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Oral Histories

Since 1978 the Archives has conducted an oral history program centered on the Caltech community and its distinguished scientists. There are [Found_count] histories in the Archives online catalog, most open to researchers. Also included are interviews on specific projects, such as the Keck Telescope and LIGO.

Selected oral histories are now available online.

You may browse the list of oral histories in the Archives' collections below, or search our entire catalog for related materials with the search box at the bottom of this page.

The oral history project is ongoing.

Oral History	Online Access	Date
Allan Acosta Oral History Interview with Shirley Cohen	Online	4/21/94
Clarence Allen Oral History Interview with David Valone		4/1/94
Lew Allen Oral History Interview with Heidi Aspaturian		6/10/91
Carl Anderson Oral History Interview (Non-CIT) with Charles Weiner (AIP)		6/30/66
Carl Anderson Oral History Interview with Harriett Lyle	Online	1/9/79
Don L. Anderson Oral History Interview with Shirley K. Cohen	Online	2/24/1999
Fred Anson Oral History Interview with Shirley K. Cohen		2/21/1997
Tom Apostol Oral History Interview with John Greenberg and Carol Buge		6/20/84
Robert Bacher Oral History Interview with Mary Terrall	Online	6/9/81
John D. Baldeschwieler Oral History Interview with Shirley K. Cohen	Online	1/10/2001
Barry C. BarishOral History Interview with Shirley K. Cohen		5/27/1998
George Beadle Oral History Interview (Non-CIT) with Mark Herbst		4/1/81
Arnold Beckman Oral History Interview with Mary Terrall	Online	10/16/78
Seymour Benzer Oral History Interview with Heidi Aspaturian	Online	9/11/1990
Hans Bethe Oral History Interview with Judith Goodstein	Online	2/17/82
Richard J. Bing Oral History Interview with Shirley K. Cohen		6/11/1998
Biology Oral History Interview with Bonner, Emerson, Horowitz and Paulson	Online	11/6/1978
Felix H. Boehm Oral History Interview with Shirley K. Cohen	Online	1/19/1999
Biology Oral History: Joint Interview	Online	11/6/78
James Bonner Oral History Interview with Graham Berry	Online	3/13/80
Lyman Bonner Oral History Interview with Shelley Erwin		4/18/89
Henry Borsook Oral History Interview with Mary Terrall	Online	4/5/78
Ira Bowen Oral History Interview (Non-CIT) with Charles Weiner (AIP)		8/9/68
Vladimir Braginsky Oral History Interview with Shirley K. Cohen		1/15/97
Christopher Brennen Oral History Interview with Shirley K. Cohen		11/19/2002
William B. Bridges Oral History Interview with Shirley Cohen	Online	5/29/2001
Harold Brown Oral History Interview with Department of the Air Force (interviewer anonymous) (non-CIT)		8/29/1972
Harold Brown Oral History Interview with Alice Stone		3/19/90
Rudd Brown Oral History Interview with Shirley Cohen		1/31/95
Lee F. Browne Oral History Interview with Shirley K. Cohen		6/14/1999
Caltech Women's Club Oral History Project (Non-CIT)		1/1/78
Thomas Caughey Oral History Interview with Carol Buge	Online	3/25/87
Robert Christy Oral History Interview with Sara Lippincott	Online	6/15/94
J. Kent Clark Oral History Interview with Shelley Erwin	Online	1/24/89
Francis Clauser Oral History Interview with Rachel Prud'Homme		3/25/83
Donald Cohen Oral History Interview with Shelley Erwin		11/11/2003
Marshall H. Cohen Oral History Interview with Shelley Erwin		11/14/1996
Terry Cole Oral History Interview with Shirley K. Cohen	Online	10/11/1996
Theodore Combs Oral History Interview with Carol Buge		12/8/87
Frederick Converse Oral History Interview with Harriett Lyle	Online	11/16/78
Noel R. Corngold Oral History Interview with Sara Lippincott		10/11/2002
Norman Davidson Oral History Interview with Heidi Aspaturian		8/17/87
Lance E. Davis Oral History Interview with Shirley K. Cohen		10/27/1998
Leverett Davis Oral History Interview with Rachel Prud'Homme		5/10/83
Leverett Davis Oral History Interview with Carol Buge (Supplement)		1/22/87
Manny Delbruck Oral History Interview with Carolyn Harding		8/27/78
Max Delbruck Oral History Interview with Carolyn Harding	Online	7/14/78
William J. Dreyer Oral History Interview with Shirley K. Cohen	Online	2/18/1999
Lee DuBridge Oral History Interviews (Non-CIT) done by AIP		6/9/72
Lee DuBridge Oral History Interview with Judith Goodstein	Online	2/19/81