In the mid-1970s the first interviews for what became the Loudoun County Oral History Project were conducted with the purpose of interviewing Loudoun County locals in order to preserve the history, culture, and lifestyles of previous generations. Many oral histories were recorded between 1975 and 1978, however the project lost momentum and almost a decade elapsed before any other interviews were recorded. In the mid-1980s, the oral history project continued and recorded interviews from 1986 to 1992. A number of interviews were also recorded between 1994 and 1998. Eugene Scheel, a local historian and cartographer, conducted the majority of the interviews. Other interviewers who participated in the project include: Jane Sullivan, Vivian Chola, Barbara Dutton, and Loudoun Valley High School students. The individuals interviewed for the project included members of well-known Loudoun families such as Cockerill, Fry, Furr, Potts, Powell, and Purcell. Also interviewed were Important and notable individuals within the Loudoun County community including B. Powell and Agnes Harrison, Anna Hedrich, Louisa Hutchison, Basham Simms, Charles Blair Tavenner, and John W. Tolbert.