Hanford Cultural Resources Laboratory Oral History and Ethnography Task Annual Report

Prendergast, Ellen L.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Interest Groups;    99 General And Miscellaneous//Mathematics, Computing, And Information Science;    Recommendations;    Hcrl, Cultural Resources, Ethnography, Oral Histories;    Cultural Resources;   

DOI  :  10.2172/15010293
RP-ID  :  PNNL-14237
RP-ID  :  AC05-76RL01830
RP-ID  :  15010293

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report summarizes the work completed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Hanford Cultural Resource Laboratory's (HCRL) Oral History and Ethnography Task through fiscal year 2002. This work was designed to collect focused, systematic, and formal oral histories to help identify and evaluate historic properties at the Hanford Site, which has a history stretching from prehistoric times to the atomic age. This task has become imperative as the people who contributed to Hanford's history age and pass away. The information gained by the oral histories is essential to the U.S. Department of Energy Richland Operations Office's (DOE-RL) Hanford Cultural and Historical Resources Program. This program supports the Department's National Historic Preservation Act responsibilities as Site staff work to end the environmental legacy from plutonium production and other activities. In addition to summarizing the work performed by the task, the report lists specific recommendations regarding future and ongoing work: More individuals related to Hanford's history should be identified and interviewed. The HCRL should work with the community and interest groups and employ their help in collecting oral histories. Data should continue to be compiled in annual reports so that they are available to DOE-RL decision makers and the public. Data should be compiled into a multi-media format and made available on appropriate U.S. Department of Energy Web sites. The HCRL should donate released tapes and transcripts over the next 5 to 10 years to an appropriate archive where the interviews can be utilized by the public as the HCRL archives are not set up to facilitate this.