The Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project

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.

View Ceremony Video Here

Interviews (A-Z by last name)

Gerry Adams Oral History

Bertie Ahern Oral History

Stuart Altman Oral History

Nan Aron Oral History

Melody Barnes Oral History

Robert Bates Oral History (5/2007)

Robert Bates Oral History (7/2007)

Birch Bayh Oral History

Samuel Beer Oral History

David Blumenthal Oral History

David Boies Oral History

Stephen Breyer Oral History (6/2008)

Stephen Breyer Oral History (9/2008)

David Broder Oral History

Edward W. Brooke Oral History

David Burke Oral History (2007)

David Burke Oral History (2008)

Sheila Burke Oral History

Joseph Califano Oral History

Philip Caper Oral History

Richard Clasby Oral History

Adam Clymer Oral History

Thad Cochran Oral History

Thomas Costin Oral History

Gregory Craig Oral History

John Culver Oral History (03/2005)

John Culver Oral History (06/2007)

John Danforth Oral History

Thomas A. Daschle Oral History

Dale de Haan Oral History

Eugene A. Dellea Oral History

John D. Dingell, Jr. Oral History

Gerard Doherty Oral History

Paul Donovan Oral History

John W. Douglas Oral History

Donald Dowd Oral History

Michael Dukakis Oral History

Stuart Eizenstat Oral History

Michael Enzi Oral History

David Espo Oral History

John A. Farrell Oral History

Anthony S. Fauci Oral History

Judy Feder Oral History

Rashi Fein Oral History

Kenneth Feinberg Oral History

Dan H. Fenn, Jr. Oral History

Lee Fentress Oral History

Charles Ferris Oral History

Max Fine Oral History

Garret FitzGerald Oral History

Robert P. Fitzgerald, Sr. Oral History

James Flug Oral History (11/2007)

James Flug Oral History (12/04/2007)

James Flug Oral History (12/18/2007)

Wyche Fowler Oral History

Mary Frackleton Oral History

Michael J. Frazier Oral History

John Kenneth Galbraith Oral History

Ann Gargan Oral History

Joseph F. Gargan Oral History (08/11/2005)

Joseph F. Gargan Oral History (10/31/2005)

Kilvert Dun Gifford Oral History

Leroy Goldman Oral History

Willis D. Gradison, Jr. Oral History

Marcia Greenberger Oral History

Ellen Guiney Oral History

Milton Gwirtzman Oral History (05/2009)

Milton Gwirtzman Oral History (08/2009)

Charles Haar Oral History

Timothy Hanan Oral History

Brian and Alma Hart Oral History

Terry Hartle Oral History

Robert Healy Oral History

Antonia Hernandez Oral History

John Hilley Oral History

Claude Hooton Jr. Oral History

John Hume Oral History

Robert Hunter Oral History

Lester Hyman Oral History

Christopher Jennings Oral History

John F. Jennings Oral History

Stanley Jones Oral History (03/2007)

Stanley Jones Oral History (09/2007)

Jan Kalicki Oral History

Nancy Kassebaum Oral History

Boris And Natalya Katz Oral History

Nicholas Katzenbach Oral History

Edward M. Kennedy Oral History (01/07/2008)

Edward M. Kennedy Oral History (02/12/2007)

Edward M. Kennedy Oral History (02/27/2006)

Edward M. Kennedy Oral History (03/20/2006)

Edward M. Kennedy Oral History (03/23/2005)

Edward M. Kennedy Oral History (04/03/2007)

Edward M. Kennedy Oral History (05/08/2006)

Edward M. Kennedy Oral History (05/30/2007)

Edward M. Kennedy Oral History (06/03/2005)

Edward M. Kennedy Oral History (06/17/2005)

Edward M. Kennedy Oral History (08/08/2007)

Edward M. Kennedy Oral History (10/08/2007)

Edward M. Kennedy Oral History (10/09/2007)