Oral History Tapes & Memoirs, consisting of oral history interviews recorded on cassette tapes and conducted by the the Oral History staff and others since 1972. The memoirs are edited typed transcripts of the taped interviews. The master copies of the tapes and memoirs are stored in the Oral History Master Manuscript and Collateral file (file cabinets). Most typed memoirs are open for research, but some are closed and a few others may not be copied. The collateral files contain memorabilia in relation to the individuals and may contain photographs, certificates, newspaper articles, etc.

Interviews and memoirs are available online in the Illinois Digital Archives. Browse O - Oral History Collection in Archon to see a full list of all items available in the collection. Click on Show Administrative Information to display the link to the memoir/transcript in the Illinois Digital Archives (www.idaillinois.org).