Voices of Savannah
Voices of Savannah is the oral history component of the Municipal Archives' Savannah Community Memory Project. The Municipal Archives partners with neighborhood associations, community groups, and targets specific individuals that have been involved with City government in order to capture different voices of Savannah to help tell the rich history of our community.
The various projects are arranged alphabetically by project title below, and then the interviewee names within each project are arranged alphabetically. Click on an interviewee's name to view their oral history recording on the City's YouTube channel.
Note: All interviews are unedited and may contain adult language, viewer discretion is advised.
Ardmore History Round-Up Day
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- Majure, Steve, October 21, 2017
- Palumbo, Nick, October 21, 2017
- Stramm, Polly, October 21, 2017
- Welch, Chip, October 21, 2017
Carver Village History Round-Up Days
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- Crawford, Edith Williams, September 20, 2017
- Ellis, Chester, December 14, 2016
- Ellis, Wilmotine, December 14, 2016
- Powers, Johnnie, December 14, 2016
- Shinhoster, Richard, September 20, 2017
- Wallace, Cody, December 15, 2016
- Williams-Orage, Charlesetta, December 15, 2016
City of Savannah Leadership Oral History Project
- Brown, Michael B. (former City Manager), April 4, 2022
- DeLoach, Eddie W. (former Mayor), January 24, 2022
- Jackson, Edna Branch (former Mayor), April 27, 2022
- Jackson, Roy (former City Alderman), November 18, 2021
- Johnson, Otis S. (former City Alderman and Mayor), October 25, 2021
- Monahan, Pat C. (former City Manager), September 29, 2021
- Morrill, Christopher (former Assistant City Manager), December 6, 2021
- Stillwell, W. Brooks, III (former City Alderman and City Attorney), September 15, 2021
- Vaquer, Mike (former Assistant to the City Manager and Special Assistant to the Mayor), April 13, 2022
Proud Savannah History Project
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- Allen, Trent, April 18, 2022 (transcript)
- Bush, Robert, November 10, 2021 (transcript)
- Dunn, Robert and Todd Mauldin (joint interview), November 12, 2021 (transcript)
- Dunn, Robert, November 4, 2021 (transcript)
- Edminster, Clinton, September 21, 2021 (transcript)
- Graves, Gene, November 22, 2021 (transcript)
- Guiterrez, Maria "Chela," October 12, 2021 (transcript)
- Hardnett, Candace, September 2, 2021 (transcript)
- Hester, Billy, October 4, 2021 (transcript)
- Hill, Mark, August 30, 2021 (transcript)
- Jackson, Edna Branch (former Mayor of Savannah), April 27, 2022
- Johnson, Van (Mayor of Savannah), May 17, 2022 (transcript)
- Kreuger, Mark (Session 1), August 10, 2021 (transcript)
- Kreuger, Mark (Session 2), August 31, 2021 (transcript)
- Mauldin, Todd, November 4, 2021 (transcript)
- Miller, Pamela Anne, October 20, 2021 (transcript)
- Montoya, Orlando, August 26, 2021 (transcript)
- Purtee, Kurtis, October 6, 2021 (transcript)
- Smith, Roger H., November 5, 2021 (transcript)
- Walden, Tracy, March 18, 2022 (transcript)
Savannah Voices
Click on the interviewee's name to view their oral history recording on the City's YouTube channel
- Mobley, Virginia, March 4, 2021