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Interview no. | R-0740 |
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 | 14 October 2012 |
Interviewee | Plambeck, Mary Ann. |
Interviewee occupation | Directors, NGOs and institutes |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Filene, Benjamin. |
Abstract | In this interview, Filene is talking to Mary Ann Plambeck. Plambeck is the great-niece of Charles Farrell, the photographer who took the pictures that appear in the book. The majority of the interview is spent with Plambeck going through her house trying to find old photographs for Filene and mentioning some family history. She states that she herself did not know Farrell much at all. Most of her childhood was spent abroad with her parents who were in the Foreign Service. When they returned to North Carolina, Farrell had already passed away. She suggested to Filene that they visit her aunt, Mary Ann Jarvis, who would have more information about Farrell. Plambeck does talk about the rural life her mother had, and how that lifestyle was prevalent for most people in the area during the 1930s, black or white. She also mentions growing up with the book and her mother being proud to own a copy of the book. Finally, there is some discussion about how the book was ahead of its time because it involved a white author and white photographer caring so much about black lives that they accurately portrayed them. |
Citation | Interview with Mary Ann Plambeck by Benjamin Filene, 14 October 2012 R-0740, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collections, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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