Key Questions

This is a list of the topics covered and questions asked to interviewees who took part in the Society''s Oral History Project.  They were compiled by David Lee, curator of the Hampshire Film and Sound Archive.

1 When and where were you born and raised?

2 What are your earliest memories?

3 What did your parents/guardians do?

4 Can you tell me about your education? Qualifications?

5 What led to your becoming an archivist and why?

6 Archive training/education.

7 Work experiences, colleagues, and places worked.

8 Effects of environment on work, etc.

9 Effects of host organisation, including budget.

10 Society of Archivists - why did you join and when? (if relevant).

11 What did membership entail in those days? Did you play any active part?

12 Society of Archivists activities, fellow members, etc.

13 Did you join any related societies, e.g., Antiquaries, local field club? Give details of their activities, if relevant to your job and/or the Society of Archivists.

14 What are your current views on archive work these days?

15 What do you think of the Society of Archivists nowadays?

16 Looking ahead, what do you see in prospect for archivists and the Society of Archivists?

These web pages are based on those written and maintained by Craig Fees. They have been reproduced here by kind permission of the original author.

Last modified 08/01/2007