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Oral History Transcripts
The oral history collection has been built upon two major components: (1) the Eisenhower Library's own interviews and (2) transcripts acquired through a cooperative arrangement with Columbia University's Oral History Project. A third and smaller component consists of a number of oral history interviews donated to the Library by various institutions and individuals.
The list of oral history transcripts gives the names of the persons interviewed, the principal positions held by them during the Eisenhower administration or their personal relationship to Dwight D. Eisenhower as documented by their interviews, accession number of the transcript, the number of pages in the transcript, and the date of the interview. An appropriate notation has been made when a transcript is closed in accordance with the wishes of the donor, or when a donor's advance written permission is needed to use it.
Complete Listing of Eisenhower Library Oral Histories
Access Status of Oral History Transcripts in the Eisenhower Library
Finding Aids
The Eisenhower Library has an Oral History Collection of over 500 transcripts. The finding aids consist of short descriptions prepared by the Staff at the Eisenhower Library. Each description lists the ordered subject content of each oral history.
As a consequence, it allows the user to select those portions of a transcript relevant to a particular subject without having to read the entire oral history.
Descriptions are available for over two-thirds of the collection.
However, at the present time, only a small number of them are available through the Online Information Services. Nevertheless, new descriptions are routinely added to this file.
Oral History finding aids available online:
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