CEHO Manage Digital Research Collection and Provide Oral History Support

The Office of History (CEHO) maintains a rich collection of documents, photographs, and oral history interviews that chronicle the history of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  In the past, the majority of the material accessioned into the office’s Research Collection consisted of textual records—primarily documents, transcripts, photographs, and maps—that needed to be integrated into the office’s existing collection. Nowadays, the majority of its records are created and transmitted electronically. Moreover, in a bid to make its historical content available to a wider audience, the office is digitizing significant portions of its holdings.

The oral history collection consists of recently completed digital interviews and of legacy oral history interviews currently housed in CEHO’s oral history collection. The recently completed oral history interviews need to be processed and accessioned into CEHO’s digital collection and legacy oral history interviews need to be inventoried, processed, and accessioned. Further, transcripts in legacy formats dating back to the beginning 1980s need to be assessed and, if possible, converted.

Consequently, CEHO requires the services of a support Contractor to help the office manage and grow its Digital Research Collection (DRC) and to inventory, evaluate, process, and accession oral history interviews into its oral history collection.

See attached Performance Work Statement for additional information.