Oral histories
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: An interview that records an individual's personal recollections of the past and historical events; the audio or video recordings, transcripts, and other materials that capture and are associated with such an interview.
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Airbrush, Acrylic, and Acetylene Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1071
Abstract
The Airbrush, Acrylic, and Acetylene Oral History Project contains three oral histories with three Charleston-area artists: Halim Abdul-Karim (jewelry designer), Elayna Shakur (visual artist), and Jafar Simmons (airbrush artist). The interviewees discuss their artistic practices, what brought them to the Charleston-area, why they decided to stay, and how they Lowcountry has impacted their artistic practices. The oral history project was conducted by Alada Shinault-Small in 1999.
Dates:
1999-2000
And I Am Telling You... Recollections of Four Lowcountry Ladies Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1070
Abstract
Alada Shinault-Small, MA, CIG, is a Charleston storyteller, writer, historian, artistic and cultural consultant on African American and Gullah-related topics. Shinault-Small conducted the interviews for this collection while a graduate student in history at the University of Charleston/The Citadel. Shinault-Small serves as Director of Operations for Sights and Insights Tours, Inc. The collection holds four oral histories with different African American women in the Charleston...
Dates:
1997
Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1057
Abstract
The Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture Oral History Project brings together oral history projects coordinated by the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture (AIAAHC) as well as individual oral histories conducted by members of the Institute. The majority of the oral histories were done as a part of the Avery Normal Institute Oral History Project which sought to document the experiences and perceptions of former students, teachers, principals, and community...
Dates:
1980-1996
Avery Research Center Averyite oral histories
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1193
Abstract
The Avery Research Center Averyite oral histories collection brings together individual oral histories conducted by Avery Research Center employees with Averyites (students, graduates, teachers, and descendants) to discuss their time at the Avery Normal Institute and their professional and personal lives after they attended the school. A handful of oral histories with Averyites that were donated to the Avery Research Center, but not conducted by Avery Research Center employees, are also...
Dates:
1976-2009
Avery Research Center Lowcountry oral histories
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1195
Abstract
The Avery Research Center Lowcountry oral histories collection brings together individual oral history interviews mostly conducted by Avery Research Center employees with people who are from the South Carolina Lowcountry or lived and worked in the Lowcountry while adults. A handful of oral histories that were donated to the Avery Research Center, but not conducted by Avery Research Center employees, are also included in this collection. A wide range of topics are discussed in these oral...
Dates:
1976-2019
Avery Research Center Midlands oral histories
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1201
Abstract
The Avery Research Center Midlands oral histories collection brings together individual oral history interviews conducted by Avery Research Center employees with people who are from the South Carolina Midlands or lived and worked in the Midlands while adults. A handful of oral histories that were donated to the Avery Research Center, but not conducted by Avery Research Center employees, are also included in this collection. A wide range of topics are discussed in these oral histories...
Dates:
1981-2019
Avery Research Center Sea Islands oral histories
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1205
Abstract
The Avery Research Center Sea Islands oral histories collection contains 50 individual oral history interviews conducted by Avery Research Center employees with people who are from the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands or lived and worked in the sea islands while adults. Some of the oral histories donated to the Avery Research Center, but not conducted by Avery Research Center employees, are also included in this collection. A wide range of topics are discussed in these oral histories...
Dates:
1971-2012; Majority of material found within 1995-2012
Borough Project collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1206
Abstract
The Borough Project collection, bulk: 1986-2002 (1937-2002), documents the history of the Ansonborough Homes, a public housing community commonly referred to as the Borough by residents, on the East Side of Charleston. The Borough Project was an effort undertaken by sisters, and long-time Borough residents, Catherine Braxton and Rebecca Campbell to preserve the history and memory of the community as part of the 2002 Spoleto Festival USA through oral histories with former Borough residents....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1986-2002; 1937-2002
Jean Claude Bouffard Civil Rights Interviews
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1204
Abstract
The Jean Claude Bouffard Civil Rights interviews collection, 1982, contains five oral history interviews with Septima Clark, Mary Moultrie, and Bernice Robinson as well as recordings of lectures that Septima Clark and Thomas R. Waring, Jr. gave to Bouffard's College of Charleston class in the summer of 1982. Participants discuss a wide range of topics including their family history and upbringing, their involvement in the Civil Rights Movement and organizing, African American leaders during...
Dates:
1982
Guy and Candie Carawan Sea Island recordings
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1203
Abstract
The Guy and Candie Carawan Sea Island recordings, 1960-1969, collection contains field recordings and oral history interviews documenting Gullah Geechee life and culture in rural Johns Island. The recordings were created, first, during the Carawan's time assisting the Island's Citizenship School and, later, when they lived on the Island from 1963 to 1965. The collection consists of reel-to-reel tapes, audiocassettes, and transcripts.
Dates:
circa 1959-1969