Thursday Feburary 1st, 2018

I arrived at the Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission at 8:00 a.m.  I resumed digitizing oral histories from the cassette tapes.  I feel like I have found a balance in getting the best recording and playback levels.  I completed the digitization of two oral histories before I took a break for lunch at 12:45 p.m.  I returned from lunch at 1:15 p.m. and resumed digitizing the oral histories.  I was able to complete the digitization of two more oral histories before the day was over.  I am continuing the process of recording metadata after each digitization is completed.  Usually, this includes the title and track number. However, sometimes dates are listed on the cassette or mentioned by the interviewer at the beginning of the oral history.  The majority of the oral histories that I have digitized took place in the 1970s.  It's amazing learning hearing how far back the lives of the interviewees go.  One man stated in the interview that he was born in 1805.  The oral histories that I have digitized have consisted of professionals associated with Mississippi Baptist history and Mississippi College.   In saving the digitized files, I export it to an MP3 file and save it under a folder for MP3s.  I also save it into a separate folder for projects which instead of saving it as an MP3 file keeps all data records of the recording.  I left the Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission at 4:30 p.m.