Center for Oral History Research

UCLA's Center for Oral History Research collects oral history interviews related to the history of Southern California and the Los Angeles metropolitan region.

Please visit the UCLA Library Center for Oral History online portal to access our online oral history collections.

UCLA Library Center for Oral History Online Portal

Interview transcripts and recordings not available through the UCLA Library Center for Oral History online portal can be accessed in person at UCLA Library Special Collections. To have materials paged to the Special Collections reading room, please register with our UCLA Library Special Collections Request System and click on “Request an Item.” The “Call Number/Collection Number” that the form asks for can be found in the entry for the interview using UC Library Search.

If donation agreements allow, interview transcripts not available through this website can be provided to users as PDFs. To request a PDF, please register with the UCLA Library Special Collections Request System and request "Photoduplication."

Center for Oral History Research Staff