The Festival of Oral History and Folklore will be held Oct. 22-25, with several events scheduled at Mathews Memorial Library, Main Street, Mathews.

The festival is part of the Mathews County Historical Society’s “Year of Finding History in Mathews County” and will be co-sponsored by the Mathews and Middlesex historical societies and the Samuel Proctor Program in Oral History at the University of Florida.

The university will send a delegation of 12 staff members and graduate students to participate in a panel discussion on oral history, conduct oral history interviews with local individuals, and train local volunteers to conduct interviews themselves.

The panel discussion will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at the library. It is free and open to the public. Topics will include oral history and folklore as they relate to communities such as Mathews and Middlesex.

During the week, scheduled interviews will take place in both Mathews and Middlesex at vari...