AUC Oral Histories and Reminiscences Collection

The AUC Oral Histories and Reminiscences collection presents oral histories with American University in Cairo faculty, administrators, staff, students, alumni, and other individuals connected with the AUC community. The oral histories were begun by the Alumni Director in the late 1960s, continued in the early 1970s by the author of The American University in Cairo: 1919-1987. The oral history initiative was resumed in 2005 and continues to the present day. This collection contains audio recordings accompanied by transcripts, although in some cases one format may not be available. Also available are digitized reminiscences by AUC community members, written during the 20th century as well as those generated as part of the "AUC Memories" website project documenting AUC’s old Tahrir Square campus as the university moved to its New Cairo campus in 2008.