Route 66

Route 66 Oral History Project. David Dunaway, Director.

https://route66.unm.edu/ohoffice-index.html

• Missouri State University, Special Collections and Archives:  Route 66 Oral History, Digital Collections
• Northern Arizona University, Cline Library: Evans Route 66 Collection Oral Histories, Digital Collections
• Oklahoma Historical Society:  Route 66 Oral History Collection
• Oklahoma State University - Tulsa, ArchivesUniversity of New Mexico:  Sally Noe Collection of Gallup Oral Histories;

Jane Bernard and Polly Brown Route 66 Pictorial Collection - Oral Histories

Photographers Jane Bernard and Polly Brown collected 64 interviews of residents, business owners, and tourists along the Mother Road from Illinois to California during the years 2000-2002. There exists 24 cassette tapes containing the interviews. The New Mexico 66 oral histories have been digitized, with ongoing work to digitize the rest of the cassettes for research access.

Interview

Oral History interview with Jim Conkle by Sean Evans, Northern Arizona University, Cline Library, Special Collections.  Nov. 10, 2008.

Jim Conkle discusses current events along Route 66 as well as what it is about Route 66 that makes it important to so many people. Mr. Conkle summarizes the people and groups interested in Route 66 preservation, and where such efforts may lead.