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History Oral Interview Project Unique in SC College of Charleston history students are some of just a few in the nation and the only ones in the state to take on an oral interview project documenting accounts of veterans and civilians who were affected by World War II. Already 30 interviews have been conducted in just a few weeks and two related events are planned.
The oral project is part of Veterans’ History Project, passed by the US Congress in 2000.
These interviews will provide a base for future undergraduate and faculty research at the College as well as teaching students to use oral interviews in research and learn how memory changes over time as political values and issues shift.
Capturing these first-hand accounts is significant as veterans and adult civilians from 1941-1945 are at least 80 years old and the opportunity to record their memories is rapidly passing.
The History Department envisions an on-going process of oral interviews within the community that could go on for some time. Additional classes and coursework related to The Korean and Vietnam Wars are also being discussed. For more information, contact Bryan Ganaway at 843- 953-5711 or ganawayb@cofc.edu
CLAW: Upcoming conferences:
Women of the Spanish Atlantic -
February 2010
Religion of the Sea - March 2010
US Civil War as International Conflict - Spring 2011
Gilder Lehrman podcasts:
"Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom"
Students Peter Bernard, Charlie Patrick, Professor Robert Crout, and student Neal Polhemus with Governor Mark Sanford (seated) as the Lafayette Proclamation is signed.
Dr. Bernard Powers of the College of Charleston established the context for the 100 years since Richmond Bowens' birth and the amazing range of changes that have occurred since then.
Ways of Remembering: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Richmond Bowens, 1908-1998
Drayton Hall Historic site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Susan Weston, a descendant of Magnolia Plantation, studies a photograph of young Richmond Bowens pictured with Harriett Mayes (l) and Anny Bryan Bowens (r), Richmond's mother.
Faculty Seminar Series Fall 2008:
September 26 Layfayette and Gender Issues in the Revolutionary Atlantic, Dr. Robert Crout
3:15 Bull St.
November 7, Dr. Lee Drago, "Something for the Girls': Marriage Customs in Confederate South Carolina
Check the campus calender for details.
College of Charleston Professor Chris Boucher will give a lecture as part of South Carolina's Archaeology Month.
10/8/2008 Start Time: 7:00 PM
His talk is entitled: "There will be blood": The impact of intertribal politics on early European colonies in the Southeastern U.S.
Location Information:
Main Campus - Simons Center
54 St. Philip Street
Charleston, SC
Room: Room 309
Revolutionary War Lectures: 7 p.m. at the Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting St. To commemorate the 225th anniversary of the Treaty of Paris (1783), which ended the Revolutionary War.The talks focus on the effects of the war on Charleston and South Carolina. Additional lectures are Oct. 7 and Nov. 11. Information: 843-722-2996 or visit www.charlestonmuseum.org.
The Charleston Historical Society and The Karpeles Manuscript Museum
