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Size | 42 interviews |
Abstract | The Southern Oral History Program conducts and collects interviews with southerners who have made significant contributions to various fields of human endeavor. In addition, the Program undertakes special projects with the purpose of rendering historically visible those whose experience is not reflected in traditional written sources. Stories to Save Lives is a collection of oral histories focused on the experience of health, illness, and medical care in the South. The project aims to create a better understanding of how southerners' experiences with healthcare have changed since the 1960s, how stories passed down through families and communities shape peoples' beliefs and attitudes about health and illness, and how social and cultural differences impact the relationships between providers and patients. The goal is to study the past as well as the present, with an eye to informing future changes to the American healthcare system. The narrators in Stories to Save Lives are caregivers, doctors, nurses, other healthcare workers, and community members of different ages, racial and ethnic background, gender, sexuality, and socio-economic status. As a result, the interviews include recollections of healthcare from a multitude of perspectives and levels of experience. Many themes emerge throughout the collection including: the desire for self-sufficiency in life and healthcare; racial and gender disparities; memories and practice of home remedies; relationships between healthcare providers and patients; reliance on community support; beliefs in the influence of foodways; and cost of healthcare and insurance. |
Creator | Southern Oral History Program. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English. |
Finding aid for Series Y: Stories to Save Lives (04007Y) created and encoded by Laura Hart in August 2019.
Updated: October 2019
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Back to TopIn 1973, the History Department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill established an oral history program devoted to the study of the southern region of the United States.
The Southern Oral History Program collects interviews with southerners who have made significant contributions to various fields of human endeavor. In addition, the Program undertakes special projects with the purpose of rendering historically visible those whose experience is not reflected in traditional written sources. Interviews are conducted by Program staff, graduate students, faculty members, and consultants. The Program also serves as a collecting agency, accepting donations of tapes and transcripts of interviews conducted by other researchers.
Back to TopStories to Save Lives is a collection of oral histories focused on the experience of health, illness, and medical care in the South. The project aims to create a better understanding of how southerners' experiences with healthcare have changed since the 1960s, how stories passed down through families and communities shape peoples' beliefs and attitudes about health and illness, and how social and cultural differences impact the relationships between providers and patients. The goal is to study the past as well as the present, with an eye to informing future changes to the American healthcare system. The narrators in Stories to Save Lives are caregivers, doctors, nurses, other healthcare workers, and community members of different ages, racial and ethnic background, gender, sexuality, and socio-economic status. As a result, the interviews include recollections of healthcare from a multitude of perspectives and levels of experience. Many themes emerge throughout the collection including: the desire for self-sufficiency in life and healthcare; racial and gender disparities; memories and practice of home remedies; relationships between healthcare providers and patients; reliance on community support; beliefs in the influence of foodways; and cost of healthcare and insurance.
ONLINE INTERVIEW DATABASE
Click here for the online, sortable list of oral history interviews in this series. Each interview is cataloged in the interview database with descriptive information about the interviewee and the contents of the interview. Transcriptions and audio recordings for many of the unrestricted interviews are available in this online database.
Back to TopONLINE INTERVIEW DATABASE
Click here for the online, sortable list of oral history interviews in this series. Each interview is cataloged in the interview database with descriptive information about the interviewee and the contents of the interview. Transcriptions and audio recordings for many of the unrestricted interviews are available in this online database.
Mirna Allende, Latinx health administrator, with interviewer Maddy Kameny. 25 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0001 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Stephanie Atkinson, African American nurse, with interviewer Maddy Kameny. 25 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0003 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Jeffrey Balfrey, white manufacturer, with interviewer Caroline Efird. 24 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0004 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Tammy Blackman, white x-ray technician, with interviewer Maddy Kameny. 25 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0010 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Barbara Brayboy, Native American educator, with interviewer Darius Scott. 11 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0011 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Brian Cornell, white minister, with interviewer Nick Allen. 28 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0014 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
George Cosmos, African American physician, with interviewer Darius Scott. 26 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0015 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Albrea Crowder, African American health administrator, with interviewer Maddy Kameny. 15 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0017 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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Ethel Crowell, white store owner, with interviewer Caroline Efird. 28 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0018 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital pictures |
Ana Maria Deaver, Latinx nurse, with interviewer Maddy Kameny. 28 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0020 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Vickey Everhart, white business owner, with interviewer Caroline Efird. 26 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0021 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Marie Fearrington, white mill worker, with interviewer Nick Allen. 7 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0022 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Margaret Gerringer, white administrative assistant, with interviewer Nick Allen. 7 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0024 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Janette Godwin, white nurse, with interviewer Maddy Kameny. 26 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0025 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Sabra Jane Hammond, Jewish American physician's assistant, with interviewer Maddy Kameny. 27 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0028 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Martha-Mac Harris, white educator, with interviewer Caroline Efird. 14 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0029 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Lyman Henderson, African American dentist, with interviewer Darius Scott. 9 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0030 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Carl Henley, white professor, with interviewer Nick Allen. 29 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0031 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Lori Hinga, white health administrator, with interviewer Maddy Kameny. 26 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0032 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Nancy Holt, multiracial business owner, with interviewer Nick Allen. 13 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0033 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Freddie King, African American postal worker, with interviewer Maddy Kameny. 27 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0035 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Rossie Lindsey, white homemaker, with interviewer Nick Allen. 25 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0036 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Lisa McKeithan, African American director, with interviewer Maddy Kameny. 29 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0038 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Thomas McLaughlin, African American healthcare worker, with interviewer Maddy Kameny. 28 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0040 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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Carla Norwood, Lumbee Indian business owner, with interviewer Darius Scott. 8 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0041 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Farrel Potts, white North Carolina native, with interviewer Nick Allen. 2 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0042 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital supplementary materials |
Willie Ramey, African American minister, with interviewer Darius Scott. 7 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0043 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Janet Sasser Ross, white educator, with interviewer Caroline Efird. 15 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0045 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Leslie Rummage, white educator, with interviewer Caroline Efird. 15 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0046 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Joan Sells, white educator, with interviewer Caroline Efird. 27 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0048 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital pictures |
Patricia Somerville, African American farmer, with interviewer Darius Scott. 6 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0051 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Cynthia Songs, white health administrator, with interviewer Joanna Ramirez. 15 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0052 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Nancy Thompson, African American nurse, with interviewer Nick Allen. 19 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0055 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Heather Troutman, white diplomat, with interviewer Nick Allen. 22 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0057 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
Donald Williams, white farmer, with interviewer Caroline Efird. 28 June 2018
Digital Folder Y-0059 |
Digital transcript Digital audio |
This project was created in partnership with the City of Raleigh's Dix Park Planning Team to document oral histories of eight stakeholders in the now-defunct Dorothea Dix Hospital. The interviews include former employees, both doctors and staff, as well as former patients and family of patients. Each interview provides a new perspective and varying insight into the experience and function of the hospital during its operational years. Narrators also discuss their feelings about the park project and memorializing the hospital and its patients in some way. This project is part of Stories to Save Lives, SOHP's project on health, illness, and medical care in the South.
ONLINE INTERVIEW DATABASE
Click here for the online, sortable list of oral history interviews in this series. Each interview is cataloged in the interview database with descriptive information about the interviewee and the contents of the interview. Transcriptions and audio recordings for many of the unrestricted interviews are available in this online database.
Esteen Allen, white health care worker, with interviewer Caroline Efird. 18 December 2018
Digital Folder Y-0060 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital pictures |
Vijay Ghate, East Indian American psychiatrist, with interviewer Caroline Efird. 1 February 2019
Digital Folder Y-0061 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital picture |
Jim Kellenberger, white engineer, with interviewer Caroline Efird. 4 January 2019
Digital Folder Y-0063 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital pictures |
Pettis Montague, white sales person, with interviewer Caroline Efird. 21 March 2019
Digital Folder Y-0064 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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Donna Smith, white chaplain, with interviewer Caroline Efird. 3 February 2019
Digital Folder Y-0065 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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Nicholas Stratas, white psychiatrist, with interviewer Caroline Efird. 19 February 2019
Digital Folder Y-0066 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital picture |
Manuel Versola, Filipino American psychiatrist, with interviewer Caroline Efird. 30 November 2018
Digital Folder Y-0067 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital pictures |