General James A. Abrahamson is a retired United States Air Force general who served as a fighter pilot and a test pilot. His background is in technical program management, with his first program in the U.S. Air Force being the Spacecraft Project Officer on the Vela Nuclear Detection Satellite Program, a satellite built by TRW Inc. intended to detect any nation that was cheating in space on the Space Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Abrahamson also served as the program manager for the F-16 development program, which was a great success.

subject: Flood control--Virginia; Flood damage prevention—Virginia; Buchanan County (Va.)--History; Grundy (Va.)--Social life and customs; Levisa Fork Basin (Ky. and Va.); Big Sandy River Valley (Ky. and Va.); United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.

Interview with John Lee Callis 

John Norwood McCarty (1916-2012) was born to a farming family outside of Lively in Lancaster County, Virginia. His boyhood interplay with steamboats involved raising produce that he and his family then delivered to the bustling steamboat wharf to board the vessels for sale. McCarty provided vivid accounts of a rural steamboat wharf community, from a cooperative grower’s packinghouse to the local Speakeasy.

A local newspaper reporter, Haynes is owner of historic Hudgins House adjacent to the Crickett Hill Steamboat Wharf on the Piankitank River near the Gwynn’s Island bridge. She discusses the handwritten boarding house ledger dating from 1916 and overnight guests who came from far and wide.

On July 10, 2024, Molly Graham interviewed Juliana Blackwell for the NOAA Heritage Oral History project. Juliana P. Blackwell was the Director of NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS), where she oversaw the financial, administrative, and programmatic performance of NGS, including the management of the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS). During her tenure, she held key leadership roles in geodetic surveying and positioning activities across the United States and served on several federal committees related to geodetic and hydrographic services.

Interview with Kim Lowther

Larry Chowning (Age 54 at the time) with Michael Kline and Dianne Jordan in Larry's Mother's living room in Urbanna.  Sprung from generations of family in Urbanna, Chowning displays a flair for uncovering intriguing details of the Chesapeake region through first person accounts. He is prolific author and knows every detail of making a living on the water over the past century.

Larry Linton is a seasoned mariner whose life and career have been inextricably linked with the maritime industry. His extensive experience encompasses various facets of marine work, including crabbing, scalloping, and operating vessels in both oceanic and bayside environments. Linton's career is marked by a profound understanding of the perils and pleasures of working on the water, shaped by years of hands-on involvement in the industry.

Lewis “Lewie” Lawrence is the Executive Director of the Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission in Saluda, Virginia. Lewie Lawrence was interviewed to document the Middle Peninsual Planning District Commission’s experience in establishing the country’s first Public Access Authority. The Public Access Authority was established to identify, acquire and manage water access opportunities in the Middle Peninsula of Virginia. Mr.