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Guide to Oral History Project Records
A model of the Coombs Building, 1960s. The Oral History Project documents the
physical as well as the academic development of ANU.
Introduction
The ANU Oral History Project was conducted by Australian Heritage Projects
in the early 1990s to support the research and writing of The making of the
Australian National University 1946-1996. The interviews cover a wide range
of subjects associated with the history of ANU. The main interviewees were senior
academic and administrative staff who contributed to ANU's pioneer years. Some
later staff were also interviewed, as were several student activists from the
late 1960s and early 1970s.
The Records
The records of the Oral History Project include transcripts, tapes and a comprehensive
index to most of the interviews. Most of the interviews were conducted between
1990 and 1995, but some earlier interviews were also incorporated in the project.
There are some other interviews for which no transcript exists. A detailed finding
aid is available at the Archives.
Access conditions
Access restrictions apply to some transcripts, but the majority are available
for consultation in the Archives.
Transcripts
The transcripts have been used by researchers to supplement research based
on written sources such as official files and minutes of meetings.
Transcripts of interviews with the following people are held.
| Arndt, Heinz Wolfgang |
Mathews, Russell Lloyd |
| Borrie, Wilfred David |
McCullagh, Peter John |
| Bouquet, Mary |
McQueen, Humphrey Dennis |
| Burton, Herbert |
Melville, Sir Leslie Galfreid |
| Butlin, Noel George |
Oliphant, Sir Mark |
| Catcheside, David Guthrie |
Padgham, Steve |
| Clark, Manning |
Passmore, John |
| Craig, David |
Plowman, Colin George |
| Crocker, Sir Walter |
Robertson, Sir Rutherford |
| Croft, Patricia |
Robinson, Ashton |
| Cumpston, Helen |
Rosenberg, Harry |
| Curtis, David Roderick |
Ross, Ian Gordon |
| Fenner, Frank John |
Sawer, Geoffrey |
| FitzGerald, C P |
Spate, Oskar |
| Fitzhardinge, Laurence Frederic |
Swinbank, Chris |
| Gascoigne, Sidney |
Walsh, Gerald Patrick |
| Gibb, Cecil Austin |
White, Pat |
| Gollan, Robin Allenby |
Whitten, Wesley Kingston |
| Hambly, Arthur N |
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| Karmel, Peter Henry |
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Further information
A detailed finding aid to the Oral History Project is available at the Archives.
For personal papers of some of the interviewees, see Personal
Papers.
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