Oral History
The Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project
in partnership with the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia
The Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project, created in partnership with the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, is a compilation of interviews from current and former members of the Senate, House, administration officials, foreign leaders, Senate staff, issue advocates, journalists, family and friends documenting Senator Kennedy’s service.
MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT
On December 6, 2004, the Kennedy Project was officially launched in a ceremony at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. This oral history will create an archive of spoken recollections and reflections that illuminates Senator Kennedy’s public life, his vocation, the institution in which he has served and the political world in which he has moved.
The interviews cover a broad range of politically and biographically important topics, including Kennedy’s pre-Senate years and learning of politics, his relationship to his brothers and their career choices, his rise to the Senate leadership, his political style, his Senate and presidential campaigns, his public causes and how he sought to advance them, and his legacy.
In addition to interviews with Senator Kennedy, other interviewees include family, friends, classmates, relevant campaign staffers, state and national party officials, key members of his Senate office, selected members of Congress and the executive branch, intellectuals, journalists, community activists, and selected public figures.
The end product is the below collection of transcripts and audio recordings of oral history interviews that includes two primary elements: Senator Kennedy’s own recollections and reflections, consisting of an extended series of recorded interviews with him; and the recollections and observations of individuals whose acquaintances or relationships with Senator Kennedy have figured most prominently in his life and career.
Please email ohp@emkinstitute.org for further information about the project.
OPENING CEREMONY
An opening ceremony heralded the completion and public launch of the Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project on September 30, 2015. Michael Beschloss offered an historical overview and Judy Woodruff lead distinguished panelists in a conversation about Civil Rights: The March for Progress.
Interviews (A-Z by last name)
Robert Bates Oral History (5/2007)
Robert Bates Oral History (7/2007)
David Bowen, Mark Childress, Michael Myers Oral History
Stephen Breyer Oral History (6/2008)
Stephen Breyer Oral History (9/2008)
David Burke Oral History (2007)
David Burke Oral History (2008)
Ranny Cooper Oral History (2007)
Ranny Cooper Oral History (2008)
John Culver Oral History (03/2005)
John Culver Oral History (06/2007)
John Culver Oral History (09/2009)
Thomas A. Daschle Oral History
John D. Dingell, Jr. Oral History
Sean Donlon, Garret Fitzgerald, Michael Lillis Oral History
Thomas Francis Eagleton Oral History
Michael Enzi Oral History (2006)
Charles Ferris, Aide to Senator Mike Mansfield
Alice Fitzgerald and Patricia Hagan Oral History
Robert P. Fitzgerald, Sr. Oral History
Garret FitzGerald Oral History
James Flug Oral History (11/2007)
James Flug Oral History (12/18/2007)
James Flug Oral History (12/4/2007)
Michael J. Frazier Oral History
John Kenneth Galbraith, diplomat and Harvard faculty member
Connie Garner Oral History (2008)
Connie Garner Oral History (2010)
Kilvert Dun Gifford Oral History
Willis D. Gradison, Jr. Oral History
Marcia Greenberger, Copresident of National Women’s Law Center
Ellen Guiney Oral History Oral History
Milton Gwirtzman Oral History (05/2009)
Milton Gwirtzman Oral History (08/2009)
Brian and Alma Hart Oral History
Antonia Hernandez Oral History
Claude Jr. Hooton Oral History
Larry Horowitz Oral History (2010)
Larry Horowitz Oral History (4/15/2008)
Additional Resources
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Copyright 2016 the Miller Center Foundation and the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.
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Edward M. Kennedy Oral History (12/1/2006)
Copyright 2016 the Miller Center Foundation and the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.
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John Seigenthaler Oral History
Copyright 2016 the Miller Center Foundation and the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.
