Since 2012, the Historical Records Committee (HRC) has been collecting oral history information from ecologists and others involved in the Society and its business. Interviews are conducted by knowledgeable volunteers, and the recordings are ultimately curated in the ESA Archives at the University of Georgia. Former ESA officers and award winners have priority at the present time, but others are being interviewed as the opportunity arises.
More than two dozen oral histories have been prepared and are available at the Russell Library at the University of Georgia. The project online description and finding aid at UGA offers access to the recorded interviews and summary outlines.
| Interviewee | Date interviewed | Interviewer | Location | Location 2 | Duration (hr:mins) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Paine | 2012-07-30 | Doug Sprugel | Seattle, WA | University of Washington | 0:50 |
| Larry Bliss | 2012-10-09 | Richard Fonda | Issaquah, WA | 1:13 | |
| Gordon Orians | 2013-06-04 | Doug Sprugel | Seattle, WA | University of Washington | 1:00 |
| Orie Loucks | 2013-08-07 | Dennis Knight | Minneapolis, MN | Convention Center, ESA Meeting | 1:48 |
| Yaffa Grossman | 2014-08-12 | Dennis Knight | Sacramento, CA | Convention Center, ESA Meeting | 0:39 |
| Jean Langenheim | 2014-08-12 | Dennis Knight | Sacramento, CA | Convention Center, ESA Meeting | 1:04 |
| John Hobbie | 2014-08-13 | Dennis Knight | Sacramento, CA | Convention Center, ESA Meeting | 1:02 |
| Patricia Werner | 2014-08-13 | Dennis Knight | Sacramento, CA | Convention Center, ESA Meeting | 0:43 |
| James Brown | 2014-09-23 | Eva Dettweiler-Robinson | Albuquerque, NM | University of New Mexico | 2:05 |
| Scott Collins | 2014-10-28 | Eva Dettweiler-Robinson | Albuquerque, NM | University of New Mexico | 1:05 |
| Art Cooper | 2015-03-09 | Tom Wentworth | Raleigh, NC | North Carolina State University | 1:05 |
| George Woodwell | 2015-05-20 | Richard Houghton | Woods Hole, MA | Woods Hole Research Center | 0:27 |
| Margaret Davis | 2015-06-10 | Jane Beiswenger | Laramie, WY | 0:33: | |
| Terry Chapin | 2015-07-01 | Jill Johnstone | Fairbanks, AK | 1:16 | |
| Marge Holland | 2015-08-10 | Dennis Knight | Baltimore, MD | Convention Center, ESA Meeting | 0:56 |
| Hal Mooney | 2015-08-11 | Terry Chapin | Baltimore, MD | Convention Center, ESA Meeting | 1:13 |
| Simon Levin | 2015-08-11 | Dennis Knight | Baltimore, MD | Convention Center, ESA Meeting | 1:00 |
| Katherine McCarter | 2015-08-13 | Dennis Knight | Baltimore, MD | Convention Center, ESA Meeting | 1:09 |
| William Reiners | 2015-10-20 | Dennis Knight | Laramie, WY | 2:32 | |
| Fran James | 2015-11-20 | Thomas Miller | Tallahassee, FL | Florida State University | 0:46 |
| Gene Likens | 2016-03-21 | Charles Canham | Millbrook, NY | Cary Inst. of Ecosystem Studies | 1:29 |
| Robert Peet | 2016-08-11 | Sharon Kingsland | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | ESA Meeting 2016 | 1:37 |
| Steward Pickett | 2017-01-18 | Sharon Kingsland | Baltimore, MD | Johns Hopkins Univ. | 1:35 |
| Dennis Knight | 2017-11-17 | William Reiners | Laramie, WY | 2:13 | |
| Joy Zedler | 2018-03-31 | Dennis Knight | Laramie, WY | 1:10 | |
| Jerry Franklin | 2018-12-07 | Eva Stricker | Seattle, WA | University of Washington | 1:42 |