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Start Over Collection University Archives Oral History Collection Date range 1931

Series 5: Colonial Williamsburg Oral History Project

Contains nine compact discs featuring audio recordings that were part of Colonial Williamsburg's Oral History Project and were used by Columbia University for the study of linguistics. The original recordings were completed in July 1930 and the transcripts were recorded again in April 1953. The majority of the oral histories dealt with what Williamsburg was like before the restoration. Speakers on the recordings include Vernon Geddy, Executive President of Colonial Williamsburg; Earl Gregg Swem, Librarian of the College of William & Mary; W.A.R. Goodwin, Rector of Bruton Parish Church; Gardiner Tyler Brooks, Williamsburg real estate and insurance executive; and J.A.C. Chandler, President of the College of William & Mary.

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