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Horry County Oral History Project


Horry County Oral History Project

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About the Project
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The Horry County Oral History Project began around 1989 as a college-community project to record local history in Horry County. Individuals in the county who have helped to make or who have witnessed the history of Horry County were interviewed through the project. Individuals interviewed include a broad spectrum of the community ranging from small farmers to community leaders. The Interviews were conducted under the direction of Randall Wells, Director of the Horry County Oral History Project. The project was underwritten in part by the Waccamaw Center for Cultural and Historical Studies, Coastal Carolina University.

Presently, there are almost 90 interviews taped, transcribed, corrected and legally released in the Horry County Oral History Project. Though a few transcriptions are of interviews recorded prior to 1989, over 70 interviews have been recorded by this Project since 1989. The original recordings and transcripts are housed in the Waccamaw Center for Cultural and Historical Studies. Additionally, copies of both the recordings and transcriptions are available in the Waccamaw Room, Kimbel Library's special collection dedicated to Horry county and the surrounding Waccamaw region.

In order to provide access to the collection of interviews, descriptive bibliographic records for the interviews have been entered into Kimbel Library's online catalog and a printed index to the collection was created.

Interviews can be searched by:

  • title - i.e. "Horry County Oral History interview with ___________"
  • interviewee's name, or
  • subject

Date Last Modified: Oct 28, 2004
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