Interview with Vangie Rainsford
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- Title:
- Interview with Vangie Rainsford
- Date:
- 2019
- Interviewer:
- Wood, April J.
- Interviewee:
- Rainsford, Evangelyon H.
- Description:
- Interview of Evangelyon H. Rainsford, also known as Vangie Rainsford. Ms. Rainsford has lived in Charleston her entire adult life. She recounts her experience purchasing her home on Chapel Street, which she fell in love with immediately. She rehabilitated the house and decorated the interior with antiques. Ms. Rainsford has been an active neighborhood leader and has been the neighborhood president of Mazyck Wraggborough for several decades. She discusses the creation of the Garden District in the neighborhood and the establishment of the triangle park on Chapel and Elizabeth Street, including where the fountain was found. The changing character of Charleston and the neighborhood were also discussed.
- Collection Title:
- Historic Charleston Foundation Oral History Project
- Contributing Institution:
- Historic Charleston Foundation
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Series:
- Changing Neighborhoods
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Rainsford, Evangelyon H.--Interviews
- Topical Subject:
- Neighborhoods--South Carolina--Charleston, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston--Conservation and restoration
- Geographic Subject:
- Charleston (S.C.)--Social life and customs
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- 2019.002.16
- Date Digital:
- 25/07/2019
- Digitization Specifications:
- MP4 derivative video created with Adobe Premiere Elements;Archival Master in Universal Disk format.
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Copyright © Historic Charleston Foundation
- Access Statement:
- All Rights Reserved.
- Access Information:
- For more information contact Archivist;Historic Charleston Foundation;P.O. Box 1120;Charleston, SC 29402.
- Admin ID:
- 250140
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