bout the Institute of Oral History

The Institute of Oral History at the University of Texas at El Paso was established in 1972 for the purpose of "preserving the history of the region adjacent to the Rio Grande both in the United States and in Mexico." Since that time, the Institute has built one of the largest border-related oral history collections in the United States. While focusing on the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez area, the collection also contains interviews dealing with the history of communities all along the U.S.-Mexico border. Current holdings include nearly 1000 interviews, representing over 1600 hours of tape recorded interviews and more than 20,000 pages of transcript. One third of the interviews are in Spanish.

Institute of Oral History

Liberal Arts Building - Room 334

The University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso, Texas 79968-0532

Phone: (915) 747-7052

Fax: (915) 747-5948

Copies of the oral history tapes, transcripts, indexes, and summaries are housed in the Special Collections Department, University Library, UTEP. The public is invited to read transcripts and listen to tape recordings there. All inquiries concerning hours of operation and accessing the collection should be directed to:

Special Collections Department

University Library

The University of Texas - El Paso

El Paso, Texas 79968

Phone: (915) 747-5697

Fax: (915) 747-5327

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