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Interview no. | R-0732 |
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 May 2013 |
Interviewee | Garner, Charles Winslow, 1931- |
Interviewee occupation | Unknown |
Interviewee DOB | 1931 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Filene, Benjamin. |
Abstract | This the second interview Filene recorded with Charles Garner. In this interview the two are driving around in Filene’s car in the Goshen area looking for areas that were in the book. Garner is astonished at how much development the area has gone through and explains that most of the area used to be the open fields of his grandpa’s land. The two get out and take pictures at various places, such as his uncle’s old house, before continuing on their way. Garner states again how tight-knit the Goshen community was and how everybody knew everybody and how everybody would help out everybody. The interview is very short and is a great example of Garner reminiscing about his childhood. |
Citation | Interview with Charles Winslow Garner by Benjamin Filene, 5 May 2013 R-0732, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collections, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Interview no. | R0732_Audio |