CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND LIBRARY
COMMUNITY HERITAGE PROJECT
The library board is committed to preserving Chincoteague’s history and heritage for future
generations. The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities is providing essential matching
support for the Community Heritage Project including its centerpiece oral history project.
The main purpose of these projects is the collection of island traditions and heritage including
oral history, historic photographs and documents of local significance for preservation and
study.
Because the “tradition bearers” are fast disappearing –
those who still carry the knowledge and skills of the traditional island occupations of
commercial fishing, net making, waterfowl hunting, boat building, decoy carving, animal
husbandry, quilting, as well as knowledge of local island lore and history –
we need to capture their memories, history, and life stories.
The Library Board’s Oral History Committee, chaired by Mary Jester, has already captured
many of these stories on audio tape. To Listen to one or more of the many tapes already
collected, click on the following: Oral History Audio Files
If you are interested in local island history, and/or you would like to be trained to conduct
interviews, or if you know of someone who should be interviewed, please contact The
Chincoteague Island Library at 336-3460 and leave your name and phone number with the
volunteer on duty.
COMMUNITY HERITAGE PROJECT
The library board is committed to preserving Chincoteague’s history and heritage for future
generations. The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities is providing essential matching
support for the Community Heritage Project including its centerpiece oral history project.
The main purpose of these projects is the collection of island traditions and heritage including
oral history, historic photographs and documents of local significance for preservation and
study.
Because the “tradition bearers” are fast disappearing –
those who still carry the knowledge and skills of the traditional island occupations of
commercial fishing, net making, waterfowl hunting, boat building, decoy carving, animal
husbandry, quilting, as well as knowledge of local island lore and history –
we need to capture their memories, history, and life stories.
The Library Board’s Oral History Committee, chaired by Mary Jester, has already captured
many of these stories on audio tape. To Listen to one or more of the many tapes already
collected, click on the following: Oral History Audio Files
If you are interested in local island history, and/or you would like to be trained to conduct
interviews, or if you know of someone who should be interviewed, please contact The
Chincoteague Island Library at 336-3460 and leave your name and phone number with the
volunteer on duty.
Chincoteague and Assateague Island Oral History Project
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