Oral History Program Continues to Capture Navy Recollections
15 April 2005
Capt Creekman

The Naval Historical Foundation's Sea Service Oral History Program, now in its third year, has seen the conversion of over 8000 oral history interviews from audio tape to digital compact disk files. Initiated with a generous grant from the New York City-based Dillon Fund, the special high-speed equipment and associated computers has permitted the archivists of the Marine Corps Historical Center to digitize the complete Coast Guard oral history collection, over 60% of the Marine Corps collection, and approximately 10% of the Navy collection. Anticipated to continue for at least one more year until all sea service oral histories are converted, the project not only preserves the rapidly aging magnetic tape contents, but also makes research and distribution of the collections much easier. Contact the Foundation for more information!