Using the Oral History Archive
The Veteran Members of Parliament Oral History Archive is available for use by permission only. Permission to access these interviews is granted on an individual basis by the Director of the Library for research purposes based on applications and research plans. Permissions are granted for Master’s thesis research, provided that the thesis topic falls under the remit of Parliamentary studies. Once the researcher has been granted permission to access specific interviews, he or she is also entitled to access the indices of other interviews.
The veteran MPs whose interviews are included in the archive have the right to restrict the use of their interview material. Currently, only some five per cent of the interviews have restricted access.
All the interviews of former MPs have been transcribed into text format from audio tapes and audio files. Copies of the transcriptions have been stored as PDF files on CD-ROM discs, kept in the Library of Parliament. The original recordings may also be accessed by researchers.