Ogeechee Riverkeeper Oral Histories

Authors

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Files

Scope and Content

This collection consists of oral history interviews of people who grew up living on the Ogeechee River and its watershed. The interviews were conducted from 2016-2017 for Phase I of the Ogeechee Project, but the topics span a broad range of time - including family lore and artifacts from Native American settlement and the Colonial Period through today. Materials include photographs and written documents with audio recordings making the bulk of the collection. Materials were originally collected by c.a.s.e. Consulting Services for the Ogeechee Riverkeeper organization.

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Start Date

2013

End Date

2017

Keywords

Ogeechee River Valley (Ga.) -- History, Ogeechee River Valley (Ga.) -- Social life and customs, Bulloch County (Ga.) -- History, Bryan County (Ga.) -- History, Chatham County (Ga.) -- History, Effingham County (Ga.) -- History

Disciplines

Environmental Sciences | History | Human Geography | Oral History | Physical and Environmental Geography | Social History | Water Resource Management

Extent

31 folders (including approximately 7.5 GB of electronic files)

Gift of Simona L. Perry (c.a.s.e. Consulting Services, LLC) on behalf of Ogeechee Riverkeeper, 2016, 2018.

Recommended Citation

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections, "Ogeechee Riverkeeper Oral Histories" (2016). Finding Aids. 137.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/finding-aids/137