SRARP Web Exhibit

In 1950 the Atomic Energy Commission announced plans to take over parts of Barnwell, Aiken and Allendale Counties in South Carolina to build a nuclear weapons facility. Approximately 7000 people were relocated from what would become the Savannah River Site.

Beginning in 1990 Savannah River Archaeological Research Program began to collect historic and ethnographic information about the former residents of the Savannah River Site. Not only were former residents interviewed and stories recorded, but also photographs were collected. Thousands of photographs of people, places and towns were gathered from the former residents, some of which have found their way into the Heritage Series of books published by SRARP, however many have not.

With the introduction of the SRARP web site we now have a way to share the collections with our visitors who are interested. These photographs are being provided for the enjoyment of our visitors and may not be reproduced with out the permission of Savannah River Archaeological Research Program, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology or the original owners of the photographs. SRARP will begin to publish, on the Internet, series of these collections. This will be a continuing process, and hopefully a permanent web exhibit. As we post a different series, we will build the series around a theme with between 15 and 20 photographs, per series. However, to start with is a variety of photographs donated by the former residents.