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 700 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 by the Osgoode Society are not yet available for circulation.

Oral Histories

Name Year Pages Location
The Hon. Peter Jarvis 2001 188 C 81-4-0-17
Kenneth Phillips Jarvis 1991 Osgoode Society
Ms. Marva Jemmott 1989 266 C 81-1-0-75
The Hon. John Jennings 2000 167 C 81-4-0-149
Associate Chief Justice James Jerome 1993 86 Osgoode Society
Mr. Jack Johnson 2004 179 Osgoode Society
George Johnston 1983 135 C 81-1-0-22
Mr. Edward Jolliffe 1987 278 C 81-1-0-55
Mr. Stanley Jolly 1990 74 C 81-1-0-117
Staff Sergeant Balmain Jones 1989 42 C 81-1-0-82
Mr. Arthur A. Kajander 1993 59 C 81-4-0-2
Mr. Fred Kan 2005 60 C 81-1-0-143
Madame Justice Andromache Karakatsanis 2007 163 Osgoode Society
The Hon. James Karswick 2006 164 C 81-4-0-132
Mr. Philip Kaye 2003 45 C 81-4-0-108
The Hon. Donald Keith 1989 122 C 81-1-0-70
The Hon. Bernard Kelly 2000 126 C 81-4-0-60
The Hon. Arthur Kelly 1984 176 C 81-1-0-30
Ms. Miriam Kelly 2010 170 Osgoode Society
The Hon. John Kerr 2002 161 C 81-4-0-64
Mrs. Angela Kerr Porter 1991 54 C 81-2-0-30
Mr. Carl Keyfetz 1990 159 C 81-1-0-89
Mr. Mac Killaly 1990 48 C 81-2-0-16
The Hon. Lynn King 1999 178 C 81-4-0-55
The Hon. Kent Kirkland 2005 157 C 81-1-0-166
Mr. Arthur Kitamura 1991 117 C 81-1-0-118
The Hon. Frances Kiteley 2009 296 Osgoode Society
The Hon. Arthur Klein 1996 259 C 81-4-0-38
The Hon. Horace Krever 1999 80 Osgoode Society
Prof. Vern Krishna 2005 206 Osgoode Society
Mr. Martin Kurz 2014 Osgoode Society
Mr. Ian Kyer 2011 284 C 81-1-0-172
Eugene La Brie 128 Osgoode Society
Justice Jean-Marc Labrosse 2016 188 Osgoode Society
The Right Hon. Antonio Lamer 1995 295 Osgoode Society
The Right Hon. Antonio Lamer 1995 799 Osgoode Society
Mr. Donald Lamont 1987 144 C 81-1-0-56
The Hon. Vibert Lampkin 2000 150 C 81-4-0-57
The Hon. Vibert Lampkin 1990 190 C 81-1-0-87
The Hon. Marion Lane 2010 280 Osgoode Society
Mr. Herb Langdon 2001 61 C 81-4-0-144
The Hon. Gerald Lapkin 2004 186 C 81-4-0-67
The Hon. Douglas Latimer 1995 184 C 81-4-0-23
Mr. Robert Laughton 1997 284 C 81-4-0-78
Law Society of Upper Canada Special Committee 1990 25 C 81-2-0-10
The Hon. Allan Lawrence 2001 268 C 81-4-0-97
Mr. Andrew Lawson 2000 433 C 81-1-0-150
Mr. Clifford Lax 2008 195 C 81-4-0-152
Dr. H. Allan Leal 1984 310 C 81-1-0-31
The Hon. Jean-Gilles Lebel 2009 114 C 81-4-0-178