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Interview no. | R-0730 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | R.41. Special Research Projects: 'Tobe': Visions of Childhood, Race, and Rural Life in Children's Literature |
Project description | Interviews, 2011-2014, by professor Benjamin Filene with individuals and relatives of those involved with or depicted in Stella Gentry Sharpe’s 1939 book, Tobe. Topics include life in Goshen, North Carolina, inclusion in the book’s photographs, family life and connections, country living, and the effects of the book on the community and families involved. Some interviewees offer reflections on pictured family members who have passed away. |
Date | 5 September 2012 |
Interviewee | Floyd, Betty Jean. |
Interviewee occupation | Postal workers |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Filene, Benjamin. |
Abstract | This interview is a follow-up to the first interview Filene had with Betty Jean Floyd a year prior in 2011. It is very short and essentially provides more contact points for Filene to look into. Also discussed is the different communities that fed into Goshen. In the prior interview, Floyd stated that she was from Goshen. While this is true, she states in this interview that she is actually from the small community of Marktown. Marktown was a small community that fed into Goshen, which itself fed into Greensboro. Marktown was so named because the family that lived there were the Marks. Floyd explains that Goshen was also the center for the Mount Tabor, Red Hill, and Climax communities. The center of Goshen was the church and the school. Goshen Methodist Church was the church that everyone attended, and Goshen School (up through 9th grade) was the school for African American children in that part of Guilford County. These were also the two places where all of the entertainment, both social and cultural, took place. |
Citation | Interview with Betty Jean Floyd by Benjamin Filene, 5 September 2012 R-0730, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collections, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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