Photo by Kimberly Kavish DesignInterviewed by Randall Jarrell. Edited by Irene Reti

28 pages

For the complete text [PDF] of Karen Sinsheimer: Life at UC Santa Cruz, 1981-1987 (E-Scholarship). Includes complete audio (streaming or download) for the oral history. Note: Due to editing by the narrator and the Project, there may be minor differences between the audio recording and the transcript. Please quote from the transcript as the record and not the audio. Audio will be found under "Supporting Material."

This short but compelling oral history with Karen Sinsheimer documents not only the unique perspective of the wife of a University of California chancellor during a period where the nature of that role was in transition, but also the founding years of Shakespeare Santa Cruz.