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| Title | Hal S. Currey, oral history interview, 14 July 2009 |
| Creator Name | Currey, Hal S. |
| Contributor Name | Fox, Brooke |
| Date | 2009-07-14 |
| Duration | 00:42:19 |
| Source | OH 3.7 |
| Subject.LCSH | Hurricane Hugo, 1989;Medical University of South Carolina;Medical University of South Carolina. Medical University Hospital;Medical University of South Carolina. Institute of Psychiatry;Medical University of South Carolina. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences;Hurricane Hugo, 1989--Personal narratives;Disaster response and recovery;Currey, Hal S.;Oral histories;Interviews |
| Description | Hal S. Currey was administrator for both the Institute of Psychiatry (IOP) and the Department of Psychiatry in 1989. He begins his interview by describing his initial reaction to hearing that Hurricane Hugo might strike Charleston. He goes on to describe preparing IOP for the storm by discharging patients, assigning hospital staff to shifts, and sending non-essential employees home. Currey describes his experiences during the height of the storm, including watching the windows in his office bow and the shattering of several IOP windows that resulted in destroyed offices. He also details the flooding on President’s Street and the fear that the institute building was going to flood. Currey recalls the days immediately following the storm and describes the recovery efforts at IOP and the MUSC campus. Additionally, Mr. Currey describes preparing his family for the storm and then returning to his home on Sullivans Island for the first time after landfall. He also describes the destruction on the island. |
| Digital Collection | Hurricane Hugo Oral History Collection, 2009 |
| Website | http://digital.library.musc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/ohhugo |
| Contributing Institution | Waring historical Library (MUSC) |
| Digitization Specifications | Audio recorded using a Marantz digital recorder. Archival masters are WAV files. |
| Date Digital | 2009-07-14 |
| Rights | Copyright is held the Waring Historical Library, MUSC. For more information, please contact the Waring Historical Library. |
| Access | Open to research. Use of materials is governed by Fair Use Guidelines. Use of material in excess of that permitted by Fair Use Guidelines requires written permission from the Waring Historical Library. Commercial use of tapes is governed by additional restrictions. Contact MUSC University Archives for information. |
| Language | English |
| SC County | Charleston County (S.C.) |
| Type | Sound;Text |
| Format | audio/mpeg;application/pdf |
| Media Type | Oral Histories;Manuscripts |
| Note | This interview is part of the “Hurricane Hugo Oral History Project” series. These interviews document the experiences of administrators, hospital personnel, and maintenance staff who worked on the MUSC campus during landfall of Hurricane Hugo, September 21-22, 1989. Eleven interviews were conducted between June and August 2009 in preparation for the development of a physical and online exhibit, “MUSC Remembers Hurricane Hugo.” The online exhibit is available at http://waring.library.musc.edu/exhibits/hurricanehugo/. Transcripts has been edited by the interviewee. In cases where the audio and the transcript differ, the audio is provided for background use only. |
| Citation | Hurricane Hugo Oral History Project, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. |
Description
| Title | Hal S. Currey, oral history interview, 14 July 2009, audio introduction |
| Duration | 00:00:21 |
| Type | Sound |
| Format | audio/mpeg |
| Media Type | Oral Histories |
| Resource Identifier | oh003_007_001 |
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