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Oral History Series

The Tarlton Law Library Oral History Series features interviews with prominent University of Texas School of Law faculty, alumni, and legal professionals with the goal of providing valuable first-hand accounts of events and developments in law school history.

Originally funded by a grant from the Texas Sesquicentennial Commission, the project is currently supported by the University of Texas Law School Foundation and by the proceeds of printed issue sales. To order a copy, please contact tarltonbooks@law.utexas.edu. Individual volumes are also available for check-out at Tarlton Law Library or may be viewed at the Special Collections reading room.

List of oral histories published by the Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas School of Law:

W. Page Keeton: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Bill Brands. 1992. 80 pages. ISBN: 0-935630-42-2. $20
KF292.T425 K43 1992

Oral History Interview with the Honorable Robert W. Calvert
A Texas Supreme Court Trilogy Vol. 1
Interviewed by H. W. Brands. 1998. 81 pages. ISBN: 0-935630-50-3. $20
KFT1712.T49 1998

Oral History Interview with the Honorable Joe R. Greenhill, Sr.
A Texas Supreme Court Trilogy Vol. 2
Interviewed by H. W. Brands. 1998. 64 pages. ISBN: 0-935630-51-1. $20
KFT1712.T49 1998

Oral History Interview with the Honorable Jack Pope
A Texas Supreme Court Trilogy Vol. 3
Interviewed by H. W. Brands. 1998. 104 pages. ISBN: 0-935630-52-X. $20
KFT1712.T49 1998

Gus M. Hodges: An Oral History Interview
Tarlton Law Library Legal History Series No. 3
Interviewed by H.W. Brands. 2002. vii, 38 pages. ISBN: 0-935630-56-2. $20
KF373.H552 H63 2002

Corwin W. Johnson: An Oral History Interview
Tarlton Law Library Legal History Series No. 4
Interviewed by Sheree Scarborough. 2003. vii, 38 pages. ISBN: 0-935630-57-0. $20
KF292.T425 J63 2003

No. 1 - Joseph D. Jamail, Jr.: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Sheree Scarborough. 2005. 47 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-59-6. $20
KF373.J35 J352 2002

No. 2 - Harry M. Reasoner: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Sheree Scarborough. 2005. 66 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-60-2. $20
KF373.R427 R427 2005

No. 3 - Robert O. Dawson: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by J. Patrick Hazel. 2006. 37 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-63-3. $20
KF373.D385 D38 2006

No. 4 - J. Leon Lebowitz: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Sheree Scarborough. 2006. 43 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-64-0. $20
KF373.L39 L42 2006

No. 5 - Hans W. Baade: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Sheree Scarborough. 2006. 21 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-65-7. $20
KF373.B25 B32 2006

No. 6 - James DeAnda: Fifty Years a Lawyer
Transcript of speech. 2006. 19 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-69-5. $20
KF373.D42 D42 2007

No. 7 - Russell J. Weintraub: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Sheree Scarborough. 2007. 40 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-66-4. $20
KF373.W367 W44 2007

No. 8 - Oscar H. Mauzy: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Sheree Scarborough. 2007. 57 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-68-8. $20
KF373.M38 M38 2007

No. 9 - Roy M. Mersky: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by William J. Chriss. 2008. 75 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-73-2. $20
KF373.M47 M47 2008

No. 10 - John F. Sutton, Jr.: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by William J. Chriss. 2009. 41 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-74-9. $20
KF373.S87 S87 2009

No. 11 - M. Michael Sharlot: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by William J. Chriss. 2009. 37 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-76-3. $20
KF373.S458 S53 2009

No. 12 - Ernest E. Smith: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by William J. Chriss. 2010. 40 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-78-3. $20
KF373.S615 S65 2010

No. 13 - Lino A. Graglia: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Sheree Scarborough. 2011. 94 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-80-0. $20
KF373.G673 G72 2011

No. 14 - Stanley M. Johanson: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by William J. Chriss. 2012. 73 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-81-7. $20
KF373.J54 J64 2012

No. 15 - John J. Sampson: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Megan Blair. 2014. 53 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-85-6. $20
KF373.S25 S25 2014

No. 16 - Mark G. Yudof: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Megan Blair. 2014. 53 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-85-6. $20
KF373.Y93. Y93 2014

No. 17 - Custis Wright: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Megan Blair. 2014. 22 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-87-9. $20
KF373.W702 W74 2014

No. 18 - A Conversation with William Allison
Interviewed by Megan Blair. 2015. 45 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-88-6. $20
KF373.A44 A45 2015

No. 19 - Cynthia Bryant: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Megan Blair. 2015. 25 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-89-3. $20
KF373.B79 B79 2015

No. 20 - Olin Guy Wellborn: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Sheree Scarborough. 2015. 68 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-90-9. $20
KF373.W368 W45 2015

No. 21 - Lucas A. Powe, Jr.: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Joe Noel. 2016. 52 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-91-6. $20
KF373.P69 P69 2016

No. 22 - Jay Westbrook: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Joe Noel. 2018. 102 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-92-3. $20
KF373.W385 W478 2018

No. 23 - David Anderson: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Joe Noel. 2019. 62 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-93-0. $20
KF373.A53 A55 2019

No. 24 - William C. Powers, Jr.: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Joe Noel. 2021. 148 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-94-7. $20
KF373.P693 P69 2021


Two unpublished oral histories are only available online:

Gloria K. Bradford: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by William J. Chriss. 2006/2011. 24 pages. 
Available online.

James W. McCartney: An Oral History Interview
Interviewed by Sheree Scarborough. 1996/2009. 14 pages.
Available online.


Three unpublished interviews are only available for viewing in the Special Collections reading room on the fourth floor of the Tarlton Law Library. Please contact archives@law.utexas.edu to make an appointment. 

Helen Hargrave – unpublished transcript available in Special Collections
Hal C. Horton – unpublished transcript available in Special Collections
J. Edwin Smith – unpublished transcript available in Special Collections

Legal History Series

Originally closely associated with the annual Rare Books Lecture, the Tarlton Law Library Legal History Series commenced in the year 2000. In the preface to the inaugural volume -- Guillermo Margadant, Illustrations of the Sachsenspiegel: A Medieval German Law Book -- former director Roy Mersky expressed the hope that the series would inspire "exploration of the rich sources of our legal heritage," and that the series itself demonstrate the "importance of libraries and archives to legal history."

No. 1 - The Illustrations of the Sachsenspiegel: A Medieval German Law Book
by Guillermo F. Margadant
2000. v, 29 pages. ISBN: 0-935630-5388. $20

No. 2 - Inside Justice Hugo L. Black: The Letters
by John P. Frank, with a foreword by Hugo L. Black, Jr.
2000. ix, 91 pages. ISBN: 0-935630-54-6. $20

No. 3 - Gus M. Hodges: An Oral History Interview
by H.W. Brands, with a foreword by M. Michael Sharlot
2002. vii, 38 pages. ISBN: 0-935630-56-2. $20

No. 4 - Corwin Johnson: An Oral History Interview
by Sheree Scarborough, with a foreword by the Hon. James A. Baker III
2003. vii, 38 pages. ISBN: 0-935630-57-0. $20

No. 5 - 1846 Auction Catalogue of Joseph Story’s Library
by Michael H. Hoeflich & Karen S. Beck, with an introduction by Michael H. Hoeflich
2004. vi, 74 pages. ISBN: 0-935630-58-9. $40

No. 6 - 1877 Sale Catalogue of Gustavus Schmidt’s Library
by Michael H. Hoeflich and Louis V. de la Vergne, with an essay by Kjell A. Modeer
2005. vi, 108 pages. ISBN: 0-935630-61-9. $40

No. 7 - Law Libraries and the Formation of the Legal Profession in the Late Middle Ages
by Stanley Chodorow
2007. iv, 19 pages. ISBN: 0-935630-62-7. $25

No. 8 - Subscription Publishing and the Sale of Law Books in Antebellum America
by Michael H. Hoeflich
2007. vii, 38 pages. ISBN: 0-935630-71-6. $25

No. 9 - The Literature of Witchcraft Trials: Books & Manuscripts from the Jacob Burns Law Library
by Scott B. Pagel
2008. iv, 27 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-72-5. $25

No. 10 - Blackstone and His Contemporaries
by Anthony Taussig
2009. xiv, 131 pages. ISBN: 978-0-935630-75-6. $40

No. 11 - Musings on Clio: Why Study the Past, History, and Legal History
by Jonathan Rose
2010. x, 40 pages. ISBN:978- 0-935630-77-0. $25

No. 12 - Peter Stephen Du Ponceau: Legal Bibliophile
by William E. Butler
2010. xiv, 132 pages. ISBN:978- 0-935630-79-4. $40

No. 13 - An Unexpected Collector: The Making of an Historian’s Law Library
by Warren M. Billings
2013. xiv, 43 pages. ISBN:978- 0-935630-83-1. $25

No. 14 - Evidence from the Fifteenth Century: The Tarlton Law Library’s Earliest Printed Books
by Eric Marshall White
2014. xii, 34 pages. ISBN:978- 0-935630-84-8. $25

To order, please contact the Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas School of Law, 727 E. Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78705 phone (512) 471-7241; email tarltonbooks@law.utexas.edu.