Creative History
If you are involved in a project that has collected oral history recordings, photographs and other primary source material you might be looking for more creative ways of publishing that material using new technology – such as websites, CD ROMs or DVDs.
Kitchen’s Ink has had considerable experience in this field. We have done our own work and been commissioned to produce work for others. We have advised and given inspiration as well as training people to do it for themselves.

Recent commissions include:

Oxford Museum’s Home Front Recall project (with Living Archive). After training volunteers in oral history interviewing and recording and in sound editing techniques, we designed and constructed a website using the material editred and scanned by volunteers, showcasing memories of life on the Home Front that was used in the exhibition at Oxford Museum and distributed on CD ROM to participants

Southampton Oral History Unit - DVD for Vosper Thornycroft exhibition. We were commissioned to produce a presentation with selections of oral history recordings illustrated by old photos and film clips for the project exhibition. Because of requests, it was later made available for sale as a DVD.

Digital storytelling -see the section of this website for a great way to display people’s personal stories....more

Personal projects include:

Days of Pride - a website about how the First World War affected people in Wolverton and New Bradwell. Originally (in 1982) a 5 part documentary series for radio, it contains primary source material from newspapers and school log books as well as sound clips from oral history interviews

Ina’s Album - how do you display old photos and people’s memories of them? This site (based on a collection of photos of Roger’s mother) might give you some ideas.

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Opening page of Oxford Museum's Home Front Recall website

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DVD of Riveting Stories, produced for Southampton Oral History Unit