GCHS preserves the personal stories of those who witnessed, or know about any aspect of, Grand Canyon’s history.

The Grand Canyon Historical Society Oral History Program
In November 2013, the GCHS Board approved funding for an Oral History Project and interviews began in the spring of 2014. The project involves the taping of oral interviews with any number of people who lived or worked in the Grand Canyon and the nearby region.

The initial thrust of the project is to document first those candidates whose recollections may be lost in the near term. However, it is also important to interview those who may be in mid-career or even early career at Grand Canyon. The project as envisioned need not be solely the recording of stories by those who may be near the end-of-life. We are interviewing as many people as possible that have an intimate connection to the Grand Canyon.

Grand Canyon Oral History Recordings and Transcriptions
As transcripts are finished, they are provided as well. Both are a part of the public domain and are stored here, at the Museum Collection, Grand Canyon National Park, and at Cline Library Special Collections. Many of the interviews and their transcripts are available on this web site as well. It is our hope these interviews will become a lasting record for the personal histories of the Grand Canyon, to be used in future research endeavors.

The Transcriptions are PDF documents. The audio files are MP3’s and can be very large files, some over 1Gb in size.

If you would like to use this material in any way, we simply ask you cite: Grand Canyon Historical Society Oral History Program, Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection, and Cline Library Special Collections.

If you are unable to download an MP3 sound file or would like a copy of any of the MP3 sound files, please contact oralhistories@grandcanyonhistory.org