Series consists of 50 audio tapes representing forty-one interviews conducted by Ruth Sandwell with thirty-eight individuals between April and August of 1999. Please see the finding aid for an inventory of the audio tapes.

The fonds consists of forty-one interviews with thirty eight colleagues, family, students and friends of Margaret Ormsby. In addition to the 50 cassette tapes there is also general information about the project as well as textual material for each interview consisting of a tape release form signed by the interviewee, a biographical information sheet and a detailed "timed tape guide".

The series consists of general project files, information specific to each of the individuals interviewed and a "timed tape guide" that provides information about the time, place, and a number of the interview and the name and address of the interviewee. Most of the tape guides also include a detailed account of subjects discussed in each five-minute interview segment. The tape guide concludes with an index of the topics covered in the interview. Indexes from each discussion have been integrated into a central index available as part of the fonds.