The following oral history interviews are available at the University of Louisville Oral History Center, in the University of Louisville Archives and Records Center (UARC). They may all be accessed on-site in the Archives. For information on visiting UARC, see our Planning a Visit page. If you would like to order a copy (CD, audiocassette tape, or, when available, a transcript), please contact Carrie Daniels, co-director of the Oral History Center by email, or by telephone (502-852-6674). For information on pricing, see our Obtaining Copies page. A few transcripts are available online; you may access those transcripts directly via a link in the entry for the interview.

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Interviewee	Date	Interview Number(s)	Summary information	Transcript?	Interviewer	Length
O'Bannon, Donald H.	12/3/1976	188	Mr. O'Bannon was then the Cabinet Director for Transportation and Environment. This interview covers the reorganization of Louisville's city government.	Yes	Staiger, Charles	60 min.
Oberst, Elizabeth D.	4/8/1993	1993-51-18	Ms. Oberst arrived in Kentucky as the wife of a professor at the University of Kentucky law school. She did some work for the state of Kentucky. She also talked about family being a priority, and career conflicts.		Bean, Kathleen	60 min.
O'Brien, Adale	5/11/1989	1990-122-47, 1990-122-48	-Resident company member of Actors Theatre of Louisville since the 1969-1970 season. O'Brien's interview covers her twenty years with ATL.	No	Ward, Teka	110 min.
Ochs, George	4/29/1985, 5/7/1985	1986-110, 1986-111, 1986-112	Talks concern the distilling industry in general and the Seagrams company in particular; also discusses the wet-dry issue, Fred Wilkie, and ad valorem taxes.	No	Syvertsen, Thomas H.	120 min.
Odum, Mrs. J.D.	7/19/1974, 7/20/1974	77A-D	Canal Zone experiences, 1918-1950s.	No	Cooney, Jerry	240 min.
Olson, Orville with Reiss, Norman	2/7/1975, 2/11/1975	252	Olson discusses his memories of the Depression, F.D.R. and F.D.R.'s recovery policies. A second interview with Norman Reiss covers the same topics.	Yes	Themer, Hugo	60 min.
Oppenheimer, J.J.	10/27/1973	53	Interview for the Cardinal newspaper	No	Graves, Debbie	60 min.
Oppenheimer, J.J.	10/19/1977 - 10/31/1977	56A-E	University of Louisville A & S Deanship.	yes?	Morison, William	300 min.
Oppenheimer, Sara Edyth	3/2/1979	737, 738	The narrator discusses her parents; the wholesale dry goods business which her father operated on Main Street in Louisville until 1921; early life at 11 West Burnett and in the Weissinger-Gaulbert Apartments; the building of the Brown Hotel; streetcars in Louisville; childhood recollections of Louisville Central Park; childhood recollections of Louisville's Fourth Street business district; the Kentucky Home School, the Quorum Club and the Standard Club; Louisville Marine Hospital (later called Louisville Memorial Hospital); the Council of Jewish Women and the resettlement of German Jews in Louisville; congregation Adath Israel; and the origins of the Kentucky Post and Opinion.	No	Bobo, Mary	60 min.
Orr, Monica	11/28/1988	1989-29-8	Narrator, member of Louisville library commission, talks Louisville public libraries.	No	Miller, Barbara	50 min.
Ostwalt, Jack	12/8/2003	2004-1-4	Veterans History Project	No	Ostwalt-Whitfield, Rita	videotape; unknown
O'Sullivan, James L.	3/29/1977	290	O'Sullivan's impressions of Vietnam. O'Sullivan was the chairperson of the political science department of the University of Louisville.	Yes	Pfieffer, Richard	60 min.
Overstreet, Sam	11/17/1982	1983-54	See folder 1983-49/50 for details.	No	Graves, George	60 min.
Overstreet, Sam A.	12/4/1978	687, 688	Overstreet (MD 1923) discusses life in the medical school at the University of Louisville from 1919 to 1923, his residency at Louisville City Hospital during the mid-1920s, and experiences in over fifty years of medical practice in Louisville.	No	Cox, Dwayne	120 min.
Ovitie, Margaret	6/17/1977	348	Margaret Ovitie, a long time resident of Parkland, 70 year old black lady. She was a 1926 graduate of Central and discusses her family stories dating back to Jenny, original family member to have come from Africa. She also discusses her years in Parkland and the change in Parkland.	No	Bruggman, Marsha	60 min.
Owen, Dr. & Mrs. M.G.	1993	1993-106-4	Dr. Owen practiced dentistry for 48 years at 4400 Park Boulevard in the Highland Park neighborhood, beginning in 1936. Mrs. Owen was also his nurse for a period of time in the early years before the war. World War II interrupted and the office closed down for three years. When he returned from the war he opened again at a different location, but still on Park Boulevard, and practiced until 1984. He was one of only three dentists in the neighborhood.		unknown	60 min.
Owen, Newton P.	9/17/1987	1987-70	The narrator's father was part owner in a store on Preston St. across from the entrance to Camp Zachary Taylor. Mr. Owen worked at the store.	No	Holmberg, James J.	45 min.
Owen, Paul	4/25/1989	1990-122-49, 1990-122-50	ATL Scenic Designer 1972-1989. Owen's interview covers his eighteen seasons with ATL.	No	Ward, Teka	120 min.
Owens, Howard	2/28/2000	2002-1-103, 2002-1-104	Civil Rights movement in Louisville	Yes	K'Meyer, Tracy	120 min.

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