-studies-center-25500-to-transcribe-local-history/

Associated Products

STORIES OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND, AN NEH FUNDED PROJECT - Transcripts (Web Resource)
Title: STORIES OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND, AN NEH FUNDED PROJECT - Transcripts
Author: Southern Maryland Studies Center, College of Southern Maryland
Abstract: This project focuses on the transcription of 40 oral history interviews documenting the history and culture of Southern Maryland. The resulting transcripts are made available to the public at no cost through ADA compliant pdf files that are posted on our website as they are completed.
Year: 2020
Primary URL: https://www.csmd.edu/community/southern-maryland-studies-center/transcripts/
Primary URL Description: A Southern Maryland Studies Center (SMSC) resources web-page making available the product of the NEH Funded project: Stories of Southern Maryland.

Stories of Southern Maryland (Web Resource)
Title: Stories of Southern Maryland
Author: Southern Maryland Studies Center, College of Southern Maryland
Abstract: Great news! We received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to transcribe 40 oral history interviews that document the history and culture of Southern Maryland. These oral histories give voice to minorities and speak of their lives in Southern Maryland during times of segregation, the influenza epidemic and The Great Depression in Southern Maryland. Transcripts are being posted on our website as they are completed. Take a look at what we’ve done so far! Visit: https://www.csmd.edu/community/southern-maryland-studies-center/transcripts/
Year: 2020
Primary URL: https://www.facebook.com/SouthernMarylandStudiesCenter/photos/a.493227417471529/3092463777547867?notif_id=1597084208845360¬if_t=page_post_reaction&ref=notif
Primary URL Description: Southern Maryland Studies Center Facebook page, post created to promote the work completed during this project.

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