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I. Georgia Narratives |
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28 interview(s)
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FPP-0001 Skip Hulett and Dana Miller
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40 minutes
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| Skip Hulett talks with Dana Miller about his relationship with Mitchell Terry Mincey, a death row inmate who was executed in Bibb County in October 2001. Hulett, a newspaper reporter before coming to work at UGA, had known Mincey since covering Mincey's murder trial in 1982. |
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| | Skip Hulett audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0002 Daniel Riggs and Sandra Riggs
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25 minutes
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| Sandra and Daniel Riggs discuss racial identity, education, and religious faith. |
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| | Sandra Higgs audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0003 Christine Packwood and Virginia Schultz
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29 minutes
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| Christine Packwood interviews Athens native Virginia Schultz. Schultz talks about her experience growing up in Normaltown in the 1930s and 1940s, working for the University of Georgia and General Motors, her family, and her religious life--particularly her involvement in Beech Haven Baptist Church. |
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FPP-0004 Dawn Bennett-Alexander and Jenniffer Jones
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40 minutes
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| Jenniffer Jones interviews her mother, Dawn Bennett-Alexander, about her early life in Washington D.C., including Bennett-Alexander's experiences during segregation and her memories of attending the March on Washington in 1963. Bennett-Alexander also discusses race and diversity and her career at the University of Georgia. |
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| | Dawn Bennett-Alexander audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0005 Dink NeSmith and Marjorie NeSmith
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45 minutes
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| Henry "Dink" NeSmith interviews his mother, Marjorie NeSmith, about her early life, living in Putney, Georgia, and later in Baker County. Marjorie talks about being in college at Georgia Southwestern State University when the US entered World War II, working for Dupont in Alabama  and for the US Maritime Commission during the war, falling in love with her husband, and the birth of her children and growth of her family. |
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FPP-0006 Adam Hebbard and Jan Levinson
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38 minutes
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| Jan Levinson interviews Adam Hebbard about early life, growing up in various locations throughout the Southeast and in Australia. Topics include Hebbard's parents' backgrounds, family vacations, holidays, and Hebbard's relationship with his siblings. |
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FPP-0007 L. Randolph Carter, Litashia Carter, and Rayna Carter
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31 minutes
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| Rayna Carter, age 9, interviews her parents, Raymond and Litashia Carter, about her birth and their family. |
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FPP-0008 Needham Yancey Gulley and Corey Johnson
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35 minutes
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| Yancey Gulley and Corey Johnson discuss the development of their relationship over the past decade, finding a balance between career and family, and their community involvement and activism in Athens. |
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FPP-0009 April King and Jake Mosley
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21 minutes
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| April King and Jake Mosley discuss their relationship, from meeting at a Drive-By Truckers show at the 40 Watt Club to their upcoming nuptials in South Carolina. |
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FPP-0010 Dawn Bennett-Alexander and Jenniffer Jones
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38 minutes
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| Jenniffer Jones interviews her mother, Dawn Bennett-Alexander, about first loves, how relationships change and grow, and "the gender of love." |
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FPP-0011 Seth Hendershot and Bob Brussack
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35 minutes
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| Bob Brussack interviews Seth Hendershot about Seth's involvement with the music scene in Athens in the early '90s, jazz in Athens, and Seth's experiences in the business world including founding Hendershot's Coffee Bar. |
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| | Seth Hendershot audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0012 Bruce Allen and Lauren Griffeth
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39 minutes
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| Lauren Griffith interviews Dr. Bruce Allen, Honorary Consul of Liechtenstein to the South, about his early life, his family, his interest in foreign service, his memories of UGA (including the Snack Shack), and the role of public diplomacy. |
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FPP-0013 Louis Boyd and Robert Henry Bohler
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37 minutes
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| Louis Boyd interviews his friend and neighbor Robert Henry Bohler about his transient childhood growing up in the Great Depression and his experiences at Berry College and at Fort Sill in Oklahoma during World War II. Bohler also talks about meeting his wife, attending Georgia Tech on the G.I. Bill, and his career at Georgia Power. |
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FPP-0014 Geneva Blasingame, Renee Donnell, and Laura Duvekot
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37 minutes
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| Geneva Johnson Blasingame discusses the Linnentown, also known as Lindentown, community and Black neighborhoods in Athens, Georgia. She recalls the University's efforts to push out black communities in 1962. Blasingame comments on the children attending the Union Institute, working in the garden before school, and making soap with her mother. She describes how the neighborhood has changed from "the place to be," to a bad neighborhood, and presently to a good neighborhood. Blasingame recalls picking cotton with her mother and buying shoes from the kurd (flea) market. She recalls attending the Honor Grove Baptist Church, meeting her first husband on a dare, and finishing high school in 1964. Blasingame reflects on demonstrating in downtown Athens when the University of Georgia was integrated, and going to jail as a result. She discusses the jobs she's held, including at a sewing factory, the poultry plant, and at a Creation Windows off of Cleveland Road. |
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| | Geneva Blasingame audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0015 Fannie Jordan, Renee Donnell, and Laura Duvekot
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37 minutes
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| Fannie Jordan discusses being born in Athens on Hull Street in 1922 and subsequently moving to Church Street, Finley Street, and Hancock Street. She reflects on playing basketball in school and attending a two-story school on Finley and Reese Street. Jordan recalls spending her time skating and participating in Girl Scouts. She comments on the neighborhood being connected like a family and describes how her house has changed since she's lived in it. Jordan discusses her two marriages, her experience in Athens during the Civil Rights Movement, and her time attending West Broad Street School. |
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| | Fannie Jordan audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0016 Sally Rhoden and Jodi Rhoden
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47 minutes
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| Sally Brown Rhoden recalls growing up in Monroe, Georgia. She discusses seeing plays at the Fox Theater, her family, and social life. She recalls participating in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with the Monroe Drum and Bugle Corps. She reflects on her involvement in the Shelter Occupancy Research Project through the University of Georgia in 1963, a project that simulated bomb shelter conditions by keeping about 30 participants underground for two weeks. Rhoden explains the application process and the tests administered before going underground. She remembers eating K-rations, sleeping on a concrete floor, and drinking chlorinated water. Rhoden recalls the researchers sending food smells into the chamber and obsessing about what she would eat once she got out. Rhoden recalls being elected "social chair" by the group and occupying the time by planning social discussions, experimenting with hypnosis, and celebrating every single holiday during the two-week span. She discusses keeping a daily journal in the bomb shelter, buying a typewriter and stereo system with her compensation ($500) for participating in the project. Rhoden recalls the events of the Civil Rights Movement in Monroe, including fights breaking out on Main Street, colored water fountains in public places, and the Moore's Ford lynching in Walton County. |
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| | Sally Rhoden and Jodi Rhoden audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0017 Hans Neuhauser and Betsy Bean
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39 minutes
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| Hans Neuhauser discusses his early life and his decision to attend the University of Georgia in 1964. He recalls his decision to work with the Coastal Plains Conservancy in Savannah in 1972 and explains what sparked his interest in the Georgia coast. Neuhauser explains how the Junior League of Savannah teamed up with the Georgia Conservancy to start a chapter to protect Georgia's coast. He recalls redeveloping Tybee Island's beach and finding the connection between harbor channels and beach erosion. Neuhauser comments on the Kerr McGee proposal to drill for phosphate mining in Chatham County and Governor Maddox's request for help from the University System of Georgia. He discusses the Coastal Marshland Protection Act of 1970, preservation of the Okefenokee wilderness area, and Cumberland Island. Neuhauser explains his role in preservation of calving grounds for right whales. |
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| | Hans Neuhauser and Betsy Bean audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0018 Bennie Tillman Sr., Renee Donnell, and Laura Duvekot
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43 minutes
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| Bennie Tillman discusses his early life, family, education, and career. He recalls working for contractor J.W. Davis, Snelling Dining Commons, and for St. Mary's Hospital as a cook. Tillman reflects on living in Rocksprings, raising and keeping chickens, and growing a garden. He also comments on enjoying golf, hunting rabbits, and moving to his current house in 1948. Tillman discusses the development Athens underwent in the 1930s and 1940s and his pastimes as a youngster of swimming, fishing, and playing football. |
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| | Bennie Tillman, Sr. audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0019 Jill Clement and Louis Boyd
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28 minutes
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| Louis Boyd interviews Jill Clement. Clement talks about her early life in Massachusetts and her decision to attend Piedmont College in Demorest, Ga., where she met her husband, Charles Clement (see FPP-0020). Clement discusses her decades of involvement with the Presbyterian Church, where she advocated for more leadership roles for women and became one of the first female deacons and elders in the church. Clement briefly touches on her time as a missionary in Everett, Kentucky--deep in the heart of coal-mining country--where she attended a church with a congregation that handled snakes. |
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FPP-0020 Charles Clement and Louis Boyd
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44 minutes
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| Louis Boyd interviews Dr. Charles Clement. Clement discusses the background of his family, who settled in Indian territory in Oklahoma before moving west to Moscow, Idaho. He talks about his father's experience in a one-room school house where he learned geography by "bounding" the states--memorizing the states that bordered a particular state. Clement talks about moving with his parents to Georgia and his time in the Air Force. He remembers meeting his wife at Piedmont College at the end of World War II (see FPP-0019) and his career as a professor at Piedmond College and the University of Georgia. Clement also mentions working on an economic impact study of Cumberland Island commissioned by the National Park Service. |
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FPP-0029 Louis Boyd and Rev. Charlie Cook
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39 minutes
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| Reverend Charlie Cook was born in Greer, South Carolina. As a child, Cook's family moved around the southeast, which resulted in Cook's exposure to different churches. Cook preached as a pastor at Wilson Presbyterian Church, Washington Presbyterian Church, Trinity Presbyterian Church and other churches in Georgia. In this interview, Cook talks about his call to ministry, his concern over racial issues growing up, his attempted integration of the Presbyterian Church, and the integration of Georgian schools. |
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FPP-0044 Raleigh Saperstein and Callie Holmes
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39 minutes
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| Raleigh Saperstein talks about her involvement with the farming and local food scene in Athens, including her work with the Athens Farmers Market and Wholesome Wave outreach. |
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FPP-0045 Kai Reidl and Jacob Kennedy
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39 minutes
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| Kai Reidl talks about the music scene in downtown Athens, including Hot Corner and the Slingshot Festival. He also discusses economic development, collaboration, and the community. |
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FPP-0046 Jacob Kennedy and Landon Bubb
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22 minutes
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| Jacob Kennedy describes his experience as an undergraduate at the University of Georgia, including his developing interest in music and seeing shows downtown. |
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FPP-0047 Iva Dimitrova and Christina Cotsakis
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33 minutes
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| Christina Cotsakis talks about how her study abroad experience in Costa Rica changed her outlook on her life and studies. |
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FPP-0052 Paul Van Wicklen and Mary Linneman
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31 minutes
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| Paul Van Wicklen talks about his career with UGA Libraries, starting in periodicals, then becoming a stacks supervisor, and finally moving to the new Special Collections Library. He talks about his mentors and other staff at the library. He also describes his love for racing. |
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FPP-0053 Frank McGill and Louis Boyd
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52 minutes
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| Frank McGill talks about growing up on a family farm in Tifton, Georgia. He also talks about his career with the UGA Extension Service, becoming a specialist in peanut production. He talks about the effect of the peanut economy on small towns in Georgia and the international expansion of peanut production worldwide. |
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| | Frank McGill audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0054 Emogene Williams and Rev. Avis Williams
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65 minutes
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| Emogene Williams talks with her daughter Avis about her early life and family, growing up during the Great Depression in Covington, Georgia. She talks about what life was like for African Americans in rural Georgia, describing her memories of the KKK and interactions between whites and blacks. |
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| | Emogene Williams audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0061 H. Edsel Benson and Alexandra Krier
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54 minutes
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| Edel Benson was born in 1921 in Athens, Georgia. Benson attended Athens High School and the University of Georgia. He served as a Second Lieutenant over the 48th fighters squadron in WWII. In this interview, Benson talks about his time in Europe and Africa during WWII, his most memorable moments from the war, the use of atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and his thoughts on the Cold War and current international relations. |
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FPP-0062 Claude Williams and Chinyere Uziogwe
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60 minutes
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| | Claude Williams audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0063 Philip Pollock, Jr., and Shannon Roy
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60 minutes
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| Phillip Pollock was born in Joliet, Illinois in 1923. Pollock was drafted into the Army in 1943, where he began his infantry combat career in the European Theater of World War II. Upon his return home, Pollock earned both an undergraduate and master's degree in political science and history from the University of Iowa. In this interview, Pollock talks about his basic training and wartime experience, homecoming, his opinion on US national security and international relations, and the development of the United States ballistic missile program. |
| | Philip Pollock, Jr. audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0064 Duard Baxter and Tina Dimnwaobi
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69 minutes
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| Duard Baxter was born in Madison County, Georgia in 1924. After graduating high school, Baxter volunteered for the Marine Corps, serving in the Pacific Theater during WWII under the 6th Marine Division. Upon his return to the United States, Baxter went to dental school in Georgetown, Washington after which he practiced dentistry in Winder, Georgia for a total of 25 years. In this interview, Baxter talks about his experience as a Marine in WWII, his reflections on war and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, his transition to civilian life, and his opinion on the current state of world affairs. |
| | Duard Baxter audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0065 Conulus Scott and Chanice Porter
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73 minutes
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| Conulus Scott was born in Madison County, Georgia in 1920. He farmed and worked at a sugar mill before being drafted by the military in 1942. He served in the Medical Corps in Europe during the war. After the war, he became a plumber and continued to work in the sugar mill. In this interview, Scott discusses his experience in the military, describing segregation, guarding German troops, and working in hospitals. |
| | Conulus Scott audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0066 Kirin Thurman and Alexander Stephens
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53 minutes
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| Thurman talks about his experience growing up as black kid in Panoramic City, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. He talks about riding VMX dirt bikes with his older brother. Thurman talks about his process of becoming race conscious while growing up in a very white county as one of a handful of black students at the schools he attended. He credits his family's move out of Los Angeles as transforming his and his brother's lives by taking them out of a racist environment that he characterizes as being very alienating. He talks about his frustrations about the way white people respond to race and racism, but also talks about his marriage to a white woman and recounts the story of their first date. Thurman reflects on the Charleston church shooting on June 17, 2015, which occurred just two days before the date of this recording, and expresses frustration at the way that violence permeates U.S. culture. |
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| | Kirin Thurman audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0067 Frank Bird and Iva Dimitrova
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68 minutes
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| Frank Bird is a teacher in Georgia and he talks about his background in teaching, his teaching philosophy, and becoming involved with the Foxfire teaching program. He also talks about incorporating hands-on learning in his classroom. |
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FPP-0068 Jan Buley and Iva Dimitrova
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36 minutes
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| Jan Buley teaches literacy at the graduate level in Ontario, Canada. In this interview, she talks about her early education, her development as a teacher, and her introduction to, and continuing involvement with, the Foxfire teacher workshops in Clayton, Georgia. |
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FPP-0069 Dorothy Partridge and Iva Dimitrova
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43 minutes
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| Dorothy Partridge is an educator and one of the participants in the earliest teacher workshops offered by Foxfire founder, Eliot Wigginton. She talks about that experience and the Foxfire model as a whole. |
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| | Dorothy Partridge audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0070 Dawn Bennett-Alexander and Jennifer Jones
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41 minutes
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| In this interview, Dawn Bennett-Alexander talks about her work in order to attend the 2012 Democratic National Convention, the importance of the convention to her, and her experience at the DNC. |
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FPP-0071 Jack Edmunds and Asa Phillips
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76 minutes
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| Jack Edmunds and Asa Phillips from Hart County, Georgia talk about their experiences participating in the economic and community development program administered through the University of Georgia Archway Partnership. |
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II. Americus, Georgia |
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8 interview(s)
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| | Series II. Americus, Georgia, interviews were recored in Americus, Ga., at the Lee Council House in December 2013. Interviews were made possible through a partnership between the Russell Library, the UGA Archway Partnership, and the Americus Downtown Development Authority. |
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FPP-0021 George Hooks and Angie Singletary
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29 minutes
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| Georgia Hooks was born in Americus, Georgia in 1945. He grew up in Americus and served five terms in the Georgia House of Representatives. Hooks later served in the Senate, where he worked in the Appropriations Committee along with other senate committees. In this interview, Hooks talks about his childhood, his work in historic preservation, and his political career. |
| | George Hooks and Angie Singletary audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0022 Charles Crisp and Angie Singletary
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38 minutes
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| Charles Fedrick Crisp grew up in Americus, Georgia in the 1960's. He is the great-great grandson of Speaker of the House, Charles Fredrick Crisp (1891-1895). In this interview, Crisp talks about his family's connection to the Bank of Commerce, his work in the Historic Preservation Commission, and the businesses and events in Americus. |
| | Charles Crisp and Angie Singletary audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0023 Russell Thomas and Angie Singletary
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26 minutes
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| Russell Thomas Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1934, though he grew up in Americus, Georgia. He graduated from Auburn University in 1956 with a bachelor's degree in agricultural administration and served as mayor of Americus for fifteen years. In this interview, Thomas talks about his family history, his work as mayor, the revitalization of Americus, and events that occurred in Americus. |
| | Russell Thomas and Angie Singletary audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0024 William Harris and Angie Singletary
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| William S. Harris was born in Tampa, Florida in the late 1930's and was raised in Americus, Georgia from the age of five. He attended Americus High School and later South Georgia Technical College. He joined the Navy for two years after which he moved back to Americus, where he worked for Glover Wholesale Company and in the banking industry. In this interview, Harris talks about his life history, the history of Glover Wholesale Company, historic preservation, and changes to the Americus community. |
| | William Harris and Angie Singletary audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0025 Jane Butler and Angie Singletary
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| Jane Wilson Butler Abernathy was born in Americus, Georgia, though she has lived the majority of her life in Leslie, Georgia. She graduated from Georgia Southwestern State University and The Military College of South Carolina in 1972 and 1978, respectively. In this interview, Butler talks about the history of Leslie and her family, the Antique Dogwood Festival, and the Georgia Rural Telephone Museum. |
| | Jane Butler and Angie Singletary audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0026 Willie Green Cutts and Angie Singletary
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| Willie Green Cutts talks about being raised by his grandmother and helping his grandfather with farming rather than finishing school. He discusses working as an entertainer, his experience as a farmer, and how he acquired his land. Cutts also shares some of his most valuable life experiences and lessons, such as being invited to sit in on a Senate committee meeting and a spiritual awakening. |
| | Willie Green Cutts audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0027 Milton Raven and Angie Singletary
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| Milton Raven was born in Plains, Georgia in 1931 though he grew up in Archery, Georgia as the youngest of five brothers. In this interview, Raven describes his upbringing, college education, work in the Army and his career as a teacher and principal. |
| | Milton Raven and Angie Singletary audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0028 Linda Fuller Degelmann and Angie Singletary
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| Linda Fuller Degelmann was born in Birmingham,  Alabama in 1941. While in her thirties, Degelmann moved to Americus, Georgia with her husband Millard Fuller and their three children. While in Americus, Degelmann lived on Koinonia Farms before she eventually founded Habitat for Humanity, and later the Fuller Center for Housing, with her husband. In this interview, Degelmann talks about her time at Koinonia Farms, the integration of Sumter County, leaving Habitat for Humanity, and starting The Fuller Center for Housing. |
| | Linda Fuller Degelmann and Angie Singletary audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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III. Hawkinsville, Georgia |
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8 interview(s)
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| | Series II. Hawkinsville, Georgia, interviews were recored in Hawkinsville, Ga., at the Hawkinsville Dispatch & News building in February 2014. Interviews were made possible through a partnership between the Russell Library and the UGA Archway Partnership. |
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FPP-0030 Chuck Southerland and Eddie Coleman
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| Chuck Southerland and Eddie Coleman live in Hawkinsville, Georgia. In this interview, Southerland and Coleman talk about their canoe trip on the Ocmulgee and Altamaha River from Hawkinsville, Georgia to Two-Way Fish Camp in Brunswick, Georgia. |
| | Chuck Southerland and Eddie Coleman audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0031 Butch Hall and Sam Way
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| Butch Hall and Sam Way live in Hawkinsville, Georgia. Butch is the son of Mark Hall, a notable community member from Hawkinsville. Both Hall and Way spent much time on the Ocmulgee River as children and later as adults. In this interview, Hall and Way discuss the legacy of Mark Hall, the cleanup of the Ocmulgee River, the community boat club, and historic preservation in Hawkinsville. |
| | Butch Hall and Sam Way audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0032 Sam Way
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| Sam Way lives in Pulaski County of Hawkinsville, Georgia. In this interview, Way talks about the history of Hawkinsville and historical landmarks. |
| | Sam Way audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0033 Ed Darsey, John Calvin Hadden, and Emmett Head
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45 minutes
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| Ed Darsey, John Calvin Hadden, and Eddie Coleman grew up in Hawkinsville, Georgia, by the Ocmulgee River. In this interview, Darsey, Calvin, and Coleman discuss fishing, hunting, and boat-racing stories from on the Ocmulgee. |
| | Ed Darsey, John Calvin Hadden, and Emmett Head audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0034 Henry Cravey, Phil NeSmith, and Chuck Southerland
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| Henry Cravey, Phil NeSmith and Chuck Southerland live in Hawkinsville, Georgia. In this interview, Cravey, NeSmith, and Southerland discuss their trip to Old Town, Florida to view the City of Hawkinsville shipwreck. |
| | Henry Cravey, Phil NeSmith, and Chuck Southerland audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0035 Leslie Sewell, Lee Slade, and Chuck Southerland
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43 minutes
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| | Leslie Sewell, Lee Slade, and Chuck Southerland audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0036 Emmett Head
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35 minutes
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| | Emmett Head audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
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FPP-0037 Carlton Morrison
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61 minutes
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| | Carlton Morrison audio and interview index in OHMS Access Online |
