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Ogeechee Riverkeeper Oral Histories, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Jan 2016

Ogeechee Riverkeeper Oral Histories, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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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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Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Jan 2010

Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of the research papers and recordings compiled by English author Michael Gray during the writing of his book on Georgia blues legend Blind Willie McTell, one of the earliest blues performers to record. Materials range from 1991 to 2010, and include recordings and transcripts of interviews with witnesses and folklorists, images of relevant census records, copies of court records, manuscript drafts, extensive correspondence, and the unissued complete recording of McTell’s last studio session in Atlanta, 1956.

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Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Jan 2007

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of the transcripts, original cassette tape recordings of public speeches, lectures, and oral history interviews spanning from 1962-2007. Interviews were conducted and recorded by Georgia Southern University’s Department of History and Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections. Those interviewed are mostly locals to Bulloch County and neighboring counties. Interviewees discuss their personal and family lives, historical events they were a part of, and circumstances surrounding their successes. The public speeches and lectures originated from an assortment of sources.

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Bland And Keown Family Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library, Special Collections Jan 2007

Bland And Keown Family Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library, Special Collections

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Spanning 1864-2007, this collection contains the personal photos of the Bland and Keown families and their lives in Statesboro, Georgia, as well as abroad in France and Germany. Included are personal documents belonging to the families such as, receipts, obituaries, personal correspondence, published articles, maps, and documents belonging to Oscar Devoy Keown.

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Magnolia Gardens Research Transcripts, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Jan 2007

Magnolia Gardens Research Transcripts, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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The collection consists of recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by Dr. George A. Rogers and Susan Moody in 1997 and 1998. Those interviewed were Mrs. Lee Anderson, Dr. Charlton Moseley and Mrs. Willie Lee Moseley, James Rigdon, and Mary Lee Jones Tucker. Interviewees remembered Daniel Edgar Bland and his wife Catherine as well as their farm, Magnolia Springs. Mr. and Mrs Bland both attended First District Agricultural and Mechanical School. The land on which their farm thrived is now part of the University, and the homestead itself is now the University Botanical Gardens.

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Dan Earl Riggs Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Jan 2005

Dan Earl Riggs Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of the legal papers of Dan Earl Riggs and his family members dated from 1913 to 2002. Materials include birth certificates, marriage licenses, legal appointments, military orders, retirement orders, death certificates, and estate appraisals.

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Eugenia Mills Fulcher Oral Histories, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Jan 1999

Eugenia Mills Fulcher Oral Histories, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of oral histories recorded by Eugenia Mills Fulcher from 1997-1998. The oral histories were used in Mills’ doctoral thesis, “Dreams Do Come True: How Rural One- and Two-Room Schools Influenced the Lives of African Americans in Burke County, Georgia, 1930- 1955,” defended in 1999 at Georgia Southern University. Materials include recordings on cassette tape and transcripts.

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