The UNT Oral History Program is a longstanding research initiative of the University of North Texas. Housed in the General Academic Building (GAB) on UNT's main campus in Denton, Texas, the Program is affiliated with the UNT Department of History and supported by the UNT of College Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and UNT Libraries.
The Program records, transcribes, and archives oral history interviews covering a wide variety of subject matter in order to preserve local, state, and U.S. history. The Program trains UNT students in the theory and methods of oral history and conducts workshops for members of the larger community who are interested in preserving their own histories. We also have ongoing partnerships with local history societies and historical museums, local, state and national agencies, fellow colleges and universities, and many other community organizations that share our mission.
Nearly all interview recordings are transcribed. The transcripts are edited, bound, and archived in Willis Library, where they are available to scholarly researchers and members of the general public to view through UNT Special Collections.
Please visit our Oral History Program Collection page for additional information on individual interviews, collections, and ways to order transcripts or for in-person visit to the Oral History office located in the General Academic Building.
The strengths of the collection include (but are not limited to) World War II history, with a collection of over 1,000 interviews with WWII veterans; Texas political history; Texas business history; history of the New Deal in Texas; civil rights history; and immigration history.
The Program collection is also listed in the newly developed online resource: Texas Oral History Locator Databse (TOLD)
Your donations help to make our work possible.
UNT Oral History Program ~ 1155 Union Circle #305430 ~ Denton TX ~ 76203
Phone: 940-565-2549
Office Location: General Academic Building (GAB) Suite 107 - lower level
