Georgia Environmental Oral History Project, 2013-

Summary

Creator:

Bean, Betsy and Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Date:

2013-

Extent:

24 interview(s)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Georgia Environmental Oral History Project, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.

Background

Scope and content:

The Georgia Environmental Oral History project documents the forces that have shaped and are currently shaping the Georgia landscape, including such topics as environmental activism (with a focus on grassroots activism), legislation related to environmental issues, the environmental history of the Georgia coast, the interplay between conservation, industry, and tourism, the politics of "sustainability," and the relationship between environmental issues and public safety.

Early interviews focus on Brunswick and Glynn County including numerous Superfund sites, the development issues surrounding St. Simons Island and Jekyll Island, and the challenges of protecting coastal marshlands.

Biographical / historical:

The Georgia Environmental Oral History Project was started in 2013 via a partnership between the Russell Library and Betsy Bean.

The first eight interviews (GEOH-001--GEOH-008) were recorded over a two day trip to Brunswick, Ga. in September 2013, by Russell Oral History and Media Archivists Callie Holmes and Christian Lopez. Interviews were recorded in a classroom space at the College of Coastal Georgia, except for GEOH-001, which was recorded in Ms. Poleszak's home on Jekyll Island. Betsy Bean is the primary interviewer, though occassionally Holmes and Lopez pose questions to the interviewees.

Processing information:

Original and transfer media formats for this collection include 96 khZ/24-bit WAV files that were recorded using a Sound Devices 552 audio recorder. Digital jpeg photographs also exist for this collection.

Arrangement:

Interviews are arranged chronologically by interview number (ex. GEOH-001, GEOH-002, etc.).

Related

Related material:

First Person Project, FPP-0017, Hans Neuhauser and Betsy BeanReid Harris Papers Related to the Coastal Marshlands Protection ActReflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection, ROGP 103 Reid HarrisRobert Lindsay Thomas PapersWilliamson S. Stuckey Papers, Series III: LegislativeGeorgia Council for Environmental Quality Records

Separated material:

Altamaha: a River and Its KeeperAltamaha Riverkeeper Collection

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Wetland conservation -- Georgia.
Salt marshes
Environmental protection
Wetlands -- Law and legislation.
Oral histories.
Watershed management -- Georgia.
Water -- Law and legislation -- Georgia.
Water quality management -- Georgia.
Water resources development -- Georgia.
Superfund sites
Environmental policy -- Georgia.
Tourism -- Georgia.
Beach renourishment
Birds
Hazardous wastes -- United States
Jekyll Island (Ga.)
Audiovisual materials

Places:

Glynn County (Ga.)
Saint Simons Island (Ga. : Island)

Terms of access:

Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.

Preferred citation:

Georgia Environmental Oral History Project, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.