Book excerpt: No broad spectrum oral history exists of Sacramento's public history community. This oral history project surveys the economic impact to Sacramento's public history community during the recession that began in 2008. Source of Data: Resource materials were obtained at the California State University, Sacramento; University of California, Davis; the Sacramento Central Library; California State Office of Historic Preservation; a variety of online news and governmental sources; and from the narrators themselves. Conclusions Reached: The Historic Sustainability: 2009/2010 Economic Impact Survey has interpreted and preserved oral histories from members of the Sacramento region's public history community during the national recession that began in 2008. The interviews provide valuable information for the historical record.