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Wiregrass Under COVID-19 Documentation Project

Administrative Sketch:  This is an ongoing initiative of the Wiregrass Archives to document the experiences of people in thirty counties of southeast Alabama, southwest Georgia, and northwest Florida as they grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, stay-at-home orders, "social distancing" measures, and re-openings in 2020 and beyond.

Originally inspired by teachers assigning students to reflect on their experiences in this historic era but lacking a repository to collect such rich documentation, the Project will expand to passively gather memoirs, diaries, journals, and other materials in any format from all Wiregrass residents as well as actively document through oral histories the experiences of those who did not produce such materials.

The "Wiregrass under COVID-19 Documentation Project" forms Record Group 255 in the Wiregrass Archives, and is open to researchers as donations of materials arrive and are made available.  You can access the online finding aid at /about-us/dothan-campus/wiregrass-archives/inventories/255.html.

You can also find more information about the project here:

Martin T. Olliff, "Wiregrass Archives Seeks Writings on COVID-19 Experiences," Dothan Eagle, March 21, 2020, .

Peggy Ussery, "Wiregrass Archives wants to document life during COVID-19," Dothan Eagle, March 25, 2020, .

"Wiregrass Archives looking to preserve social history of COVID-19," Â鶹ÍøÕ¾ÁбíToday, March 27, 2020,

"Wiregrass Archives looking to preserve social history of COVID-19," WTVY.com, March 28, 2020, .

To participate in the Project or discuss it or anything concerning the Wiregrass Archives, contact archives director Dr. Marty Olliff at molliff@troy.edu.

INVENTORY

Folder ID                                     Folder Name

255-23-0103-001-001      Dr. Ari Hagler and Dr. Jennifer Goff, "Catawampus Quarantine," playlist of 8 episodes of a fictional account of the 2020 Covid 19 quarantine.

255-23-0103-001-002      Spencer Kalar, 7th grade class and assignments

255-23-0103-001-003      Gayle Nelson, emailed memoir and photos, dated March 30, 2020

255-23-0103-001-004      Christina Parker and friends, text chat

255-23-0103-001-005      Dr. Paola Premuda-Conti, Canvas class discussion boards, CP 6691, [Counseling] Research and Methodology, Term 4 (March – May) 2020

255-23-0103-001-006      Dr. Paola Premuda-Conti, Canvas class discussion board, CP 6645, Current Trends in School Counseling, Term 4 (March - May) 2020

255-23-0103-001-007      Michael D. Smith, email memoir, dated April 4, 2020

255-23-0103-001-008      Laura Stakelum, journal, submitted June 7, 2020

255-23-0103-001-009      Devin Toole, journal, submitted May 12, 2020

255-23-0103-001-010      Hope Turner, email memoir dated March 21, 2020

255-23-0103-001-011      Amanda Whiddon, email memoir dated March 26, 2020