Zach S. Henderson Library
Oral History Collection
The
Zach S.
Henderson Library Oral History Collection was started by the Georgia
Southern
College History Department in the 1970's. While several of the early
interviews
were done by history professors, including Dr. Walter J. Fraser, Dr. R.
Frank Saunders and Dr. George A. Rogers, the vast majority of
interviews
done before 1992 were performed by Mrs. Esther Mallard. The oral
history
program went dormant in the mid-1990's after Mrs. Mallard retired, but
was rejuvenated by Dr. Delma E. Presley and Dr. Daniel Good with the
implementation
of such projects as "Our Home Town Heroes" (a project gathering oral
histories
of Bulloch County's World War II veterans) in 1999. Other active
participants
in these projects included graduate student Linda Awe and Henderson
Library's
own Susan Moody, Library Assistant II in Collection & Resource
Services
and Special Collections. This database is the result of Ms. Moody's
efforts
to organize and catalog this important collection so that researchers
can
take advantage of its bounty.
Click
here to access the database
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