Subject guides: Chicago 17th (B) Author-Date: Interviews and personal communication

Interviews and personal communication

Published interviews

In-text citation

Format

(Interviewee Surname Year, Pages)

Example

(Bellour 1979, 91)

Reference list

Format

Interviewee Surname, First Name. Year. “Title of Interview: Subtitle.” By Interviewer Full Name. Title of Publication Volume (Issue or Season): Page Range of Interview. DOI or URL.

Example

Bellour, Raymond. 1979. “Alternation, Segmentation, Hypnosis: Interview with Raymond Bellour.” By Janet Bergstrom. Camera Obscura 3–4 (Summer 1979): 89–94. https://read-dukeupress-edu.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/camera-obscura/article/1-2/3-1%20(3-4)/70-103/31319.

Tips

Published interviews generally follow the patterns of the document types they are published within.
References to interviews consulted online can include a DOI (preferred) or a URL.
The Chicago Manual of Style does not require that access dates be included in references to formally published online sources, unless no date of publication is provided.

Unpublished interviews and personal communication

In-text citation

Format

(Interviewee Surname, pers. comm., Month DD, YYYY)

(Interviewee Surname, description, Month DD, YYYY)

Example

(Julie Cantor, pers. comm., June 12, 2022)

(Brenda Hasbrouck, text message to author, May 5, 2017)

Tips

Unpublished interviews and personal communication are not included in the reference list, though each person cited must be fully identified in the text. Provide other relevant details in the text.
Use the abbreviation "pers. comm." (for personal communication)