From the time of its foundation, the ANU Emeritus Faculty has been concerned to record and document the ANU’s history. The Faculty has already published and compiled an archive of over eighty obituaries of ANU staff and has, at present, recorded seventy-two interviews in its Oral History Project. Members of our Faculty were the creators of ANU’s history and in their retirement, they are called upon to be the custodians of its intellectual traditions. This site, ANU Emeritus Faculty Personal Histories, will serve as a repository of personal accounts of the University’s activities, developments and achievements. As in the case of our Oral History series, the documents available on this site will be noted on our website but will be preserved in Open Research Access as part of the ANU Repository. James J. Fox Chair, ANU Emeritus Faculty