Contributions

  • Gilbert, Frank Carman, Mrs., interviewee - Contributor
  • Gilbert, Don, interviewee - Contributor
  • Dilley, Patty, interviewer - Contributor
  • Southern Oral History Program - Contributor
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) - Contributor
and 1 more
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library - Contributor

Publication

2007 - University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C., North Carolina

Language

English

Word Count

0 words, Guess

Page Count

0 pages

Identifiers

Alternate Titles

  • Interview H-0121, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
  • Interview with Frank Gilbert, Summer 1977
  • Oral histories of the American South.

Description

Frank Gilbert recalls his laboring life in and around Conover, NC. Gilbert worked a variety of jobs in North Carolina industries and also taught and did odd jobs until settling into a sixteen-year stint as machine foreman at Conover Chair. Gilbert, who is joined at times by his wife during the interview, spends most of his time discussing his family background and work life. For its length, this is not a particularly rich interview, but it does offer some insights into rural, laboring life in western North Carolina and touches on some themes of interest to researchers: dealing with poverty during the Great Depression, the tenor of rural communities, narratives of laboring, and racial integration.

Subjects

Places

ConoverCatfish (N.C.)North CarolinaConover (N.C.)

People

Don GilbertFrank Carman Gilbert MrsFrank Carman Gilbert (1894-1980)

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