Barbara Abernathy interview (2000-05-15) - carbba_datasheet
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| Title: | Barbara Abernathy interview (2000-05-15). |
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| Name(s): |
Abernathy, Barbara, 1941-, interviewee Hill, Kathryn Colwell, interviewer James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives, contributor Carver-VCU Partnership, contributor VCU Libraries, publisher |
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| Type of Resource: |
text sound recording-nonmusical |
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| Genre: |
Text Sound recording Oral history |
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| Date Created: | 2000-05-15 | |
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Track 1: 105 MB (57 minutes, 29 seconds); Track 2: 93.2 MB (50 minutes, 56 seconds). Note: transcription ends at Track 2, 12:03. Includes transcription of interview (17 pages) and original datasheet in PDF format. |
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| Digitization Process: | Recorded on audiocassette; converted to WAV files (96 kHz/24 bit) and mp3 files (192 kb/sec) using Sound Forge 8. | |
| Abstract/Description: | Barbara Abernathy, the president of the Carver Area Civic Improvement League (CACIL), discusses her early background in the Carver neighborhood of Richmond, Va.; her move to Washington, D.C.; her education at Northeastern University; her return to Richmond, Va.; and her career at Reynolds Metals Co. She also describes what it was like growing up in the Carver area; what neighborhood life was like in the 1950s; changes in the community; how she became an activist in the neighborhood; and visions for future of the Carver community. | |
| Identifier(s): | CONTENTdm ID: car/id/8 (CONTENTdm ID) | |
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About the Interview: Part of a series of interviews conducted as part of a Carver-VCU Partnership project documenting the history of the Carver neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia. |
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| Subject(s): |
Coverage: Richmond (Va.) Abernathy, Barbara, 1941- African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Richmond Carver Area Civic Improvement League City planning -- Citizen participation Citizens' associations -- Virginia -- Richmond Abernathy, Barbara, 1941- -- Political activity Abernathy, Barbara, 1941- -- Interviews |
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| Rights Statement URL: | https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/ | |
| Rights Statement: | In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted | |
| Rights: | This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required. | |
| Is Part Of: | Collection: Carver Neighborhood - VCU Partnership Archives, RG 59-1. | |
| Original Title: | Source: Carver Living Newspaper Project. | |
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