James City County Oral History Collection Guide to the James City County Oral History Collection MS 00241

Guide to the James City County Oral History Collection MS 00241


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William & Mary Special Collections Research Center
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Williamsburg, Virginia
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Finding Aid Authors: Anne Johnson and Special Collections Staff.

Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
MS 00241
Title
James City County Oral History Collection 1983-1986 1984
Quantity
7.00 Linear Feet
Creator
James City County Historical Commission
Language
English

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Preferred Citation:

James City County Oral History Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gifts in 1989, 1993 and 2010.

Processing Information:

Reprocessed by Anne Johnson in 2009 and 2011.

Biographical Information:

Historical Commission of James City County, Virginia.

Scope and Contents

The James City County Oral History Collection holds two copies of transcripts and one corresponding cassette tapes of the Oral History Project directed by Robinette Fitzsimmon of the James City County Historical Commission. The collections includes interviews of residents of James City County, the City of Williamsburg, and York County, Virginia.  Topics range from education to farming to Eastern State Hospital.  Time periods covered begin with family memories from the Revolutionary War to the 1980's.  Many interviewees were born in late 1800's to early 1900's.

Swem Library did not receive all the cassette tapes or transcripts as listed on the JCC Historical Commission Accession system.  These interviews were either never done or not received by Swem Library's Special Collections Research Center.

Audiocassettes have been digitized and are available to listen in the reading room. At least 72 hours advanced notice required for access.

Arrangement of Materials:

Numerical order by numbers assigned by JCC Historical Commission.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassettes have been digitized and are available to listen in the reading room. At least 72 hours advanced notice required for access.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

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Series 1: Subject and Participant Indices
Scope and Contents

Comprehensive Subject Index, Alphabetical index by Participants and Numerical Index (Key Index) by Assigned Participant Numbers. The subject index lists the numbers assigned by the JCC Historical Commission. Use these numbers on the numerical index to find the person interviewed. You may also search alphabetically by participant. These indices are filed in the front of each box. Participants Index by Accession Number 84-001 Judge Robert T. Armistead 84-003 Ed Belvin 84-004 Alleyne Blayton 84-005 Virginia Vaiden Bowen 84-006 C. Hammond Branch 84-008 Mary E.Brown 84-009 Robert Lawrence Caldwell 84-011 Joseph Hammond Carlton 84-013 Richard Hughes Carter 84-014 Dr. Carlton Jerome Casey 84-015 Thomas Coleman 84-016 Phillip Cooke 84-017 Phillip Cooke 84-020 Ruth Cowles 84-021 Preston Crump 84-023 William Cumber 84-025 Caroline Dozier 84-029 Jean Etheridge 84-031 Ethel and Leonard Ford 84-033 Willard Gilley 84-034 Leonard Graves 84-035 Rose Gross 84-036 Gladys Guy 84-037 Frances Hamilton 84-038 Ruth Hankins 84-039 Clara Harris 84-040 Rev. Carter Harrison 84-041 Gracie Lillian Slater Hazelwood 84-042 Mabel Hazelwood 84-043 Edna Hockaday 84-046 Harold Hunt, Sr. 84-047 Mr. and Mrs. Willis Jenson 84-048 Sam T. Jones 84-049 Dr. Janet Kimbrough 84-051 Herman Kinde, Occupation: Automobile Saleman. Norwegian Families. Norge and Lightfoot. 84-052 Alexander Lee 84-053 Harris Lee, Sr. 84-054 Shirley Payne Low 84-060 Berit T. Mesarick 84-061 Doris Wildenburger and Pearl Miller 84-062 Rev. Junius Moody 84-063 Mildred Moody 84-066 Julia Oxrieder 84-068 Elizabeth Parrilla 84-070 Catherine Pippin 84-071 Rev. Thomas Pugh 84-072 Grace Radcliffe 84-073 Alma Ransone 84-074 Arline Richardson 84-077 Parke Rouse 84-078 Clara Russell 84-079 Hattie J. Sasser 84-081 Lettie Slauson and Lillian Sutton 84-083 O.M. Smith 84-086 Edward Stewart 84-087 Rev. James B. Tabb 84-090 Stewart Taylor 84-093 D. Gardiner Tyler 84-097 George Waltrip 84-100 Frances Murray White 84-102 Peggy Zuzma 84-104 Lydia Gardner 84-109 Francis Robb 84-111 Thelma Pederson 84-113 Imogene Bell 84-114 John Marcellos and Lawrence Rowe 84-117 George Farthing 84-118 David Ware 84-121 Samuel Nelson Parker 84-124 Betty Meanly Crenshaw 84-125 Carra Dillard 85-130 John Jennings 84-131 Mildred Layne 84-132 Maria Mapp 84-136 Knox Ratcliffe and Harold Radcliffe 84-137 Nannie Kay Ripley 84-139 Alice Tudor 84-141 R.B (Benny). Gilliam 84-142 Forrest Griffin 84-143 Wilton Kinnamon 84-144 A.C. "Pete" Hunt, Sr. 84-147 Charlie Fields 84-148 Mrs. Dewey Renick 84-149 Mrs. Louise Meanley 84-151 Herman Kinde 84-152 Louise Herring 84-156 Willard Epperson 84-157 Virgie Wickre Newton Walter Owens (no transcript), but 1 cassette tape dated 12/8/87 85-130 John Jennings 86-001 Doris Epps 86-002 Mrs. Paul Grisenauer Alphabetical List of Participants Judge Robert T. Armistead 84-001 Imogene Bell 84-113 Ed Belvin 84-003 Alleyne Blayton 84-004 Virginia Vaiden Bowen 84-005 C. Hammond Branch 84-006 Mary E.Brown 84-008 Robert Lawrence Caldwell 84-009 Joseph Hammond Carlton 84-011 Richard Hughes Carter 84-013 Dr. Carlton Jerome Casey 84-014 Thomas Coleman 84-015 Phillip Cooke 84-016, 84-107 Ruth Cowles 84-020 Betty Meanly Crenshaw 84-124 Preston Crump 84-021 William Cumber 84-023 Carra Dillard 84-125 Caroline Dozier 84-025 Willard Epperson 84-156 Doris Epps 86-001 Jean Etheridge 84-029 George Farthing 84-117 Charlie Fields 84-147 Ethel and Leonard Ford 84-031 Lydia Gardner 84-104 Willard Gilley 84-033 R.B (Benny). Gilliam 84-141 Leonard Graves 84-034 Forrest Griffin 84-142 Rose Gross 84-035 Mrs. Paul Grisenauer 86-002 Gladys Guy 84-036 Frances Hamilton 84-037 Ruth Hankins 84-038 Clara Harris 84-039 Rev. Carter Harrison 84-040 Gracie Lillian Slater Hazelwood 84-041 Mabel Hazelwood 84-042 Louise Herring 84-152 Edna Hockaday 84-043 A.C. "Pete" Hunt, Sr. 84-144 Harold Hunt, Sr. 84-046 John Jennings 85-130 Mr. and Mrs. Willis Jenson 84-047 Sam T. Jones 84-048 Dr. Janet Kimbrough 84-049 Herman Kinde 84-151 Wilton Kinnamon 84-143 Mildred Layne 84-131 Alexander Lee 84-052 Harris Lee, Sr. 84-053 Shirley Payne Low 84-054 Maria Mapp 84-132 Mrs. Louise Meanley 84-149 Berit T. Mesarick 84-060 Doris Wildenburger and Pearl Miller 84-061 Rev. Junius Moody 84-062 Mildred Moody 84-063 Virgie Wickre Newton 84-157 Walter Owens (no transcript), but 1 cassette tape dated 12/8/87 Julia Oxrieder 84-066 Samuel Nelson Parker 84-121 Elizabeth Parrilla 84-068 Thelma Pederson 84-111 Catherine Pippin 84-070 Rev. Thomas Pugh 84-071 Grace Radcliffe 84-072 Knox Ratcliffe and Harold Radcliffe 84-136 Alma Ransone 84-073 Mrs. Dewey Renick 84-148 Nannie Kay Ripley 84-137 Arline Richardson 84-074 Francis Robb 84-109 Parke Rouse 84-077 John Marcellos and Lawrence Rowe 84-114 Clara Russell 84-078 Hattie J. Sasser 84-079 Lettie Slauson and Lillian Sutton 84-081 O.M. Smith 84-083 Edward Stewart 84-086 Rev. James B. Tabb 84-087 Stewart Taylor 84-090 Alice Tudor 84-139 D. Gardiner Tyler 84-093 George Waltrip 84-097 David Ware 84-118 Frances Murray White 84-100 Peggy Zuzma 84-102   Subject Index A Archaelogy 001, 100 Architecture 013 Aviation 003 B Barhamsville047, 074, 090 Black/White relations 84-: 004, 013, 014, 016, 017, 023, 031, 035, 036, 038, 043, 047, 048, 049, 052, 053, 054, 061, 062, 063, 066, 068, 071, 072, 074, 077, 078, 079, 081, 083, 087, 097, 100, 102, 104, 109, 111, 113, 114, 118, 121, 125, 131, 132, 136, 137, 141, 142, 148, 151, 174, 86-001   Business, Barhamsville 074 Business, Centerville 132 Business, Croaker 031 Business, Diascund041, 043 Business, Five Forks 84-102 Business, Grove 052, 087, 131 Business, Lightfoot 061 Business, Norge 037, 047, 151 Business, Williamsburg 003, 008, 013, 014, 015, 016, 017, 021, 024, 034, 038, 040, 052, 053, 054, 073, 096, 066, 068, 077, 078, 097, 109, 111, 114, 117, 121, 131, 132, 142, 143, 156, 86-001, C Christmas 004, 014, 017, 020, 031, 033, 037, 041, 043, 047, 048, 049, 052, 054, 60, 061, 063, 068, 073, 074, 078, 087, 102, 114, 118, 132, 137, 148, 151, 174, Civil War 001, 006, 021, 033, 036, 038, 040, 043, 048, 053, 063, 072, 074, 078, 081, 083, 086, 100, 102, 111, 117, 118, 125, 130, 132, 136, 151, 174 Courts 001, 017, 052, 090, 093, 117, 130, 174 Crime 001, 021, 025, 021, 036, 052, 053, 063, 073, 097, 111, 132, 141, 142, 152, 148, 86-001 Croaker 017, 031, 038, 047, 117, 121, 130, 136, 137, 151, 86-001 D Depression 001, 003, 004, 006, 008, 009, 013, 014, 016, 017, 021, 029, 031, 033, 034, 036, 037, 041, 043, 046, 047, 048, 049, 052, 061, 062, 063, 066, 068, 072, 073, 074, 078, 081, 086, 090, 109, 111, 118, 121, 125, 130, 132, 137, 139, 142, 143, 148 Diascund 020, 041, 043 Disaster 031, 038, 041, 046, 048, 053, 063, 066, 074, 081, 083, 086, 097, 102, 104, 130, 139, 148 E Economy 006, 014, 017, 020, 021, 025, 033, 034, 035, 036, 038, 040, 041, 043, 048, 052, 053, 061, 062, 063, 066, 068, 072, 073, 074, 077, 078, 081, 086, 087, 090, 097, 102, 109, 114, 117, 118, 121, 125, 130, 131, 132, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 143, 148, 156, 174, 86-001 Education 001, 004, 005, 006, 008, 009, 011, 013, 014, 016, 017, 020, 021, 023, 029, 031, 033, 034, 035, 036, 037, 038, 040, 041, 043, 046, 047, 048, 049, 052, 053, 054, 060, 061, 062, 063, 068, 071, 072, 073, 074, 077, 078, 081, 083, 086, 087, 090, 093, 097, 102, 104, 109, 111, 114, 117, 118, 121, 125, 130, 131, 132, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 143, 148, 156, 174 Ewell 84-046 F Family Life 004, 005, 006, 008, 011, 013, 014, 016, 017, 020, 021, 023, 029, 031, 033, 034, 035, 036, 037, 038, 040, 041, 043, 046, 047, 048, 049, 052, 053, 054, 060, 061, 062, 063, 066, 068, 071, 072, 073, 074, 077, 078, 081, 083, 086, 087, 090, 093, 097, 102, 104, 109, 111, 114, 117, 118, 121, 125, 130, 131, 132, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 143, 148, 151, 156, 174, 86-001 Farming 001, 005, 006, 008, 009, 011, 013, 014, 020, 021, 025, 031, 033, 035, 038, 041, 043, 044, 047, 048, 052, 053, 060, 061, 062, 066, 068, 072, 073, 074, 078, 081, 083, 086, 087, 090, 097, 100, 102, 104, 109, 111, 114, 118, 130, 132, 136, 139, 142, 148, 151, 156, 174 Fishing 001, 031, 038, 043, 047, 048, 053, 078, 081, 083, 087, 090, 097, 102, 109, 114, 136 Five Forks 097, 100, 102, 114, 132, 151 G Government 001, 006, 009, 011, 013, 017, 033, 034, 046, 049, 052, 053, 054, 062, 072, 077, 090, 118, 139 Grove 001, 017, 035, 052, 053, 062, 072, 078, 087, 131, 136, 139, 156 Growth 001, 004, 005, 008, 009, 011, 013, 015, 016, 017, 020, 033, 034, 036, 041, 060, 062, 066, 071, 073, 077, 087, 097, 125, 130, 139, 141, 86-001 H Hunting 001, 020, 048, 083, 102, 109, 114, 130, 141, 142, 156 J James City County 013 Jamestown 001, 003, 005, 017, 020, 033, 034, 036, 040, 049, 054, 060, 078, 081, 083, 093, 097, 100, 102, 111, 114, 132, 139, 141 L Lanexa 011, 038, 043 Lightfoot 001, 020, 036, 046, 047, 061, 074, 109, 117, 132, 141, 142, 148, 151 Lumbering 005, 006, 020, 035, 038, 046, 048, 074, 102, 117, 130, 132, 143, 151 M Medicine 004, 006, 008, 009, 013, 014, 016, 020, 121, 029, 034, 038, 041, 043, 046, 048, 049, 052, 078, 083, 086, 087, 102, 104, 111, 113, 114, 125, 130, 132, 148 N Norge001, 006, 013, 020, 031, 034, 035, 036, 037, 046, 047, 061, 063, 097, 117, 139, 151, 86-001 R Recreation 001, 003, 004, 006, 008, 009, 011, 013, 014, 015, 016, 017, 020, 021, 023, 025, 029, 031, 033, 034, 035, 036, 041, 043, 046, 047, 049, 052, 053, 054, 060, 061, 062, 063, 066, 068, 073, 074, 077, 078, 081, 087, 090, 093, 097, 102, 104, 109, 111, 113, 114, 117, 121, 125, 130, 131, 132, 137, 139, 141, 142, 143, 148, 151, 156, 86-001 Religion 001, 004, 006, 009, 011, 013, 014, 017, 020, 021, 035, 038, 040, 041, 043, 046, 047, 048, 052, 053, 061, 062, 066, 071, 073, 074, 077, 079, 081, 083, 086, 087, 093, 102, 109, 111, 118, 121, 132, 137, 143, 151 Revolutionary War 001, 038, 040, 078, 081, 083, 100, 118, 125, 130, 139, 141, 151 S Shipping 005, 006, 043, 046, 048, 078, 081, 097, 100, 102, 114, 118, 141, 143, 156 Social Life 004, 034, 036, 037, 041, 109, 113 Superstitions004, 008, 013, 016, 017, 021, 038, 048, 049, 087, 090, 102, 111, 114, 130, 132 T Toano001, 005, 009, 021, 025, 031, 034, 036, 038, 040, 041, 043, 046, 047, 048, 061, 063, 074, 090, 109, 118, 130, 142, 148, 151, 86-001 Traditions 013, 017 Transportation 001, 003, 004, 006, 008, 009, 011, 014, 015, 017, 020, 021, 029, 031, 033, 034, 038, 040, 041, 043, 046, 047, 048, 049, 052, 053, 060, 061, 062, 063, 066, 068, 072, 073, 074, 077, 078, 081, 086, 087, 093, 097, 102, 109, 111, 114, 117, 118, 121, 125, 130, 131, 132, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 143, 148, 151, 156, 174, 86-001 W Williamsburg001, 003, 005, 008, 009, 013, 014, 015, 016, 017, 021, 023, 029, 034, 036, 040, 046, 049, 053, 054, 060, 061, 066, 073, 077, 078, 079, 090, 093, 104, 109, 111, 113, 117, 121, 125, 131, 132, 139, 142, 143, 156, 86-001 World War I 020, 021, 029, 038, 041, 046, 047, 048, 054, 061, 063, 072, 081, 086, 097, 100, 102, 104, 111, 118, 125, 139, 148, 151, 156, 157 World War II 001, 003, 009, 013, 017, 020, 023, 025, 029, 033, 035, 037, 038, 043, 046, 047, 052, 053, 060, 061, 063, 066, 081, 083, 087, 102, 109, 111, 117, 118, 121, 132, 141, 151

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id92702
Series 2: Oral History Interview Transcriptions
1984-1993
Scope and Contents

Each folder includes a typed transcription of the cassette tape, often with a handwritten copy and/or changes made later by the interviewee. An index, with page numbers, of subjects covered in the interviews is included, plus a form with biographical information about the interviewee. There is a signed Release Form at the back of each folder. The transcriptions are filed in numerical order.

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id22579
Series 3: Cassette Tapes
Audio Audiocassette Tape: ALL
Processing Information

The Cassette Tapes have been digitized and require at least 72 hours advanced notice for access.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

All audiocassette tapes have been digitized. Digital files require at least 72 hours advanced notice for access.

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