Box Avery Oral History Restricted Box 1

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Avery Research Center Sea Islands oral histories collection contains 50 individual oral history interviews arranged according to the sea island discussed in each oral history. Most of the oral histories were conducted by Avery Research Center employees with people who are from the Sea Islands or lived and worked in the Sea Islands while adults. The audio recordings and/or transcripts of some oral histories are missing.A wide range of topics are discussed in these oral histories...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Avery Research Center Lowcountry oral histories collection contains 56 oral history interviews arranged in six series according to the decade that the interviews were conducted. Most of the oral histories were conducted by Avery Research Center employees, but there are also a handful of oral histories that were done independently of the Avery Research Center and later donated that are included in this collection. Within each series, the oral histories are arranged alphabetically by last...