Oral History Interviews

Introduction to Oral History

Many organizations around the country record oral history interviews for the sake of their history. There are many individuals who also record interviews on their own behalf, such as for their families. Recording an oral history inverview is a greaty way to document the person's experience through their life so future generations will be able to learn and benefit from them. Listed below you will find links to our oral history interviews. Click on the download icon and it should open a new tab and start playing. If you right click on the download icon, select save link as and you can save it to your device.

Downloads

To listen to audio recordings please click the blue download icon next to the name and a new window should pop up and automatically start playing provided your device auto plays media files.

There are also transcripts available with each audio recording for hearing impaired individuals. You may download the transcript by clicking on the blue download button next to the name.

DateAudioNameTranscript
1978 JUL 19 J.B. Johnson Part 1
1978 JUL 19 J.B. Johnson Part 2
1978 JUL 20 I.O. Chitwood Part 1
1978 JUL 20 I.O. Chitwood Part 2
1978 JUL 28 James M Boswell
1978 AUG 11 Eugene Siler Sr
2012 FEB 26 Ed Bailey
2012 NOV 07 Ed Bailey
2012 NOV 28 Dianne Harrell
2012 DEC 05 Marcella Mountjoy
2013 MAR 12 Johnny Brown
2014 MAR 21 Vernon Faulkner

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