Tom Peters is the Dean of Library Services at Missouri State University, and an oral historian. Join Route 66 host Anthony Arno as he talks with Tom about his interviews with twenty two individuals directly associated with the trucking industry along Route 66.
Program Highlights
- Earliest Memory of Route 66
- Conducting an Oral History along Route 66
- Communicating on the road before CB radios or cell phones
- When the the railroad met the trucking industry: Good or Bad?
- Deregulating the trucking industry in the US
- Campbell’s 66 Express and Snortin’ Norton’
- Technological Advancements in Trucking: Communications, Diesel Engines, Road Construction
- Primary focus of attention driving from West to East (LA to Chicago)
- Route 66 as a working environment
- A new generation of truckers
- Truck Abandonment
LINKS
Missouri State University Route 66 Oral History Project
(Sample Videos Below)
Larry Posey (VP Sales & Marketing, Campbell’s 66 Express)
Don Robinson (Drove 3.2 million miles)
Rich Henry (Henry’s Rabbit Ranch)
Georgia Shaffer (Campbell 66 Employee)
Greg Gaszak (Route 66 Enthusiast and Campbell Freight collector)
Susan Scott (Manager of Yellow Freight Trucking Company)
Mark Walker . (Chairman and CEO Transland Trucking Company)
Bruce Crim (Campbell 66 Employee)