US-RUn-msg30 Guide to the In the Wake of '38 Finding aid prepared by Sarina R. Wyant. University of Rhode Island Library, Special Collections and Archives Unit 2001
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 Finding aid encoded by Sarina R. Wyant on 2008 May 06, updated by Hailie D. Posey on 2009 September 15 English Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) Overview of the Collection South Kingstown High School In the Wake of '38 1977 6 box(es) (2.75 linear feet) Oral history project sponsored by South Kingstown High School and the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities, conducted in 1977 under the direction of Linda Wood and Judith Preble, school librarian and English teacher respectively. Students interviewed seventy Rhode Islanders who witnessed and survived the Hurricane of 1938. Special Collections and University Archives
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 Mss. Gr. 30 The records are in English. Biographical or Historical Information

In the Wake of '38 was a project sponsored by the South Kingstown High School and the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities in 1977. The Project Directors were Linda Wood (librarian at South Kingstown High School) and Judith Preble (English teacher at the same school). University of Rhode Island professors James Findlay (specialist in oral history) and Edgar Leduc (chairman of the Political Science Department), as well as Everet Allen (author of A Wind to Shake the World), were also involved in the project.

According to the introduction to In the Wake of '38, students from South Kingstown High School conducted over seventy interviews with Rhode Island survivors and witnesses of the Hurricane of 1938. Sixty-five of the interviews are in this collection. The student interviewers were Shantia Anderheggen, Carolyn Bergfalk, Mike Borges, Christine Brady, Chris Coates, Jon Cooke, Mary DeFeo, Jane Hutton, Lynn Kimball, Cathy Lawrence, and Charlyn Tucker. There are no individual release forms signed by the persons interviewed with this collection. Permission to quote must be obtained from the interviewee.

Open for research.

Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication.

Preferred Citation

In the Wake of '38, Mss. Gr. 30, University of Rhode Island Special Collections.

 Scope and Content Note

Consists of 86 audio cassette tapes. The tapes in this collection represent 65 of the over 70 interviews conducted. There are no release forms. Twenty-five of the interviews were transcribed and published in a book entitled In the Wake of '38 . The transcriber was Patricia L'Heureux.

 . Arrangement

After processing, the records were organized into one series as follows:

1. Interview Tapes and Transcripts

Open for research.

 Acquisitions Information

Transferred by project director, Linda Wood in 1987

The material was kept by Linda Wood prior to transfer to the Special Collections Unit.

Minimally processed.

Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication.

Twenty-five of the interviews were transcribed and published in a book entitled In the Wake of '38 . The transcriber was Miss Patricia L'Heureux. The University Library's circulating copy has the call number F84 I5 1977

 Names South Kingstown High School Subjects Hurricanes -- Rhode Island Interviews -- Rhode Island Oral history Rhode Island -- History -- 20th century -- Sources RIAMCO Browsing Terms Rhode Island/Local Interest Education Inventory Series 1 Interview Tapes 1977 6 box(es) (2.75 linear feet) 1 1 1977 Mar-1977 May In the Wake of '38 2 2 1977 Apr 14 Amato, Santo 2 3 1977 Mar 24 Bond, George and Dorothy 2 4 1977 Apr 05 Browning, Harold 2 5 1977 Apr 19 Crombe, Trude 2 6 1977 Mar 03 Dove, Ferris 2 7 1977 May 11 Farrell, William 2 8 1977 Mar 19 Garrett, Morgan 3 9 1977 Apr 27 Holst, Nancy 3 10 1977 Apr 13 Hoxie, Monroe 3 11 1977 Apr 28 Kelly, Mrs. Leona 3 12 1977 Mar 25 Kenyon, Harold 3 13 1977 Apr 26 Loomis, Robert 3 14 1977 Apr 11 Lyons, John 4 15 1977 Apr 02 Martin, Mrs. Florean 4 16 1977 Apr 19 Matteson, George 4 17 1977 Jun 09 Metcalf, Ted 4 18 1977 Mar 09 Newton, Marion 4 19 1977 Apr 26 Princess Red Wing 4 20 1977 Mar 28 Pendleton, Clifford 4 21 1977 Apr 13 Rathbun, Herbert 5 22 1977 May 10 Roberts, Dennis 5 23 1977 Mar 04 Robinson, Mrs. Frank 5 24 1977 Apr 28 Simmons, Florence 5 25 1977 Apr 12 Stedman, Oliver 5 26 1977 Mar 21 Stump, Ford 5 27 1977 Mar 23 Allen, Everett 5 27 1977 Apr 14 Amato, Sandy 5 27 1977 Apr 28 Angrisani, George 5 27 1977 Apr 26 Arnold, Henry 5 28 1977 Mar 16 Bills, Mrs. Frank 5 28 undated Browning, Gertrude 5 28 1977 Apr 26 Champlin, Leon 5 28 1977 Mar 16 Coates, Lois 6 29 1977 Apr 05 Crawford, Earl 6 29 1977 Apr 19 Cundall, Mrs. Francis 6 29 1977 Mar 22 Defeo, John 6 29 1977 Mar 21 Degan, Laura 6 30 1977 Apr 02 Fisher, Dorothy 6 30 1977 Apr 07 French, Allen 6 30 1977 Mar 18 Gould, Martha 6 30 1977 Apr 13 Greene, Lewis 6 31 1977 Mar 19 Grimes, Clint 6 31 1977 Apr 28 Grinnell, Leon 6 31 1977 Mar 17 Gross, Marie 6 31 1977 Mar 30 Hays, Harold 6 32 1977 Mar 23 Holland, Grace 6 32 1977 Apr 06 Holland, Mrs. Janet 6 32 1977 May 01 Kenerdy, John 6 32 1977 Apr 13 Kissouth, Winifred 6 33 1977 Apr 13 Ladd, Paul 6 33 1977 Apr 22 Laurie, Peter 6 33 1977 Apr 06 Leather, Eric 6 33 1977 Apr 19 McShane, Kennedy 6 34 1977 Apr 18 Markham, Mrs. A.R. 6 34 1977 Apr 11 Murphy, Nellie and Helen Arnold 6 34 1977 Apr 15 Sabins, Irving 6 34 1977 Apr 14 Spillman, Charles 6 35 1977 Mar 17 Stone, Margaret 6 35 1977 Apr 16 Strout, Mel 6 35 1977 Apr 27 Sykes, Mrs. J. 6 35 1977 Apr 13 Vacca, Michael 6 35 1977 Mar 21 Walmsley, Charles