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The Department of Oral History's holdings include online collections as well as those available on-site only. Follow the links for Online Collections to view materials that have been digitized and published online. Use the Catalog Records and Finding Aid links to locate and access on-site collection materials. Click on titles in red to read more about that collection.

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Wood Basket of the World Oral History Collection
A growing collection of oral histories related to lumbering, manufacturing and conserving South Carolina's forests contributes to the larger Wood Basket project.
Online Collection digital
Shivar Spring Company & Tom McConnell: A Shared Story Online Collection digital 
University High School (1932-1966) Oral History Collection
Thirty-five oral history interviews with former students and teachers who recall their experiences during the high school’s operating years (1932-1966) on the campus of the University of South Carolina
Online Collection digital 
1977 International Women's Year (IWY) Oral History Collection
Approximately 700 interviews on analog audiocassettes recorded during the 1977 National Women’s Conference in Houston, Texas and the earlier state conference in Columbia, South Carolina
Online Collection digital 
South Carolina Oral History Collection
More than 200 oral history interviews and growing, on a variety of topics related to South Carolina history

Online Collection
Catalog Records

digital 
Constance Ashton Myers Collection
Women’s Suffrage: oral histories discussing efforts to secure votes for women during the early 20th century
Catalog Records onsite 
Loretta Dunbar Oral Correspondence Collection
Dozens of hours of recorded letters. Loretta Dunbar served in the Peace Corps in West Africa (specifically Nigeria and Ghana) from 1971-1979
Online Collection digital 
Margaret J. Gibbs Theus Collection
Explores South Carolina people and culture as part of Professor Theus’s Cultural Journalism class, 1979-1983
Catalog Records onsite 
Tom Crosby Collection, Rosenwald Schools of South Carolina: An Oral History Exhibit
African-American education in South Carolina during segregation: interviews primarily focus on Rosenwald schools, Allen University and sports at Sims High School in Union County, South Carolina

Online Collection
Catalog Records

digital 
Amelia Wallace Vernon Collection
More than 85 oral histories recorded between 1977 and 1988, which form the basis of the book African Americans at Mars Bluff, South Carolina (1993)

Catalog Records

onsite 
William Gravely Oral History Collection on the Lynching of Willie Earle Online Collection digital
William Savage Oral History Collection, 1982-1988 Online Collection digital
James H. Davis and John S. Davis U.S. Marine Corps Oral History Collection
The oral history interviews in this collection seek to tell the story of Lt. Col. James H. Davis and his brother, John Sherwood Davis, by sharing recollections and experiences of those who knew or served with them
Online Collection digital
Fairfield High School Oral History Collection
The thirty-six interviewees in this collection describe community, family, educational experiences, and race relations in Winnsboro, Ridgeway, Simpson and surrounding areas of Fairfield County, South Carolina
Online Collection digital
Kline Iron & Steel Company History and Recollections
Thirty-four oral history interviews, created between 2016 and 2018, begin to tell the living history of a Jewish family and the steel business they developed, and the lives of those they employed, during its eighty years of operation in Columbia, South Carolina (1923-2003)
Online Collection digital
The 2015 South Carolina Flood Oral History Collection
The oral histories in this collection humanize the experience of the flood, as residents confront loss and destruction of homes and businesses, and find support and resilience within their communities
Online Collection digital
South Carolina Veterans Oral History Collection
This collection highlights the lives and experiences of veterans serving in all branches of the service living in South Carolina
Online Collection digital
COVID-19 Oral History Class Collection
An online 3-week service learning course for USC’s Honors College that documents the perspectives and experiences of those impacted in a variety of ways by the global pandemic
Online Collection digital
Public History Program Oral History Collection
Includes 36 interviews conducted with past students of the Public History Program and former faculty directors
Online Collection digital
Election 2020 Oral History Collection
Seventeen interviews in this collection explore civic engagement and the 2020 election in South Carolina, as part of coursework in the Honors College
Online Collection digital
Champions of Civil and Human Rights in South Carolina
Champions of Civil and Human Rights in South Carolina is a five-volume anthology spanning the decades from 1930 to 1980 with oral history interviews of key activists and leaders of the civil rights movement in South Carolina.
Online Collection digital
LGBTQ Columbia
Documenting the often unseen and untold stories of this diverse community, these oral histories present part of a larger initiative by Historic Columbia to create a comprehensive resource of oral histories, archival collections, and historic site interpretation.
Online Collection digital
Skateboarding’s Journey to the Olympics Oral History Collection
Music, art, fashion, social media, videos, pop culture, injuries, skate parks, friendship, and more from a diverse group of avid skateboarders mostly in the Columbia, South Carolina area
Online Collection digital
Irmo Area Oral History Collection
Documents some of the living history of Irmo, South Carolina through interviews with members of the community who share decades of experiences.
Online Collection digital
Librarians of South Carolina Oral History Collection
Recorded in the 1980s, this collection explores librarianship through interviews with 15 South Carolina librarians.
Online Collection digital
Recreational Distance Running Oral History Collection
Forming communities through recreational running is the focus of this collection of ten interviews conducted by Honors College senior Hannah Clark in 2023.
Online Collection digital

 

 

 

 

 


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