The Newport Historical Society's Oral History Collection consists of cassette tape recordings focusing on the Fishing Industry in Newport (1930-1987), Neighborhoods of Newport, the John G. Winslow Winter Series, and the U. S. Naval Torpedo Station (1937-1951). 

"The Newport Historical Society's Oral History Project has as its goals not only to record personal reminiscences but also to explore the ways in which the parts of the city work together to form a whole."
- Newport History Journal, Issue 197, Article 2, 1985.