In the Wake of '38

University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632

email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Published in 2008

Collection Overview

Title:	In the Wake of '38
Date range:	1977
Creator:	South Kingstown High School
Extent:	6 box(es) (2.75 linear feet)
Abstract:	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.
Language of materials:	English
Repository:	University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
Collection number:	Mss. Gr. 30

Scope & content

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

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.

Access & Use

Access to the collection:	Open for research.
Use of the materials:	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, University Archives and Special Collections.
Contact information:	University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections 15 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881-2011 Tel: 401-874-4632 email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Acquisition:	Transferred by project director, Linda Wood in 1987
Custodial history:	The material was kept by Linda Wood prior to transfer to the Special Collections Unit.
Processing information:	The records were processed in 2008.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID
Author:	Finding aid prepared by Sarina R. Wyant.
Encoding:	Finding aid encoded by Sarina R. Wyant on 2008 May 06, updated by Hailie D. Posey on 2009 September 15, updated by Mark Dionne on 2020 May 07.
Descriptive rules:	Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Related material:

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

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