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The oral history collection, known as the "I Remember Hour" collection, is composed of VHS and audio tapes of interviews with longtime DeKalb residents, government officials, and other community leaders.

In 1984, Congressman James Mackay, who served as President of the DeKalb Historical Society (1984-1986), came up with the idea to create an oral history collection to document the history of DeKalb County, Georgia. His plan called for interviewing public officials, teachers, shopkeepers, and other longtime residents of DeKalb who had different experiences and memories to share. These interviews were usually an hour long and thus were known as the "I Remember Hour." The collection contains well over 100 interviews.



Collection Inventory:


> Box 1 Tapes 1-14 Date

Tape 1 --- Julius McCurdy 3/82

Tape 2 --- Prof. Charles M. Clayton 5/82

Tape 3 --- James Venable 8/82

Tape 4 --- Judges Oscar Mitchell and Bond Almond 9/82

Tape 5---Judge William Dean 1/83

Tape 6---Prof. James G. Lester 2/83

Tape 7--- Judge Verlyn Moore & Mrs. Douglas McCurdy 11/83

Tape 8---Nina Rusk Hosch, Emory Univ. 11/83

Tape 9---Dean Judson C. Ward, Emory Univ. 5/85

Tape 10---Mr. Milton Scott 9/85

Tape 11‹Mr. Clark Harrison 10/85

Tape 12‹Brad Clement, Arch.; 10/22/85 / Rod Bain, Eagle Scout on Hardman Cem.; 10/85 / Max Clelland; Mike Mears 11/85

Tape 13‹Judge Clarence Peeler; Harmon Martin 1/86

Tape 14‹Fannie Eberhart; Maj. Fred Howard 2/86


> Box 2 Tapes 15-28 Date

Tape 15‹Judge Richard Bell 3/86

Tape 16‹Julius McCurdy 9/86

Tape 17‹Hugh Howell, Jr. 1/84

Tape 18‹M/Mrs. Hastings; Wheat Williams 3/84

Tape 19‹Julius McCurdy; Robin Harris; 4/8 / Jas. Mackay

Tape 20‹Nina Rusk Hosch (copy of tape 8) 11/83

Tape 21‹Chief Dudley Martin; 09/84 / Dr. Wallace Alston 11/84

Tape 22‹Dr. Thomas O. Vinson 02/85

Tape 23‹Mrs. Grace Robinson; Winn Hanson 03/85

Tape 24‹Wyman C. Lowe 04/85

Tape 25‹R. L. Mathis family, Dairying 10/86

Tape 26‹Steffan Thomas, painter 11/86

Tape 27‹Commander Bennie Wilken 01/87

Tape 28‹Mrs. John Furse 02/87


> Box 3 Tapes 29-42 Date

Tape 29‹Dr. Lawrence Matthews; 03/87 /
Dr. Carl Renfroe

Tape 30‹John Evans 05/87

Tape 31‹Dorothy Nix 11/87

Tape 32‹Mayor Dub Brown of Chamblee 10/87

Tape 33‹"Doc" Manget 01/88

Tape 34‹Andy Robertson 02/88

Tape 35‹Whitfield Smith, Clerk of the Court 03/88

Tape 36‹Caroline Ridley Howard; John Ridley 04/88

Tape 37‹Dr. T.O. Vinson, Dir. DeKalb Health 05/88

Tape 38‹Judge Clarence Peeler and Noah Stone 05/88

Tape 39‹Mrs. J. Don (Geraldine) Aderhold 10/88

Tape 40‹Mr. J.C. Bailey, his Shoe Shop on the square 11/88

Tape 41‹B. J. Smith 00/88

Tape 42‹Tom O. Davis 01/89


> Box 4 Tapes 43-56 Date

Tape 43---Kent Randolph, Tucker Resident 02/89

Tape 44---George Dillard 03/89

Tape 45---Mrs. Margaret Bridges 04/89

Tape 46---Jim Anderson, part one 05/89

Tape 47---Jim Anderson, part two 05/89

Tape 48---J. Davidson Phillips, Pastor of Decatur 11/89 Presbyterian Church

Tape 49---Talmage Amberson, part one 09/89

Tape 50---Talmage Amberson, part two 09/89

Tape 51---Willie Austin 10/89

Tape 52---Bobby Burgess 02/90

Tape 53---Bill Breen, Architect, Mayor 03/90

Tape 54---Delores Stockard 04/90

Tape 55---Bill Evans 05/90

Tape 56---Tom J. Fountain 10/90


> Box 5 Tapes 57-70 Date

Tape 57---Daniel Hopkins, Jeanette Hopkins 1993 / Livingston, Cora Cash Henderson, / Frances Lanford, Willie Arnold, First Baptist Church of Tucker

Tape 58---C. Campbell 02/91

Tape 59---Horace Ward 03/91

Tape 60---Ga. State Convention , part I 03/95

Tape 61---Ga. State Convention, part II 03/95

Tape 62---City of Dunwoody Remembers . . . 02/94

Tape 63---Ira B. Melton on Pine Lake 04/93

Tape 64---City of Tucker & Lithonia 09/94

Tape 65---Virgil Hopkins remembers. . . 09/91

Tape 66---Robertson¹s Remembers. . . 11/91

Tape 67---Col. Tom Hensler remembers 02/93

Tape 68---Lunch & Learn, Sue Ellen Owens 04/94 / Baron DeKalb, by Joe Pugh

Tape 69---Sam Knuckles remembers 06/93

Tape 70---Georgia State Convention ­ Decatur 03/94


> Box 6 Tapes 71-90 Date

Tape 71---Agness Scott Teacher remembers n/a

Tape 72---Torch Relay/Para Olympics 1996

Tape 73---Scottdale Black Community 10/95

Tape 74---Georgians & the Holocaust n/a

Tape 75---Making of "Driving Ms. Daisy" n/a

Tape 76---Mrs. Pauline Pounds and Swanton House 1994

> Note: Tape 77-84 in VHS C Format

Tape 77---Paige Perkins/Chamblee Remembers 11/96

Tape 78---DeKalb Agents: Jim Anderson, n/a / David Crosby, George Whiting

Tape 79---Torch Relay at Old Courthouse 07/96

Tape 80---Tom Keating on Saturday School 10/96

Tape 81---Bobby Burgess (also see tape 52) 03/97

Tape 82---Franklin Garrett 05/95

Tape 83---Lil Salter, Tom Preacher, Vera Hiller on 06/95 Druid Hills

Tape 84---Walt Drake, Joe Pugh on Stephen Decatur 04/95 and Baron DeKalb

Tape 85---50th Anniversary Dinner, Lantz 08/87

Tape 86---Jim Anderson on Mr. DeKalb 1990

Tape 87---Professor Clayton

Tape 88---Julius McCurdy

Tape 89---Bond Alman

Tape 90---Winona Park Association


> Box 7 Tapes 91-107 Date

Tape 91---Wyman Lowe

Tape 92---Brad Pepharn, Max Cleland

Tape 93---175th Decatur Celebration 12/10/98

Tape 94---Old Courthouse Roof Repairs

Tape 95---Paris Trout

Tape 96---Shaped Note Singers

Tape 97---Decatur High School Desegregation 02/24/99 / Decatur Business Bureau event

Tape 98---Clarkston "I Remember Hour"

Tape 99---Dolly Wolf, Evelyn Boring, June 1997 / Margaret Carf, Cecil Beach

Tape 100---Dr. Ruth Smith

Tape 101---Manuel Maloof

Tape 102---Dr. Wade Huie, Jr.

Tape 103---Ken Thomas on genealogy

Tape 104---Earnest Adkins/DeKalb Medical Center

Tape 105---CEO at 175th Celebration

Tape 106---Congressman Mackay retirement party

Tape 107---Sue Ellen Owens & Walt Drake on Stephen Decatur


> Box 8 Tapes 108-end Date

Tape 108---Dr. Judson Ward "History of Georgia" series (10 cassette tapes)

Tape 109---Justice in DeKalb, Session One 02/99 / Oscar Mitchell, James Mackay

Tape 110---Justice in DeKalb, Session Two 02/99

Tom Davis, Clarence Peeler, Edward Wheeler

Tape 111---James Lester & W.B. Baker n/d "Early Days at Emory"

Tape 112---Tom Davis, Bill Zachery, Walter McCurdy, Sr., Jim Mackay

Tape 113---C. Judson Ward, part 1

Tape 114---C. Judson Ward, part 2

Tape 115‹John Lewis

Tape 116---James Mackay "The Humor of Law and Politics"

Tape 117---Scott Candler, Sr. honored 1971 7" reel

Tape 118---Wilbur Kurtz 1971 7" reel

> Note: Tapes 119-126 are audio cassettes

Tape 119---Judson Ward 1971 "Meaning of the Bicentennial"

Tape 120---Gaines Brewster 1974

Tape 121---Scott Candler, Sr. c. 1968

Tape 122---Clifford Clark 1975 On the Bicentennial

Tape 123---Preston Stevens 1975 Historical Impact of MARTA

Tape 124---Judge Curtis Tillman, Judge Clarence Peeler, 1994 / Charlie Mann

Tape 125---Pauline Pounds 1994 "One Room Schoolhouse"

Tape 126---Francis Daves 1974

Tape 127---Old Courthouse Roof Repairs

Tape 128---Bedrose Sharian


Gregory T. Eow, Archivist > DeKalb Historical Society > February 23, 2000

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