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Start a Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories of your own! This manual has been painstakingly put together to show you step by step how to interview a quiltmaker, how to transcribe the interviews, how to preserve the transcriptions, and how to present what you have done. You can download the whole manual or the specific appendix you need as PDF files below.*
Q.S.O.S. Manual
- Complete Manual (Revised December 2008)
- Appendix D - Interview Guide
- Appendix E - Ethics Statement
- Appendix G - Quick Questions
- Appendix H - Interview Quadrant Questions
- Appendix I - Release Form
- Appendix I - Release Form (Under 18 Years Old)
- Appendix J - Participant and Quilt Information Form
- Appendix K - Transcribers Tip Sheet
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This manual was written to be shared and we encourage you to do so. You are free to copy it for personal or project use. You may not copy and use it for profit. Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories and the Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories Manual are the sole property of The Alliance for American Quilts. Any group or individual desiring to use the copyrighted name of "Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories" and/or "The Alliance for American Quilts" in conjunction with their oral history project must adhere to the policies and procedures set forth in the Manual.
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