THC Oral History Collection

The THC Oral History Collection was initiated in 1971. The collection is derived from multiple oral history projects conducted by the Texas Historical Commission, with a list available below. The finding aid contains items previously held at THC's Austin headquarters and now archived at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, and does not include collections held at certain historic sites like the National Museum of the Pacific War or Varner-Hogg Plantation. See below for the organizations and individuals that assisted with the digitization of the collection.

To navigate the finding aid… 

• Search for an interviewee’s name in the first column, which is organized alphabetically by last name; for example: Rice-Gardner, Vonnye. 

To search the finding aid… 

• Use CTRL + F to search for a particular topic or subtopic.
• Use the “Search within” function on the Texas Digital Archive-THC Oral History Program page to do full-text searches within the collection materials. 

To access records in the collection… 

• Click on an interviewee’s name where it appears in the Interview With column to access all records associated with that interviewee.
• Click on the appropriate link in the Audio, Transcripts, and More column to access a specific record associated with an interviewee. 

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