Share Your Story

The UHM Collective Memory Initiative

Author and poet, Oscar Wilde, wrote “Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.” As we all adjust to the constant change of living in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, the Upcountry History Museum invites you to become a part of our Collective Memory Initiative by sharing stories and photographs of how you’re coping; how you’re helping family and friends; how you’re staying strong in this time of uncertainty; or how you’re creating a new normal.

Our focus with this online “diary” is to ensure that this moment in the history of South Carolina’s Upcountry is told by members of our communities, remembered through your writings and/or images, and preserved for future generations.

As keepers of history, we recognize that we don’t get to choose the events that force change, but we do have the privilege of safeguarding the memories they create. Join us and become storytellers for history’s sake.

When uploading your photos, please post a location, description, date (if you know it), and names of any people in the images if possible.

Our categories are as follows:
Class of 2020 | Journals, Blogs, and Vlogs | Socially Distant | Unconventional Education | Empty Everything | Business at a Distance | Frontline Heroes

 

upcountryremembers.org

CLICK HERE to upload.

Please keep in mind that some images may not become part of the Upcountry History Museum’s permanent collection. Any images that are not part of the collection will be retained for the website, educational and research purposes.

THANK YOU for making history today!

By submitting my digital file(s) here, I agree to provide to the Upcountry History Museum (UHM) the permission to make the image(s) and accompanying text available online, through the UHM website, social media, or other online venues. I also provide to the UHM the permission to use my name in connection with the image(s) and text, unless I have specifically opted out on the submission form and prefer to be credited anonymously.

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Except as may be otherwise indicated in specific documents within the website, visitors to the UHM website are authorized to view, play, print, forward and download documents, audio and video found on our website for personal, noncommercial or educational purposes only.

Any commercial form of reproduction, transmission, performance, display, creation of derivative works, publication, sale, rental, lending or storage in any retrieval system of the materials is prohibited without the consent of the Upcountry History Museum or copyright holders. Removal of any digital watermark, proprietary notices or accompanying text that may be included on or with the image is prohibited. You will comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your use of the website and materials.

Copyright, certain moral rights and other proprietary rights in certain works of art, as well as photographs of these works of art, and images of people or places, displayed on this website, may be held by individuals and/or entities other than the UHM. This includes reproductions of works of art licensed to the UHM by third parties, such as an artist or an artist’s estate holding rights to these works.

Visitors to the UHM website may not modify any of the materials and may not copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any information or materials contained on the website. Except as authorized under the copyright laws, users are responsible for obtaining permission before reusing any copyrighted material that is available on the website.