Oral History Program

The Osgoode Society’s Oral History Program is the world’s largest oral history program dedicated to legal history.

Since 1979, the Society has conducted more than 730 interviews and deposited over 100,000 pages of transcripts in the Archives of Ontario. Interview subjects include lawyers, judges, politicians, and members of the police services. Interview documentation consists of transcripts.

Oral Histories are either held by the Archives of Ontario or by the Osgoode Society.  Those held exclusively by the Osgoode Society may not be available yet for circulation. Please email us for more information.

Oral Histories

Name	Year	Pages	Location
The Hon. Robert Reid	1994	55	C 81-4-0-6
Mr. Benjamin Levinter	1997	115	C 81-4-0-11
Mr. Charles McKeon	1996	107	C 81-4-0-7
Mr. Bert Raphael	2000	224	C 81-4-0-16
Mr. John Nelligan	1996	168	C 81-4-0-127
The Hon. Robert Montgomery	1997	74	C 81-4-0-128
Mr. Barry Pepper	1994	47	C 81-4-0-4
Mr. Wendell Wigle	1999	145	C 81-4-0-15
The Hon. J.J. Fitzpatrick	1998	150	C 81-4-0-12
The Hon. Richard Holland	1997	105	C 81-4-0-10
John Arnup	1994	33	Osgoode Society
Mr. Samuel Lerner	1990	177	C 81-1-0-92
Mr. Peter Webb	2000	134	C 81-4-0-147
Mr. Kenneth Howie	1998	226	C 81-4-0-13
The Hon. John Sopinka	1996	39	C 81-4-0-8
The Hon. John Jennings	2000	167	C 81-4-0-149
The Hon. John Arnup	1994	45	C 81-4-0-5
Mr. Earl Cherniak	1999	187	C 81-4-0-14
The Hon. Douglas Coo	2004	145	C 81-4-0-123
Peter Cronyn	2013	250	Osgoode Society