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Public libraries have long been important reposi- tories for local history materials. In the following article, Ger- ald Saxon and Jan Moltzan discuss how the staff of Dallas Public Library's Lakewood Community Library, working closely with community volunteers, initiated a neighborhood oral history project. The project, labeled the Lakewood Oral History Project, began in 1972, and has led to both the cre- ation of a historically valuable community archives and the publication of a significant local history book. The Lakewood Project is a good example of library staff and neighborhood volunteers cooperating to preserve community history.