ORAL HISTORY
4077 Main Street
Chincoteague Island, VA 23336
ph: 757-336-3460
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Chincoteague Island, VA 23336
ph: 757-336-3460
fax: 757-336-3460 call first
alt: 757-990-1442
carlsmail@verizon.net
Library. All rights reserved.
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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 Margot Hunt, has already captured
many of these stories on audio tape. These recordings and some transcripts of the
interviews are available on all of the Library's public use computers. Or Listen to the oral
history recordings or read the transcripts at the ESPL web site ESPL
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 Margot Hunt, has already captured
many of these stories on audio tape. These recordings and some transcripts of the
interviews are available on all of the Library's public use computers. Or Listen to the oral
history recordings or read the transcripts at the ESPL web site ESPL
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.
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