Oral Histories
Voices & memories of the Aggie communityThe Texas A&M University Archives Oral History Program preserves the voices, experiences, and memories of the individuals who have shaped the history of Texas A&M University.
Oral histories provide a unique opportunity to preserve firsthand accounts that may not otherwise appear in official records. Through recorded interviews, participants share their experiences in their own words, creating an enduring resource for researchers, students, faculty, former students, and future generations of Aggies.
About the Oral History ProgramFeatured Oral History Collections
A growing number of named collections document the voices and experiences of the Aggie community, including:
Oral Histories Collection
Texas A&M Sesquicentennial Oral History ProjectThe Texas A&M Sesquicentennial Oral History Project gathers the stories behind the university’s history: the arrivals, traditions, challenges, relationships, and turning points remembered by the people who lived them. Drawing on the experiences of students, former students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other members of the Aggie community, the project traces how Texas A&M has been shaped across generations. Through a growing collection of 150 legacy and newly recorded interviews, it preserves a wide range of voices connected by institutional history, student life, community, tradition, and belonging.
Dallas Women’s Gallery
Video Oral Histories of the DWG ProjectThe Video Oral Histories of the DWG Project celebrates a defining chapter in Texas’s cultural history, helping reconstruct the story of DW Gallery (Dallas, 1975–1988) — an upstart, alternative, artist-run space that launched the careers of some of the most prominent artists in Texas and America. These oral histories preserve the voices of the artists who shaped one of the state’s most influential but under-acknowledged art spaces. The project is a multi-year initiative of the Texas Art Project at Texas A&M and Art This Week Productions.
This collection was compiled to preserve the sentiments of people in many walks of life across Texas A&M University and the surrounding area of Bryan-College Station. Together, the interviews offer personal reflections on university life, local history, and the experiences of people connected to the area.
The Heritage Preservation Oral History Program was designed to preserve the history and traditions of Texas A&M for future generations of Aggies, as experienced by a diverse group of people. Interviewees included faculty, staff, students, and others highly involved with the university — intentionally chosen to capture a diverse and well-rounded perspective on life at Texas A&M University. Conducted from 1998 to 2002, the interviews total more than 200 individual interviews and interviewees.
Share Your Story
Oral history collections grow through the participation of individuals willing to share their experiences. If you have a Texas A&M story that may be of interest to the University Archives, contact us to learn more about contributing to future oral history projects.
Contact our Oral History Librarian: cbsheets25@tamu.edu