CBI Oral Histories
CBI holds one of the world's largest collections of research-grade oral history interviews relating to the history of computers, software, and networking. The Collection contains over 550 oral history interviews in both print (only available onsite at CBI) and digital.
Most of our oral histories have been developed in conjunction with grant-funded research projects on topics such as the development of the software industry, the influence of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the early history of computer science departments.
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CBI holds an extensive number of of electronic transcripts. Many researchers utilize the Collections for topics related to Women's History, Gender, ARPANET, Control Data and GE. We have created a few quick links to our most popular topics.
Additional Oral Histories
Take a moment to peruse the alphabetical list of interviewees representing our full set of oral histories below. If you are interested in an oral history that does not appear electronically, please contact CBI's Archivist.
List of interviewees
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A - C
Adams, Armand E.
Adrion, W. Richards
Alexander, Curt
Allard,Raymond W.
Amarel, Saul
Amdahl, Gene
Amundson, Neal Russell
Anderson, Lynne
Anderson, Norma J.
Anderson, Walter L. (Walter Leonard)
Anderson, Ross
Armer, Paul (1973)
Armer, Paul (1981)
Armstrong, Dorothy P.
Armstrong, Lancelot W.
Auerbach, Isaac L. (Isaac Levin) (1978)
Auerbach, Isaac L. (Isaac Levin) (1992)
Babcock, Dean Frank
Bace, Rebecca G.
Baker, Eugene L. (1980)
Baker, Eugene L. (1982)
Baker, Jean M.
Bament, Richard
Baran, Paul
Barnes, Bruce H.
Bartik, Jean
Barton, Robert S.
Bauer, Friedrich Ludwig
Bauer, Helen Ann
Bauer, Walter F. (1983)
Baxter, John
Bayard-Richard, Tilly
Belady, L. A. (Laszlo A.)
Bell, David Elliott
Bell Labs Indian Hill Women Group Interview
Benzel, Terry
Berce, Henri
Berg, Norbert R.
Bergmanis, Maris
Berson, Thomas A.
Bhend, Bill
Bidzos, James
Bird, Ron G.
Birkenstock, James W. (James Warren) (1980)
Birkenstock, James W. (James Warren) (1985)
Bishop, Matt
Bitzer, Donald Lester (1982)
Bitzer, Donald Lester (1988)
Blackmore, Tony
Bloch, Richard M. (Richard Milton)
Blue, Allan
Bødker, Susanne
Boebert, W. Earl
Boley, Daniel
Bowden, Lyle
Bowker, Albert H. (Albert Hosmer), 1919-2008
Brackett, John
Braden, Robert
Brand, Sheila
Braniff, Ronald W.
Bricklin, Dan
Brown, C. Hammond
Brown, Gordon R.
Buchanan, Bruce G.
Bulver, Paul J. (1980)
Bulver, Paul J. (1982)
Burks, Alice R.
Burks, Arthur W. (Arthur Walter) (1980)
Burks, Arthur W. (Arthur Walter) (1987)
Burroughs B 5000 Conference
Burt, Joseph F.
Butler, William W.
Campbell, Robert V. D.
Campbell-Kelly, Martin
Canning, Richard G.
Card, Stuart
Carter, Lee S.
Cavanaugh, Alfred Doughty
Cerf, Vinton G.
Ceruzzi, Paul
Chamberlin, D. D. (Donald Dean)
Chambers, Carl
Chessler, Fran
Chinitz, M. Paul
Clark, Wesley
Cleaver, William
Clover, H. Dick
Coates, Karen
Cohen, Arnold A. (1983)
Cohen, Arnold A. (1987)
Coleman, Bruce T.
Collins, George A.
Conner, Richard D. (March, 1982)
Conner, Richard D. (May, 1982)
Conte, Samuel Daniel
Control Data Corporation
Cook, Stephen Arthur.
Cooper, Robert S. (Robert Shanklin)
Corbató, F. J.
Cortada, James W
Crandall, Richard L.
Creech, Bobby A. (1987)
Creech, Bobby A. (1985)
Crichton, Charles F.
Critchfield, Charles L. (Charles Louis)
Crocker, Stephen
Crowther, William
Csuri, Charles (Charles A.)
Cullinane, John J.
Curtis, Kent K. (Kent Krueger), 1927-1987
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D - G
Dahm, David M.
Danehower, George
Daniel, Willis
Danthine, André
Davies, Donald Watts (1986)
Dawe, Franklin R.
Day, John
Dayan, Marcel
Delves, Eugene L.
Denning, Dorothy E.
Denning, Peter J.
Dennis, Jack B. (Jack Bonnell)
Dent, Benjamin A.
Dertouzos, Michael L.
Després, Rémi
Detrano, M. Kathleen (Kathy)
Dick, George W.
Dijkstra, Edsger Wybe
Dixon, Donald B.
Downie, Ian
Drake, Willis K.
Dray, Susan
Dumey, Arnold
Duncan, Hugh
Dunn, Dana Becker
Dunwell, Steve, 1913-1994
Durbin, Gary.
Du, David
Dyer, Ben
Eckert, J. Presper (John Presper), (1977)
Eckert, J. Presper (John Presper), (1980)
Eddy, Beth
Edmonds, Ernest Alan
Edwards, Daniel J.
Eng, Bjarne R.
Eppert, Ray R.
Esbenson, Lyn Gardner
Fano, Robert M.
FastLane Oral History Archive
Feay, Mary R.
Feigenbaum, Edward A. (1979)
Feigenbaum, Edward A.(1989)
Fein, Louis
Feldman, Jean
Ford, James
Forrest, Henry S.
Forsythe, Alexandra I.
Fox, Margaret R.
Frank, Howard
Frankston, Bob
Franta, William
Frazier, H. Nix
Gaff, Scott
Galler, Bernard A. (1985)
Galler, Bernard A. (1991)
Gallie, Thomas M.
Gartner, Gideon I.
Gentry, Grace
Gien, Michel
Gignac, Mildred
Gini, Maria
Gluck, Simon E.
Goetz, Martin A.
Goldberg, Robert
Goldstein, Bernard
Goldstine, Herman Heine (1980)
Goldstine, Herman Heine (1981)
Golub, Gene H. (Gene Howard) (May, 1979)
Golub, Gene H. (Gene Howard) (June, 1979)
Gonzalez, Teofilo F.
Goodman, Seymour E.
Gould, Laura
Grad, Arthur
Grangé, Jean-Louis
Gray, Jim
Grinna, Dennis
Griswold, Madge T.
Griswold, Ralph E.
Guck, LeRoy R.
Gunderson, Richard C.
Gunther, Nancy
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H - M
Hale, John E.
Hammer, Carl, 1914-2004 (1983)
Hammer, Carl, 1914-2004 (1990)
Hanson, Allen R.
Hanson, Barney L.
Hardy, Ann
Hardy, Norman
Harpst, Gary
Harris, James D.
Hauck, Erwin A.
Hawkins, Robert L.
Hawley, Charles L. (1975)
Hawley, Charles L. (1982)
Heart, Frank
Hedger, Dick
Hedges, Harry George
Heilmeier, George H.
Hellman, Martin
Henig, Fran H.
Henry, Glenn
Herr, Robert
Herriot, John George
Herzfeld, Charles
Herzstark, Curt [English]
Herzstark, Curt [German]
Hill, John L. (John Lindsay)
Hillesley, John J.
Hoare, C. A. R. (Charles Antony Richard)
Hoffman, Lance
Holberton, Frances E. (1983)
Holberton, Frances E. (1990)
Holt, Mary
Hootman, Joseph T.
Hornbach, Barbara H.
Hughes, Thomas Parke
Humphreys, Arthur L. C.
Hurd, Cuthbert Corwin (1981)
Hurd, Cuthbert Corwin (1994)
Hurd, Cuthbert Corwin (1995)
Hutson, Maurice
Iacono, C. Suzanne
Imlay, John
Infante, E. F.
James, Julie
Jani, Barbara
Johnson, Luanne (2004)
Johnson, Luanne (2008)
Johnston, Robert E.
Jones, Anita K.
Jones, Marda Higdon
Kahn, Robert E. (1989)
Kahn, Robert E. (1990)
Kain, Richard Y.
Kamp, Thomas G.
Karnowski, Jack J.
Karoly, George
Kaufman, Ann S.
Keane, John F.
Keenan, Thomas A.
Keet, Ernest E.
Kemmerer, Richard A.
Keye, William R.
Kidwell, Peggy
Kilby, Jack S. (Jack St. Clair)
King, Paul D.
Kinsey, Judith
Kleinrock, Leonard
Knuth, Donald Ervin
Kolence, Kenneth W.
Koons, Florence K.
Kort, Raymon
Kreuder, Norman L.
Krohn, Howard
Krueger, Larry
Laccabue, Fred
LaFrenz, Dale Eugene
Lampson, Butler
Landau, Susan
Landry, John
Landwehr, Carl E.
Lappen, Chester Irwin
Lareau, Richard G.
Lautenberg, Frank R.
Lazarus, Roger B.
Lehmann, John R.
Le Lann, Gérard
Levilion, Marc E.
Leavitt, Jay
Levitt, Karl
Licklider, J. C. R.
Lincoln, Neil R.
Lindner, Judith A.
Lipner, Steven B.
Lloyd, Richard C.
Loftus, Margaret
Lohn, Gary H.
Lonergan, William D.
Lukasik, Stephen
Lunt, Teresa F.
Lykos, Peter
MacDonald, Duncan N.
MacDonald, Ray W.
Machover, Carl
MacKenzie, F. Brad
Maguire, John N. (John Norris)
Maguire, Thomas H. (Tim)
Malleck, Joyce
Maly, Kurt
Maples, Mike
Marden, Ethel C.
Markowitz, H (Harry)
Marquardt, Donald W.
Marsh, Anita B.
Marx, Hans B.
Masterson, Earl (Earl Edgar)
Matter, H. W.
Mauchly, John W. (John William), 1907-1980 (1973)
Mauchly, Kathleen
Maxwell, A. Terence
McCahill, Mark P.
McCarthy, John
McCormack, James
McDonald, Robert Emmett (1982)
McDonald, Robert Emmett (1983)
McGee, William
McKenzie, Alexander A. (Alexander Anderson)
McLean, John D.
McLindon, Constance
McNulty, James
Merzbach, Uta C.
Metropolis, N. (Nicholas)
Miller, Carolyn L.
Miller, Carolyn S.
Miller, Jo Anne
Miller, Paul G.
Miller, William F. (William Frederick)
Mills, David L.
Minsky, Marvin Lee
Mitchell, William
Moe, Robert
Moller, Carol Eymann
Molnar, Andrew R.
Mooers, Calvin N.
Mooers, Charlotte Davis
Morgan, M. Granger (Millett Granger)
Morris, Paul
Morris, Robert E.
Mountford, S. Joy
Mullaney, Frank C.
Mumma, Robert E.
Murphy, Phyliss
Murray, William H.
Myhre, Patricia B.
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N - R
Naffah, Najah
Neumann, Peter G.
Newell, Allen
Nilsson, Nils J.
Norman, Don
Norberg, Arthur L. (Arthur Lawrence)
Norris, Andrea T.
Norris, William C. (1977)
Norris, William C. (1982)
Norris, William C. (1986)
Nycum, Susan H.
O'Neil, John P.
Ohlander, Ronald B.
Oliphint, G. Clark
Oliver, Bernard M.
Ornstein, Severo (1990)
Ornstein, Severo (1994)
Pagelkopf, Don
Parker, Donn B.
Parker, John E., 1900-1989
Patton, Peter C.
Pearce, Garry
Pearson, Ralph W.
Pejsa, Jane Hauser
Pelnar, Herb
Pendergrass, James T.
Perkins, Robert L. (1980)
Perkins, Robert L. (1983)
Perkins, Robert L. (1985)
Persons, Ben
Pinkerton, John M. M., (John Maurice McLean) (1988)
Piscopo, Joseph A.
Pouzin, Louis
Price, Robert M. (1982)
Price, Robert M. (1983)
Price, Robert M. (2009)
Prince, Warren
Randell, Brian
Rankine, John (L. John)
Raycraft, Jan
Reddy, Raj
Reko, Molly Lou
Rench, Carl F.
Rice, John Rischard
Rissi, Erika
Roberts, Lawrence G.
Robertson, Rob
Robinson, Craig
Robinson, Herbert W. (Herbert William)
Rosin, Robert F.
Ross, Douglas T. (1984)
Ross, Douglas T. (1989)
Ross, Douglas T. (2004)
Rubens, Sidney Michel
Rubinstein, Seymour
Ruina, Jack P.
Ryan, George M.
Ryden, Arnold J. (1983)
Ryden, Arnold J. (1995)
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S - Z
Sachs, Jonathan
Sammet, Jean E.
Sampson, Don K.
Santonastasso, Mary
Sberro, Joseph E.
Schachter, Oscar
Schaefer, Marvin
Schell, Roger R.
Schleicher, David L.
Schmidt, David
Schmidt, R. D. (Robert D.)
Schneider, Rich
Schoenberg, Lawrence J.
Schrager, Barry
Schumacher, Mike
Schwartz, Jules I.
Schwarzschild, Martin
Scioli, Frank P.
Sellenraad, Carel
Serrell, Robert
Sharpless, Jan
Sheehan, John M.
Shepard, Yvonne M.
Sherman, Beverly
Shuler, Cecil M.
Shutt, Mary
Simpson, Robert Lee
Slattery, Leo F.
Smith, Ovid M.
Smith, Peggy Noell
Smith, R. Blair
Spafford, Eugene H.
Spielberg, Arnold
Spiess, Gayle
Stein, Marvin L.
Strassmann, Paul A. (1987)
Strassmann, Paul A. (1989)
Strawn, George
Sutherland, Ivan Edward
Svendsen, Edward C.
Svoboda, Antonín
Swearingen, John K.
Tareski, Val
Taylor, R. W. (Robert William)
Thaler, Alvin Isaac
Thompson, Lyle G.
Thompson, Philip Duncan
Thorndyke, Lloyd M. (1980)
Thorndyke, Lloyd M. (1982)
Thornton, J. E. (James E.)
Tomash, Adelle
Tomash, Erwin (1973)
Tomash, Erwin (1983)
Tonik, Albert B.
Townsend, Gregg M.
Traub, J. F. (Joseph Frederick), (April 1984)
Traub, J. F. (Joseph Frederick), (Oct 1984)
Traub, J. F. (Joseph Frederick), (1985)
Travis, Irven A.
Tripling Women's Participation in Computing (1965-1985)
Trousdale, Elmer B.
Tucker, Albert W. (Albert William)
Turner, Lloyd
Uncapher, Keith W.
UNIVAC Conference
Van Vleck, Thomas
Vargon, Edward G.
Vincent, Richard
Wakelin, James Henry
Walden, David C.
Walker, Kenneth
Walker, Stephen
Wampler, Stephen
Ware, Willis H. (1981)
Ware, Willis H. (2003)
Warren, S. Reid (Samuel Reid)
Watson, Peter
Watson, Jr., Thomas J.
Waychoff, Richard
Weingarten, Frederick W.
Weissman, Robert E.
Welke, Lawrence
Wendell, Douglas C.
Wendling, Frederic J.
Wersal, Lonni J.
Westbee, Robert Lyle
Westergren, Patricia
Wheeler, David J.
Wheeler, Roger G. (Aug 1982)
Wheeler, Roger G. (Oct 1982)
Wigner, Eugene Paul
Williams, T.
Wilson, Bruce
Wilson, Louis D.
Winograd, Terry
Winston, Patrick Henry
Wolf, J. Jay
Woltman, Frances B.
Woltman, Richard D.
Worley, Eldon
Wulf, William A.
Wyly, Sam
Zadeh, Lotfi Asker
Zemanek, Heinz
Zemlin, Richard A. (1983)
Zemlin, Richard A. (1988)
Zraket, Charles A.