Oral History
Oral History interviews with SLAC staff and users have
been conducted at SLAC and at other institutions by SLAC
Archives and History Office staff and by others interested
in the history of physics and computing. Information
collected in these interviews supplements original
correspondence and other primary source materials collected
by the Archives and History Office.
SLAC Interviews
Interviews have been conducted by SLAC staff on an
irregular basis, as resources have permitted. The Archives
and History Office staff are currently working on a project
to identify all past interview subjects, locate interview
tapes and permission forms, and create interview
transcripts. Our holdings contain tapes or transcripts of
interviews with the following staff members and users:
Note: Some links on this page open pdf
files, which require the free Acrobat
Reader.
- Ballam, Joseph. Interviewed by Bill Kirk and
Natalie Roe. SLAC. November 5 and November 13, 1987.
- Boeheim, Charles. Interviewed by Jean Deken.
SLAC. September 24, 2008.
- Breidenbach, Martin. Interviewed by Jean Deken. SLAC.
October 10, 2018,
April 9, 2019, and
July 18, 2019 (review of
2001 SLD History presentation).
- Brown, Karl. Interviewed by Roxanne Nilan and
William Kirk. SLAC. February 1, 1990.
- Caryotakis, George. Interviewed by Jean Deken.
SLAC. August 31, 2006.
- Collett, Gerard J. Interviewed by Jean Deken.
SLAC. November 6, 2006.
- Cottrell, Roger L. Interviewed by Jean Deken
and Randy Melen. SLAC. July 29, 2010.
- Feldman, Gary. Interviewed by Roxanne Nilan and
William Kirk. SLAC. August 10, 1990.
- Fischer, Gerhard E. Interviewed by Roxanne Nilan
and William Kirk. SLAC. March 1 and March 9, 1990.
- Garwin, Ed. Interviewed by Roxanne Nilan. SLAC.
November 20, 1989. Subject: E-122, Parity Violation
Experiment.
- Gould, Bob. Interviewed by William Kirk. SLAC.
May 17, 1988.
- Gowans, Mil (VanDyke). Interviewed by Jean Deken.
SLAC. July 29, 2010.
- Hodgson, Keith O. Interviewed by Glennda Chui. SLAC.
July 29, 2021.
- Jarvis, Helen. Interviewed by Robin Chandler.
SLAC. August 6, 1992.
- Jensen, Sharon. Interviewed by Jean Deken. SLAC.
June 28, 2006.
- Jobe, Jerry. Interviewed by Jean Deken. SLAC.
February 28, 2007.
- Kinst, William. Interviewed by Jean Deken. SLAC.
June 17 and 24, 2010.
- LeCount, Arla. Interviewed by Jean Deken. SLAC.
May 30, 2008.
- Loew, Gregory. Interviewed by Jean Deken. SLAC.
November 15, 2019;
November 22, 2019;
November 26, 2019;
- Logg, Connie. Interviewed by Jean Deken. SLAC.
December 8, 2006.
- Nygren, David. Interviewed by Robin Chandler. LBNL. December 3, 1990.
- Perl, Martin. Interviewed by Bill Kirk and
Natalie Roe. SLAC. February 2 and June 9, 1988.
- Richter, Burton. Interviewed by Jean Deken. SLAC
September 6, 2006.
- Ross, Marc. Interviewed by Jean Deken. SLAC. September
6, 2006.
- Sinclair, Charles. Interviewed by Bill Kirk and
Natalie Roe. SLAC. September 15, 1987.
- Troxel, Teresa. Interviewed by Jean Deken. SLAC.
February 8, 2007.
- Zdarko, Richard. Interviewed by Robin Chandler.
SLAC. June 11, 1991.
AIP Interviews of SLAC staff and affiliates
Interviews taped with the following individuals and
groups have been deposited with the
American Institute of
Physics Center for the History of Physics. Transcripts
may be obtained from the AIP, subject to restrictions
imposed by the AIP, the interviewer or the subject. Typical
AIP restrictions include allowing reading of interview
transcripts by any researcher with an approved access
application on file, but copies (usually of excerpts only)
and quotes may not be made without permission from the
individual who was interviewed. Use the Center's
International Catalog of Sources to locate more
information about these oral histories. This list is by no
means comprehensive.
- Abbadessa, John. Interviewed by Elizabeth Paris.
August 23, 1996.
- Allen, Matt. Interviewed by David Zierler. May 19, 2020.
- Appelquist, Thomas.
Interviewed by David Zierler. August 28, 2020.
- Baker, Marshall.
Interviewed by David Zierler. August 21, 2020.
- Baltay, Charles.
Oral history interview with Charles Baltay, 2020 June 16.
- Beerbohm, Marybeth. Interviewed by David Zierler. April 27, 2020.
- Bienenstock, Arthur. Interviewed by David Zierler.
April 22, 2020.
- Bjorken, James D. "BJ" Interviewed by David Zierler. April 1, 2020.
- Blandford, Roger. Interviewed by
David Zierler, April 29, 2021.
- Blankenbecler, Richard.
Interviewed by Finn Aaserud. May 5, 1987.
- Bloom, Elliott. Interviewed by David Zierler. October 29, 2020
- Bowden, Gordon. Interviewed by
David Zierler, May 5, 2021.
- Brau, James E. Interviewed by
David Zierler, May 11, 2021.
- Brodsky, Stanley. Interviewed by
David Zierler, April 22, 2021.
- Caryotakis, George. Interviewed by David Zierler. May 27, 2020
- Chao, Alex. Interviewed by David Zierler. October 8, 2020
- Cottrell, Les. Interviewed by
David Zierler, April 28, 2021.
- Coward, David. Interviewed by
David Zierler, May 6, 2020.
- Creutz, Michael.
Interviewed by David Zierler. June 2, 2021.
- Dine, Michael. Interviewed by
David Zierler, April 14, 2021.
- Drell, Persis. Interviewed by David Zierler. May 4, 2020
- Drell, Sidney D. Interviewed by Elizabeth Paris.
August 1, 1996.
- Drell, Sidney D. Interviewed by Finn Aaserud. July
1, 1986.
- Ellis, John.
Interviewed by David Zierler. May 6, 2021.
- Emma, Paul. Interviewed by David Zierler. September 7, 2020
- Feldman, Gary. Interviewed by
David Zierler, June 19, 2020.
- Feynman, Richard, Session V.
Interviewed by Charles Weiner. February 4, 1973.
- Flatté, Stanley Martin. Interviewed by Finn Aaserud.
July 21, 1986.
- Franklin, Melissa.
Interviewed by David Zierler. August 7, 2020
- Friedman, Jerome. Interviewed by
David Zierler, August 12, 2020.
- Galayda, John. Interviewed by David Zierler. April 14, 2020
- Galison, Peter.
Interviewed by David Zierler. June 22, 2020.
- Geesaman, Donald.
Interviewed by Catherine Westfall. July 15, 2013.
- Gilchriese, Murdock (Gil).
Interviewed by David Zierler. April 5, 2021.
- Gilman, Fred.
Interviewed by David Zierler, May 20 and June 10, 2020.
- Gittelman, Bernard. Interviewed by Elizabeth Paris. August 21, 1996.
- Goldhaber, Gerson. Session I,
Session II,
Session III,
Session IV,
Session V,
Session VI.
Interviewed by Ursula Pavlish.
- Guth, Alan. Session I,
Session II.
Interviewed by Alan Lightman.
- Haber, Carl.
Interviewed by David Zierler. April 13, 2021
- Herrmannsfeldt, William. Interviewed
by David Zierler, May 14, 2021.
- Holt, R. J. Interviewed by Catherine Westfall. July 16, 2013.
- Jaffe, Robert. April 24, 2020.
- Kamae, Tsuneyoshi. Interviewed by
David Zierler, April 4, 2021.
- Kaplan, David E.
Interviewed by David Zierler. July 13, 2020.
- Kendall, Henry Way. Interviewed by Finn Aaserud.
November 25 and 26, 1986.
- Kistiakowsky, Vera. Interviewed by Shirlee
Sherkow. April 27 to September 1, 1976.
- Klaisner, Lowell. Interviewed by David Zierler, May 18, 2020
- Larsen, Ray. Interviewed by David Zierler, May 4, 2020
- Lepage, Peter.
Interviewed by David Zierler. January 19, 2021.
- Lüth, Vera. Interviewed by David Zierler, September 17, 2020
- Lynch, Harvey. Interviewed by David Zierler. September 24, 2020
- Mount, Richard. Interviewed by David Zierler. November 9, 2020
- Nelson, Ralph. Interviewed by David Zierler. July 3, 2020
- Oddone, Pier. Interviewed by David Zierler, May 5, 2020
- Odian, Allen. Interviewed by David
Zierler, May 12, 2021.
- Panofsky, Wolfgang Kurt Hermann. Interviewed by
Charles Weiner. May 15, 1973 to June 3, 1974.
- Panofsky, Wolfgang Kurt Hermann. Interviewed by
Elizabeth Paris, July 11, 1996
- Panofsky, Wolfgang Kurt Hermann. Interviewed by
Harvey Lynch. April 11 and May 2, 1997.
- Panofsky, Wolfgang Kurt Hermann. Interviewed
by Jean Deken and Elizabeth Paris, April 7-9, and May 3 2004.
- Panofsky, Wolfgang Kurt Hermann. Interviewed
by Dan Ford. December 7, 2004.
- Paterson, James Ewan. Interviewed by Elizabeth
Paris. July 17, 1996.
- Pellegrini, Claudio. Interviewed by David Zierler.
April 2, 2020.
- Phinney, Nan. Interviewed by David Zierler. July 16, 2020
- Pianetta, Piero. Interviewed by David
Zierler, October 2, 2020.
- Piore, Emanuel Ruben. Interviewed by Bruce R.
Wheaton. March 7, 1977.
- Polchinski, Joseph.
Interviewed by Dean Rickles.
- Prescott, Charles. Interviewed by David
Zierler, April 15, 2021.
- Psi Discovery - SLAC-SP-017: An Experimental Survey
of Positron-Electron Annihilation into Multi-Particle
Final States in the S Range 27-74 GeV-Squared, 1991. Individuals interviewed include Adam Boyarski, William Chinowsky,
David Fryberger, Gerson Goldhaber, W.K.H. Panofsky, Martin Perl, John Rees, Burton Richter, and Roy Schwitters.
- Quinn, Helen. Interviewed by David Zierler. August 14, 2020
- Ratcliff, Blair. Interviewed by David
Zierler, May 17, 2021.
- Richter, Burton.
(link to catalog record) Interviewed by Elizabeth Paris. July 15, 1996.
- Sadrozinski, Hartmut. Interviewed by Elizabeth
Paris. July 10, 1996.
- Sands, Matthew L. Interviewed by Elizabeth Paris.
July 7, 1996.
- Sands, Matthew L. Interviewed by Finn Aaserud.
May 4 and 5, 1987.
- Schwitters, Roy. Interviewed by David
Zierler, May 8, 2020.
- Seiden, Abraham. Interviewed by David
Zierler, May 21, 2021.
- SLAC-E-103: Search for Exotic Mesons Using the SLAC
Two Meter Streamer Chamber. 1989 . Individuals interviewed include: Neil Baggett and Bennett Brabson.
- SLAC-E-122. 1989. Individuals
interviewed include: Vernon Hughes, Michael Lubell, Roger Miller and Charles Prescott.
- SLAC-E-132: A Study of K-P Interactions Using LASS.
1990-1991. Individuals interviewed include: Robert Carnegie, Penny Estabrooks, David Leith, F. Gerald Oakham,
Blair Ratcliff, and Stephen Shapiro.
- SLAC-E-137: Search for Low Mass, Metastable Neutral
Particles at SLAC. 1990-1991. Individuals interviewed include: James Bjorken, Stan Ecklund, Finn Halbo, Bin Lu,
Luke Mo, and Walter Nelson.
- SLAC-PEP-004-009: The Time Projection Chamber and
2-Gamma Detector at PEP. 1990-1991. Individuals interviewed include: Hiroaki Aihara, Elliott Bloom, Charles
Buchanan, David O. Caldwell, Lina Galtieri, Tune Kamae, Jay Marx, David Nygren, Pier Oddone, Hans Paar,
Michael Ronan, Marjorie Shapire and Benjamin Shen.
- SLAC-PEP-006: The MAC Detector at PEP. 1990-1991.
Individuals interviewed include: William Ford, Donald Groom, Brian Heltsley, I. Peruzzi, M. Piccolo, David Ritson,
Leslie Rosenberg, Eberhard Von Goeler.
- SLAC-SP-007B: Search for Asymmetry in E+ E- - MU+ MU-
due to a Weak Neutral Current... 1990-1991.
- SLAC-SP-024: A Proposal for a Large Solid Angle
Neutral Detector for SPEAR 2 (The Crystal Ball). 1990-1991. Individuals interviewed include: Elliott Bloom,
Fatin Bulos, Donald Coyne, Mark Oreglia, Charles Peck, Frank Porter, and Karl Strauch.
- SLAC-SP-032: MARK-III at SPEAR. 1990-1991.
Individuals interviewed include: Rose Mary Baltrusaitis, Victor Cook, David Hitlin, Robert Mozley, Abe
Seiden, Rafe Schindler, Terry Schalk, Jon Thaler, Walter Toki, Albert Wattenberg, Dennis Wisinski, and
William Wisniewski.
- Trilling, George.
Interviewed by Ursula Pavlish March 1, 2006.
- Tye, Henry.
Interviewed by David Zierler. February 26, 2021.
- Wagner, Albrecht.
Interviewed by David Zierler. January 6, 2021.
- Wallenmeyer, William., Interviewed by Elizabeth
Paris. August 22, 1996.
- Weinstein, Marvin. Interviewed by
David Zierler, April 11, 2021.
- Wise, Mark.
Interviewed by David Zierler. February 18, 2021.
- Wojcicki, Stanley G. Interviewed as part of
AIP study of experiment BNL-791 (Brookhaven experiment).
- Women in High-Energy Physics. Interviewees include
Pat Burchat and Vera Lüth. 1991.
Other SLAC-Related Interviews
-
Arthur Bienenstock.
Interviewed by Allison Tracy, Stanford Historical Society, February 19,
2014-March 25, 2014; Interview
Stanford Historical Society, 2010
-
Edward L. Ginzton. Interviewed by A. Michal
McMahon. November 26, 1984. IEEE History Center,
Frederick E. Terman Associates Collection.
- Growing Pains of Physics at
Stanford: Stanford Historical Society Group interview with physicists, including SLAC's Sidney Drell, 2011 (video)
- Edward L. Ginzton. Interviewed by Joel Shirkin, Henry Lowood
and Bruce Hevly. August 1987 to March 1988. Audio file and transcript available from Stanford University
Special Collections (email: speccollref@stanford.edu)
- How Particle Accelerators Came to Be.
Knowable Magazine podcast, Season 2, Episode 5, March 29, 2022. Charlotte Stoddardt interviews Michael Peskin, Catherine Westfall, and Paul Collier.
- Roger Kornberg. Nobel Organization video interview
- Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka. Nobel Organization video interview
- Robert Moulton 2007 Interview by Stanford
Historical Society
- Allen Odian April 4, 2016 IEEE Silicon Valley History Video Series panel interview.
- Martin Perl. Nobel Organization video interview
- Helen Quinn. Great Talks at the American Philosophical Society
(Podcast: Season 2, Episode 1, 2020): Helen
Quinn on Doing and Teaching Science (Interview by Dr. Patrick Spero); Interview with Stanford
Historical Society, 2014, Pioneering Women Faculty series
- Burton Richter. Nobel Organization video interview.
Stanford Historical Society 2014
audio interview
- Roland Sharpe, engineer with John A. Blume firm (of ABA) and key figure in the engineering of the SLAC linac. 1989-1998 interviews by Stanley Scott published by Earthquake Engineering Research Institute in 2020
interview transcript (view only). Print format available for purchase from EERI’s
Online Store.
- Stanford Video. History of SPIRES 1970-1990. SPIRES: Retrospectives by
the Original Developers. Interview subjects include: Louise Addis, Hank
Epstein, Dick Guertin, Bill Kiefer, Tom Martin, Ed Parker, John Schroeder,
Lennie Stovel, Allen Veaner. Produced and Directed by Bo Parker and Harley
Goes. [1990?] Stanford Historical Society Oral History Project.
- Richard E. Taylor. Nobel Organization video interview
Oral History Resources
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