Interview: Bill Murtagh (William J. Murtagh) [DVD]

Publication

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Interview: Bill Murtagh (William J. Murtagh) [DVD]

Entry/Object ID

2008.002.0038C

Description

Interview with William J. Murtagh (Bill Murtagh), one of the world's leading historic preservationists. As an administrator, educator, speaker, and writer he has helped shaped the historic preservation movement for more than fifty years. Murtagh was the first Keeper of the National Register and also worked at the National Trust in an executive capacity for a number of years. He is the author of Keeping Time, a basic text on the development of the historic preservation movement, and held several teaching positions throughout his career at such institutions as Columbia University, the University of Hawaii, the University of Florida, and the University of Maryland. In this interview he speaks about how he became the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places; his involvement with Charleston's first preservation plan and the development of what became known as the James Island Connector; his relationship with Frances Edmunds; and his vision for the future of historic preservation. Date of interview: Nov. 8, 2005. Interviewed by Jonathan Poston. 1 DVD (62 min.) Digital files (MP3/audio and MP4/video) on MyPassport-OralHistory (external hard drive)

Collection

HCF Oral History Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2008.002.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2008)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

Lowcountry Digital Library, Murtagh, William J.--Interviews, Historic preservation--South Carolina--Charleston--History--20th century, Historic preservation--United States--20th century, National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States, Oral histories

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Oral History

Publication Details

Author

Murtagh, William J.

Series

Historic Charleston Foundation Oral History Project

Publisher

Hunter Hill Production Services

Place Published

City

Charleston

State/Province

South Carolina

Country

United States of America

Date Published

2005

Publication Language

English

Call No.

F279 .C453 M873 2005

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Location

Location

Container

DVD (Videos) Box 1

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

William J. Murtagh papers at Universitiy of Maryland Archives, https://digital.lib.umd.edu/archivesum/actions.DisplayEADDoc.do?source=MdU.ead.histms.0271.xml. (See Media tab.)

General Notes

Note

Notes: Biographical note from University of Maryland Archives, "William J. Murtagh Papers" (https://digital.lib.umd.edu/archivesum/actions.DisplayEADDoc.do?source=MdU.ead.histms.0271.xml).

Created By

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Create Date

April 3, 2008

Updated By

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Update Date

March 30, 2023