Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who responded to my request
yesterday both on and off list.  All of your responses were very helpful and
greatly appreciated.

Have a great day.

-Levon Williams.

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Levon Williams
Curator of Collections/Registrar
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
926 E. McLemore Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38106
(901)261-6334 *

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Martha Katz-Hyman <
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> As a "heads up," the federal government is reviewing the use of
> institutional review boards, originally intended to review scientific
> projects and experiments that involved human subjects to make sure that they
> were conducted in an ethical manner, for oral history projects. You can find
> more background here:
>
> http://blog.historians.org/news/1382/getting-free-of-the-irb-a-call-to-action
>
> IRBs are usually found in university and college settings, but such
> standards could conceivably apply to grant-funded projects as well.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Martha Katz-Hyman
> Independent Curator
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Levon Williams <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> Hello all.
>>
>> Our institution is looking to revamp our existing Oral Histories program
>> from the ground up.  One element we are looking at updating is our
>> paperwork.
>>
>> Might any of you have examples of Consent or Release forms that you use
>> currently for your Oral Histories programs that we could look at as we
>> prepare to redraft ours?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help on this.
>>
>> -Levon Williams.
>>
>
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