Before the interview:
When your interview is over, you will be asked to sign a release form. This form officially transfers ownership of your interview to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University. When the interview has been transcribed, you will have the right to review it. You and your heirs will also have the right to copy, use, or publish all or part of your interview.
There are sections in the form that will ask you to:
1) Provide personal information - name, address, e-mail
2) Select the level of access to your interview. Options include:
a) The content may be made available, without restriction in the Reading Room at Georgia State University and online.
b) The content may be available in the reading room only, and researchers who come to GSU may obtain copies of the interview.
c) The content may be available in the reading room only, and copies may not be requested.
d) The content may be made available to researchers in transcript form in the reading room, by reproduction, and online, with the Interviewee's personal information and/or portions redacted.
e) The content may be made available to researchers in transcript form in the reading room only, with the Interviewer's personal information redacted. Researchers in the reading room may obtain copies of the interview.
d) The content may be made available to researchers in transcript form in the reading room only, with the Interviewer's personal information redacted. Copies may not be requested.
3) Select an option for when your interview can be made available. Options include:
a) Immediately
b) On a specific date that you choose
c) After your death
4) Choose a pseudonym (alternative name) if desired.
Once you have completed your interview, you may request a copy of the audio or video for your interview. The archivist can send it/them to you almost immediately.
The interview will go into a queue for transcription. Transcription involves typing, word-for-word, everything that was said in the interview.
When the transcription is completed, we will send you a copy of the transcript. If you see any part of the transcript that you would like to remove, we can do that upon request.
If you have given us permission to make the interview publicly available, we will synchronize the audio/video with the transcript, and add it to the Georgia State University Library's Digital Collections.
Information about the interview will be added to this Georgia Transgender Oral History Project research guide.
You can share the interview in any way you want!
Using a Mac:
Zoom instructions
Using a PC:
Special Collections and Archives
Gender and Sexuality Collections: Subject Guide
Phone: (404) 413-2880
E-Mail: archives@gsu.edu
Mailing Address:
Special Collections & Archives
Georgia State University Library
100 Decatur Street, SE
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3202
In Person:
Library South, 8th floor