The Texas Supreme Court Historical Society established the Judicial Oral History Project (JOHP) to gather and preserve information of historical interest about the Texas judicial system by means of oral interviews. These interviews are conducted with persons who are or were either directly associated with the court or had special knowledge about the judicial officers, the courts or its operations. Once recorded, the interview is transcribed onto paper, reviewed, corrected and printed in final form. The interview subject is asked to donate the interview to the Society by signing a Deed of Gift, whereby it becomes part of the Society’s archive collection available for academic and educational research and public dissemination.