The Gen Con oral history collection consists of 100 oral history recordings done to capture the personal experiences of Gen Con for a book project in honor of Gen Con's 40th anniversary [40 Years of Gen Con by Robin D. Laws]. The digital collection includes interviews with Andrew Shockney, Gary Gygax, Anne K. Brown, Bill Hoyer, Dan McDonagh, Dave Arneson, Douglas Niles, Harold Johnson, James Wallis, Duke Seigfreid, Jeff Ranger, Marc Blumberg, Mike Carr, Ryan Dancy, Steve Jackson, Skip Williams, R.A. Salvatore, and more. The oral histories were recorded between September 1, 2006 and March 31, 2007. The collection also contains one pdf of the article "Gary Gygax" by Steven J. Engelbert fromThe Gamer March/April 1992.

The oral histories are in mp3 file format. The archivist has maintained the original file names and order, which is alphabetical by first name. As transcripts are finalized they will be added to the collection.