Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wood interview (2000-01-08)

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Subject(s): Coverage: Richmond (Va.)
Title: carcw_mjw_interview.
Name(s): James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives, contributor
Carver-VCU Partnership, contributor
VCU Libraries, publisher
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Text
Sound recording
Oral history
Identifier(s): CONTENTdm ID: car/id/31 (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.
Subject(s): Coverage: Richmond (Va.)
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Is Part Of: Collection: Carver Neighborhood – VCU Partnership Archives, RG 59-1.
Original Title: Source: Carver Living Newspaper Project.
Title: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wood interview (2000-01-08).
Name(s): Wood, Mrs. Charles, interviewee
Wood, Charles, 1907-, interviewee
Plybon, Laura, interviewer
Waller, Sheila, interviewer
James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives, contributor
Carver-VCU Partnership, contributor
VCU Libraries, publisher
Type of Resource: text
sound recording-nonmusical
Genre: Text
Sound recording
Oral history
Date Created: 2000-01-08
Extent: Track 1: 87.1 MB (47 minutes, 34 seconds); Track 2: 87.1 MB (47 minutes, 34 seconds); Track 3: 87.2 MB (47 minutes, 38 seconds); Track 4: 87.3 MB (47 minutes, 43 seconds)
Includes transcription of entire interview (34 pages) and original datasheet in PDF format.
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: In this interview, Charles Wood, who grew up in the Carver neighborhood of Richmond, Va., discusses his early life in the community; his involvement with the Moore Street Baptist Church; and his career as a letter carrier in the post office. He also recalls things he liked about the Carver community when he lived there; the effect of desegregation on the community; changes within the church; anecdotes and memories of family and friends in the Carver area; and changes in race relations in the Richmond area.
Identifier(s): CONTENTdm ID: car/id/32 (CONTENTdm ID)
Note(s):

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.
Subject(s): Coverage: Richmond (Va.)
Wood, Charles, 1907-
African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Social conditions
Segregation -- Virginia -- Richmond
Race relations -- Virginia -- Richmond
Wood, Charles, Mrs. -- Interviews
Letter carriers --Virginia -- Richmond -- Interviews
Wood, Charles, 1907- -- Anecdotes
Wood, Charles, 1907- -- Interviews
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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