Royal United Services Institute of
Vancouver Island (RUSI-VI)

UVic — RUSI VI Oral History Project At-A-Glance

Aim:  To collect oral history in accordance with an established methodology from former military service personnel of all ranks, and to make the information collected available for use by historians, researchers, university students, and the general public.

Interviewees: Army Navy Air Force Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

Contact Letter Release / Agreement Form Former Service Record Master List updated

Match Interviewee with Interviewer Interview–may be more than one session Produce synopsis for upload to database

Check materials. Copy to Interviewee. Send to UVic Thank you letter

UVic		RUSI VI		Other Service Orgs
History Dept Prof. David Zimmerman Dr. James Wood Design / deliver OH course Library Chris Petter Special Collections: upload / maintain OH tapes, make database available on the Internet		Project Director: Paula Skippon Liaison / Oversight Group: BGen (Ret) L. Skaalen, BGen (Ret) L Gollner, Col (Ret) L Jenks, Cdr (Ret) P. Chance, and Professor (Emeritus) R. Roy. Project Directors Air Force: LCol (Ret'd) Lorne Holland Army: LCol (Ret’d) Barry Phillips Maj (Ret’d) Chic Goodman Navy: Capt (N) (Ret’d) Wilf Lund RCMP: TBA Training of Volunteer Interviewers		Involvement / Support: Air Crew Association (ACA) Naval Officers Association of Canada (NOAC) Air Force Association (AFA) Various army regimental associations etc.

University of Victoria Special Collections Website: fplib.uvic.ca/spcoll/default.html

RUSI VI Website Oral History Pages www.rusiviccda.org/oralhistory