Store the information where the group can access it.

Create a filing cabinet drawer, bankers’ box, an information wall, index card box or another method that can hold all the information you collect. Store the information where people can access it as the project continues. You may want to choose one person or a small group to be responsible for the files.

Donald Ritchie, a professional historian with 20 years of experience as an oral history interviewer, says that you should count on 10 hours of research for every hour of interview.1

Three women at a welcome desk
“Change is full of both sadness and opportunity.”

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