Directed by Charles Stuart Kennedy, the Foreign Service Oral History program is one of the major activities of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST). Since its inauguration in the 1980s, Kennedy and his colleagues have conducted more than 2,000 interviews of retired Foreign Service Officers and others closely associated with America’s recent diplomatic history.
Much of the collection is available in CD-ROM format. In addition to individual interviews, the CD-ROM produced in 2000 includes “Country Readers” that assemble reminiscences of those who served in particular countries. Further information can be obtained from the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
Following agreement between ADST and the Library of Congress, oral histories in the collection are disseminated through the Library of Congress website.
Charles Stuart Kennedy, “Kennedy on Oral History,” ADST Newsletter, Spring 2006.