Living U.S. Women's History Oral History Project: Collection Overview

Abstract:

The collection includes fifty-one oral histories of scholars of U.S. women's history. The interviews document the emergence and development of women's history as a discipline from 1960 to 2000, as well as the interviewees' professional and personal lives, their choices, and their intellectual commitments.

Terms of Access and Use:

Restrictions on access:

Final, edited transcripts are open for research with the following exceptions:

Anderson Karen (pp. 68-69 closed until 15 Jan 2016)
Antler, Joyce (p. 31 closed until 15 Nov 2015)
Banner, Lois (pp. 23-24 closed until 4 Apr 2016)
Brumberg, Joan (p. 76 closed until 29 May 2016)
Conway, Jill (closed until 3 Dec 2017)
Hall, Jacquelyn (closed until ?)
Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz (pp. 83-89 closed until 17 May 2016)
Leavitt, Judith (pp. 14-15 closed until 4 Jan 2026)
Miller, Page Putnam (pp. 67-68 closed until 7 Mar 2016)
Oates, Mary (closed until 16 Nov 2025)
Sklar, Kathryn Kish (pp. 77-78, p. 80 closed until 6 Oct 2015)

For partially restricted interviews, restricted pages have been removed from the public version of the transcripts. Electronic copies of open transcripts are available. All original transcripts are closed.

The audio recordings for unrestricted interviews are available for research, but all quotes for publication must be drawn from the final, edited transcriptions. Audio recordings with restricted portions are closed. All original audio cassette tapes are closed; copies must be requested for research use.

Restrictions on use:

All narrators retain copyright to their interviews during their lifetimes and must give written permission for the reproduction of any portion of tapes or transcriptions during their lifetimes. Permission must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.