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Interviewees
Barry, Tim
Accessibility Note
Content is digitally accessible 2024.
Interviewer
Bowden, Eric
Description
Tim Barry is a Richmond musician, explorer, wanderer, traveler and James River enthusiast.
In this interview, Barry speaks about his childhood experiences growing up in Virginia and London in a military family, his relationship with the James River, living in the Oregon Hill and Spring Hill neighborhoods of Richmond, the specialized knowledge Barry and his colleagues have acquired after years of working for JRPS, the impacts of technology and social media on peoples’ relationships to the parks, how social media and the Covid-19 pandemic have changed the landscape of popular river gathering spots, how JRPS has changed over time, the effects the growth of human interest in park usage has on the wildlife population, the branding of Richmond as “RVA,” public safety in the parks, environmental conservation and the globalization of the movement, acting locally, and Richmond’s unique approach to parks access and the history behind it.
Topical Subject
James River (Va.); Outdoor recreation; Outdoor recreation for children; Outdoor recreation--Environmental aspects; Trails; Environmentalism; Parks; Parks--Maintenance; Education parks; Conservation
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
oral histories (literary genre)
Local Genre
oral history; sound recording; text
Type
Sound; Text
Digital Format
audio/mp3
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by Tim Barry. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
James River Park System Oral History Project
Contributors
James River Park System
Source
Tim Barry interview (2024-04-15), James River Park System Oral Histories, M 569, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
jrpsoh_barrytim_interview.mp3
Disciplines
Environmental Education | Public History | Social History | United States History