Recording the Cold War: Identifying and Collecting Cold War Resource Data on Military Installations
Creators: name: Gregory, Carrie J.
name: Tagg, Martyn D.
Publisher: name: Statistical Research, Inc.
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Cold War Era
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5551/cold-war-era
subject: Cold War
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7288/cold-war
subject: Hill Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/169085/hill-air-force-base
subject: Data Collection
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/27136/data-collection
subject: NRHP
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/9857/nrhp
subject: National Register of Historic Places
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/1572/national-register-of-historic-places
subject: Historic Properties
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/31316/historic-properties
subject: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167970/davis-monthan-air-force-base
subject: Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167943/department-of-defense-legacy-resource-management-program
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/89228/vandenberg-air-force-base
subject: Kirtland Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/33516/kirtland-air-force-base
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Architectural Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/2/architectural-survey
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI), with Legacy Resource Management Program funding, conducted a pilot project to determine the cost and effort to create a systematic approach for identifying, compiling, and analyzing Cold War data on four Air Force bases. SRI documented the existence, availability, and locale of Cold War resources, including facility data, and established data-collection processes. The bases had from 2 to 22 inventory and evaluation reports, with 45 percent digitally formatted; 355–1,123 facilities, with 3–100 percent evaluated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (27–100 percent had State Historic Preservation Office concurrence); and GIS layers with 63.7 percent of the facilities present. SRI also collected information on Cold War documentary resources, such as photographs and maps, but these data were too extensive for this project. Project results indicated data collection at other Department of Defense (DoD) installations would cost from $8,000 to $19,000 depending on size and number of resources, and DoD could spend as much as $37 M to complete data collection on all installations. This pilot study provided an opportunity to define clear methods, identify potential pitfalls, and create cost and time metrics. With these data, DoD can plan for additional data collection, permanent data storage, and data access.