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Interview no. | R-0167 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | R.15. Special Research Projects: New Hope Community |
Project description | Interviews conducted by Kieran Taylor about the history of and community life in the New Hope community in Orange County, N.C., near Chapel Hill. Interviews discuss Blackwood and Strayhorn family history, history of the Blackwood farm, truck farming, farm life, the church community, and education, among other topics. Nannie Blackwood also describes her work as a nurse at Watts Hospital in Durham, N.C. |
Date | February 22, 2002 |
Interviewee | Strayhorn, Robert. |
Interviewee occupation | Farmers |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Taylor, Kieran Walsh. |
Abstract | Strayhorn discusses family history-was among the pioneering Scottish families of the New Hope area near Chapel Hill; truck farming in the 1930s; Blackwood family farm; cornshucking; Presbyterian church life; contemporary struggles of cattle and hog raising. |
Subject Topical |
Farm life--North Carolina. Orange County (N.C.)--Social life and customs. |
Subject Name |
Strayhorn, Robert. Strayhorn family. |
Citation | Interview with [interviewee name] by [interviewer name], [interview date] [interview number], in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Interview no. | R0167_Audio_1 |