Great Speckled Bird Oral History Project

Collection

Identifier: Y015

Staff Only

Scope and Contents of the Oral History Project

The Great Speckled Bird Oral History Project consists of born-digital interviews with more than 30 former staff members of the underground newspaper.

Dates

2016-2018

Creator

Reisinger, Andrew James, 1977- (Interviewer, Person)

Restrictions on Access

No Restrictions

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

To quote in print, or otherwise reproduce in whole or in part in any publication, including on the Worldwide Web, any material from this collection, the researcher must obtain permission from (1) the owner of the physical property and (2) the holder of the copyright. Persons wishing to quote from this collection should consult the reference archivist to determine copyright holders for information in this collection. Reproduction of any item must contain the complete citation to the original.

Historical Note

The Great Speckled Bird was one of several underground newspapers that appeared in the United States in the 1960s. Published in Atlanta from 1968 to 1976, The Bird, as it was commonly known, stood out among the alternative press for the quality of its writing, its cover art and its fearless opinions and reporting on a range of topics—national and local politics, the counterculture, women’s issues, gay liberation, reproductive choice, music, art…The Bird was a new, radical voice from the South.

Extent

494 Gigabytes (39 interviews)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Great Speckled Bird was one of several underground newspapers that appeared in the United States in the 1960s. The Great Speckled Bird Oral History Project consists of interviews with over 30 former staff memebers of the underground newespaper.

Acquisition Information

Created by Traci Drummond and Andy Reisinger between 2016 and 2018.

Digital Access

The GSU Digital Collections Great Speckled Bird Collection includes access to many of these oral histories as well as every issue of the newspaper.

Related Materials in this Repository

A complete run (1968-1976: 1984-1985) of the Great Speckled Bird forms a part of the Labor Periodicals Collection. For access to paper copies of the Bird, see the L-periodicals finding aid