Oral History Collection
Thirty years of gathering people's stories
Below are UCAC's publicly available oral history collection. Logs and transcripts of interviews in pdf format will be added over time. Links from the interviewer's name take you to a feature page that has access to transcripts and other resources, and embedded recordings to the interviews. Links to recordings of interviews below will open in our YouTube Channel @UCAC1995. These interviews are for the general public to access and read or listen to. Be sure to read our Terms and Conditions if you desire to utilize these interviews in any other way. Learn more about our Oral History Documentation Project.
This list below has been updated as of November 2025. Some items can be found on Slackwater's or Historical Society's websites. Throughout 2025-2026, we will provide additional links below to transcripts of these stories. For many, we will also link to actual recordings on our YouTube Channel @UCAC1995. Of course, over time we will be adding more stories to this archive.
Barber Donald M 09/18/04 [log] [transcript] [recording]
Bennett Alice Rebecca Biscoe 09/05/96
Biscoe Vincent Nicholas 03/06/97
Blackwell Agnes Geneva 11/04/96
Blackwell Grace Cecelia Lawrence 04/21/97
Briscoe Ida Delores Barnes 08/03/05 [log] [transcript]
Briscoe Joan Elaine Groves 04/10/04 [log] [transcript] [recording]
Briscoe Joan Elaine Groves 00/00/07 [log] [transcript] [recording]
Briscoe Leon M 08/03/05 [log] [transcript]
Brooks Robert C 09/15/16
Brooks Rudy Carnel 01/07/95
Brown Elmer 02/19/00
Brown James S 07/27/05 [log] [transcript] [recording]
Butler Sarah Mason 03/13/97
Carter Agnes Genevieve 03/03/06
Casagnol Theresa 06/01/02
Chase George 11/16/96
Chelsey Eva Stuckey 09/24/16
Clay Erman T 09/15/16
Clayton Estelle 09/05/13
Coates Catherine Brenda Thompson 08/15/99 [log] [transcript]
Coates James Melvin 12/11/96
Curtis Annie 06/10/02 [log] [transcript] [recording]
Curtis Joseph Mason 04/09/97
Curtis Joseph Xavier 10/18/24
Cutchember Viola 06/01/02
Schoolhouse Drayden 12/15/99
Dickerson Mary C, with Joseph W. Dickerson 07/02/09
Dickerson Vincina with Mildred A Gross & James A Somerville 05/27/09
Dove-Hawkins Francine 10/21/03 [log] [transcript]
Dyson Beverly Watts 07/21/07
Ellis Beatrice Wingate 10/11/20
Forrest Bert & Margaret 03/26/24
Forrest George Gaither 06/06/03 [log] [transcript] [recording]
Forrest Harriet Ann Swales 07/14/05
Forrest, Sr. James Alexander 02/25/03 [log] [transcript] [recording]
Frederick, Sr. George Purnell 11/16/96
Gant Robert 11/16/96
Gardner Viola 11/16/96 [log] [transcript]
Gaskin Elvare Smith 01/28/97 [log] [transcript] [recording]
Gaskin John William Alonzo 10/14/03 [log] [transcript]
Glascoe Carrie 09/25/96
Greene William 11/21/19
Greenwell Mary Annabel (Whalen) 03/08/07 [log] [transcript]
Grymes George T 05/27/97
Grymes George T & Lovell 12/09/03 [log] [transcript]
Hall Emma V. Milburn 06/03/98
Happyland with Alma Jordon 08/27/21
Hardy Imelda Thompson 07/28/21
Harris Tyrone 12/09/03
Herbert Augustus 06/23/21
Herbert Mary Elizabeth Forbes 06/23/21
Herndon, Sr. Harold Thomas 12/19/03 [log] [transcript] [recording]
Holland Everlyn Louise Swales 11/16/96 [log] [transcript] [recording]
Holland Everlyn Louise Swales 11/20/96 [log] [transcript] [recording]
Holland Everlyn Louise Swales 05/30/97 [log] [transcript] [recording]
Holland Everlyn Louise Swales
Holly Jr. Joseph Jackson 07/06/16
Holt Helene A. (with John Armstrong) 03/16/06
Hopewell Sister Marilyn S.F.C.C. 05/06/13
Lancaster, Albertine Thomas 05/20/00
Lancaster, John Graham 12/10/96 [log] [transcript] [recording]
Langley, Mary Margaret Barnes 12/18/96
Lanham, Florence Bailey 01/16/97
Lawrence, Jean E. 07/23/21
Lawrence, Joseph Alloysius "Sonny" 09/17/96
Maddox, Angela Marie Thomas 04/22/97
Mathis, Elfreda Talbert 04/15/24 [log] [transcript]
Milburn, Georgia Marie Barnes 09/26/96
Milburn, Sarah Alberta Mason 12/06/18 [log] [transcript] [recording]
Morgan, Mary Frances Greene 07/13/16 [transcript] [recording]
Neal, James W. 06/01/02
Neal, Joyce W. 11/12/24
Newkirk Stuart 11/19/03
Newkirk, Theodore "Ted" 11/10/03 [log] [transcript]
Newkirk, Theodore "Ted" 07/21/07 [transcript]
Portee, Richard Gray 12/11/03 [log] [transcript]
Reed, Ethel 1996??
Reed, Harry L. 12/18/01
Saxon, Thomas 12/19/03 [log] [transcript]
Scriber, Joseph S. 07/30/04 [log] [transcript]
Scriber, Sr. Philip H. 10/28/96
Siemasko, Zora 11/24/03
Smith, Clarence Caroll 05/31/02 [log] [transcript] [recording]
Smith, Edward Allen 12/14/96
Smith, Edward Allen 09/18/04 [log] [transcript]
Smith, Esther L. 11/01/05 [log] [transcript]
Smith, Guffrie M. 07/19/99 [log] [transcript] [recording]
Somerville, Joseph Lee 11/16/96
Somerville, Mary Agatha 10/27/96
Statesman, Eva Cecilia Smith 07/27/16
Thomas, Alice Theresa Carter 11/01/03 [log] [transcript] [recording]
Thomas, Dorothy M 3/15/16
Thomas, James Gorman 08/17/11
Thompson, Ann Lloyd 12/02/96
Thompson, Bernard W. 05/14/22
Thompson, Catherine 11/15/96
Toon, Mary Elnedda George 01/30/97
Travers, Catherine Blackwell 09/26/96
Travers, Frank Darence 01/20/16 [transcript] [recording]
Walker, Elizabeth Barber 10/29/99 [transcript] [recording]
Walthour, Janice Talbert 07/21/04 [log] [transcript]
Waters, Eliza Isabella Dyson 10/19/16 [transcript] [recording]
Weiner, John Samuel 09/14/22
Whalen, Lewis Clifton 11/20/96
White, Laurice M. Chase 03/08/01
White, Sarah A 2/13/06
Young, Sr. Clarence Leo 04/06/04
Young, Jr, Howard 10/18/24
Young, Nannie Theresa Swales 11/02/03 [log] [transcript] [recording]

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