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Subject: LGBT Oral History Project at Galop/Stonewall Housing
From Mark Hutin
Volunteer opportunities:
interviewers and archive researchers
Full training provided!
This is your chance to be involved in Galop and Stonewall Housing's
groundbreaking new oral history project - examining the changes that have
occurred for LGBT people in London, in housing and policing over the last 25
years.
Galop is a charity working with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
(LGBT)
victims of hate crime and those who have issues with the police. Stonewall
Housing is an LGBT charity which provides supported housing, advice and
advocacy to help people secure safer spaces to live.
Both organisations have recently celebrated their 25th anniversaries, and
have launched the joint oral history project to mark this celebration. Oral
history is about recording people's memories using the medium of sound
(although video is now increasingly being used in other projects). This can
be used as a tool for understanding the recent past, and enables people who
have been hidden from history to be heard and the communities they
represent.
The project involves interviewing people who have either been clients,
employees or volunteers of Galop or Stonewall Housing, and examining archive
material to understand the changes in London, as well as the context and
histories of the organisations.
We're looking for oral history interviewers, as well as archive researchers
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and we can offer you full training as well as covering your out of pocket
expenses such as travel and childcare.
Have a look at the information that follows, and if you're interested in
being involved, give Mark Hutin a ring on 020 7704 6767 to discuss this
further, or email
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ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWER TASK DESCRIPTION
TIME COMMITMENT:
In order to be able to take part as a volunteer interviewer, you must be
available on the following dates for training:
Thursday January 22nd, 6:30pm-9:00pm at Leroy House, Essex Road, Islington
(includes an induction to Galop and Stonewall Housing; explaining your
volunteer role; introduction to LGBT archives, and a talk by queer historian
Dr Matt Cook from Birkbeck College, who will give an overview of LGBT
history
in London over the last 25 years, to set the context for your interviewing.)
Saturday January 24th 2009, 10am-5:30pm at Leroy House, Essex Road,
Islington
(a training day on Oral History interviewing, with Oral History Society
trainer Rib Davis)
Volunteering period: February to May 2009 - the amount of hours you wish to
volunteer are negotiable, from a minimum of 5 days commitment, to a maximum
of 10 days arranged at your convenience between February and May.
INTERVIEWER ROLE:
(1) To carry out oral history interviews with lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgendered people who have either used, worked for or volunteered for
Galop or Stonewall Housing, using a topic guide (ie a list of prepared
questions) which will be provided to you. Each interview will be around 1.5
hours long.
This may also involve travelling to various parts of the UK to interview
participants, but all expenses will be covered, and travelling outside of
London is completely negotiable.
(2) To write a short description of the context of the interview - including
when and where the interview was held; details of the interviewee, and the
reading and annotating of transcriptions as needed (for example, noting
emotion or other relevant characteristics of the interview context), and a
description of any additional issues talked about in the interview which
were
not listed on the topic guide. A blank form will be given to you to fill
out
with these details for each interview you undertake.
ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWER PERSON SPECIFICATION:
In order to carry out the oral history interviewer role, you'll need:
1. an interest in LGBT history;
2. literacy skills;
3. organisational skills;
4. to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered, or
demonstrate involvement the LGBT community.
5. to be able to use recording equipment.
6. to be able to travel in order to interview.
ARCHIVE RESEARCHER TASK DESCRIPTION
TIME COMMITMENT:
In order to be able to take part as a volunteer archivist, you must be
available on the following dates for training:
Thursday January 22nd, 6:30pm-9:00pm at Leroy House, Essex Road, Islington
(includes an induction to Galop and Stonewall Housing; explaining your
volunteer role; introduction to LGBT archives, and a talk by queer historian
Dr Matt Cook from Birkbeck College, who will give an overview of LGBT
history
in London over the last 25 years, to set the context for your interviewing.)
Wednesday January 28th, 6:00pm-8:00pm at LSE library, Holborn (an evening of
training with Sue Donnelly, Archivist at the London School of Economics
library.)
Volunteering period: February to August 2009 - the amount of hours you wish
to volunteer are negotiable, from a minimum of 5 days commitment, to a
maximum of 10 days arranged at your convenience between February and August.
ARCHIVE RESEARCHER ROLE:
(1) To search for archive material to provide a context for interviews, and
also to provide a narrative for the histories of Galop and Stonewall.
Archive material is located at Galop and Stonewall Housing offices, at LAGNA
(Lesbian and Gay News Archives, based at Middlesex University), and at the
Hall Carpenter Archives based at the London School of Economics.
(2) To catalogue and reference material which is gathered from interviewees.
(3) To assist in producing project outputs - which will consist of a
website,
secondary school materials (downloadable from the website), a booklet, and a
travelling display.
ARCHIVE RESEARCHER PERSON SPECIFICATION:
In order to carry out the archive researcher role, you'll need:
1. an interest in LGBT history;
2. literacy skills;
3. organisational skills;
4. to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered, or
demonstrate involvement the LGBT community.
5. to be able to catalogue and index material.
6. an ability to write clearly for a variety of audiences.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
If you are interested in either role (which are not mutually exclusive - you
can choose to do either or both, although you'll need to attend the relevant
training), ring Mark Hutin on 020 7704 6767 or email at
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discuss your involvement. If you'd like to go ahead, we'll ask you to fill
in our simple volunteer application form, and you will be chosen according
to
the skills listed in the person specification for the role(s) you're
interested in.
It is crucial that you are available for all the training for the roles you
which to undertake, without which you will not be able to take part. If you
are offered a volunteer position, a volunteer contract detailing your
involvement and negotiated time commitment will be given to you to sign.
Mark Hutin
Oral History Project Co-ordinator
Galop
2G Leroy House
436 Essex Road
London N1 3QP
020 7704 6767 (office)
020 7704 2040 (shoutline)
020 7704 6707 (fax)
020 7704 3111 (minicom)
Registered charity: 1077384. Registered office as above. Company limited by
guarantee (2969307), Registered as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Anti-violence and
Policing Group.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Corinne Squire [mailto:
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Sent: 11 December 2008 22:38
To: Galop | Mark Hutin
Subject: RE: LGBT Oral History Project at Galop/Stonewall Housing
Mark, this sounds really interesting, and we could send an announcement to
our e-list - but we can't send a pdf. Could you send the info in an email?
Best wishes, Corinne
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Subject: LGBT Oral History Project at Galop/Stonewall Housing
Dear Prof Squire,
I'm a researcher working for two LGBT charities - Galop, which is London's
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community safety charity, and
Stonewall Housing, which provides supported housing, advice and advocacy for
the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities in London. I've
attached volunteer task descriptions for the oral history project I'm doing,
which can be disseminated to anyone you think may be interested. In the
first instance I'm looking for volunteers who would either be interested in
interviewing, or in being an archive researcher. On the other side of the
coin, I'm looking for interviewees who may have either been clients of Galop
or Stonewall Housing in the last 25 years, or who have worked for or
volunteered for either organisation. The volunteer training is organised
for
the end of January.
Many thanks for your help, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Mark.
Mark Hutin
Oral History Project Co-ordinator
Galop
2G Leroy House
436 Essex Road
London N1 3QP
020 7704 6767 (office)
020 7704 2040 (shoutline)
020 7704 6707 (fax)
020 7704 3111 (minicom)
Registered charity: 1077384. Registered office as above. Company limited by
guarantee (2969307), Registered as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Anti-violence and
Policing Group.
This email, together with any attachments is intended only for the use of
the
addressee and may contain information that is privileged or confidential.
If
you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any
dissemination copying or distirbution of this email and any attachments is
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notify us immediately and thereafter delete the mail from your computer.
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