01713823

Monograph

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/179218.aspx

Oral history collects memories and personal commentaries of historical significance through recorded interviews. This report discusses the current state of the practice of transportation oral history, and discusses what needs to be done to collect new transportation oral histories. Information for this project was gathered by literature review, surveys and interviews. The Transportation Research Board Oral History Subcommittee of the Transportation Research Board History Committee conducted a project to locate, organize, preserve, and make useful existing oral histories of major transportation programs, projects, organizations, and methods by developing a comprehensive inventory. To date, over 1,000 transportation oral histories have been discovered. Many of the histories have been transcribed, digitized, and made available through the internet. They have been organized into a database that is available through the home page of the TRB History Committee. Having established a baseline of existing transportation oral histories, the Oral History Subcommittee has turned its attention to collecting new oral histories from those with prominent careers in the transportation profession. To this end, the project proposes creating a guidebook for transportation agencies to conduct their own oral histories.

English

50p

2019-6

Transportation Research Circular

Digital/other

Appendices; Bibliography

Data collection; History; Interviewing; Transportation

History; Transportation (General)

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Aug 15 2019 2:05PM